Our first activity was
canoeing down the Turner River in Big Cypress. One of the first things to impress us about this area was all the
bromeliads (air plants) growing on the trees, even on the mangrove prop roots.
We saw alligators everywhere, but this was the cutest - a baby gator came swimming up to its mom and called to her (hey it's me, mom, don't eat me!), then it crawled up on her back for a piggy-back ride. You can see it on her back here.
We saw quite a few white ibis on this trip. We also saw an osprey nest, moorhens, coots,
anhingas, cormorants and lots of herons and egrets.
We also saw thousands of tree swallows, almost darkening the sky. At our campsite there was a lake and all day they would fly in and drink water.
Chris was the
steer-er of our canoe.
Our first activity was canoeing down the Turner River in Big Cypress. One of the first things to impress us about this area was all the bromeliads (air plants) growing on the trees, even on the mangrove prop roots.
We saw alligators everywhere, but this was the cutest - a baby gator came swimming up to its mom and called to her (hey it's me, mom, don't eat me!), then it crawled up on her back for a piggy-back ride. You can see it on her back here.
We saw quite a few white ibis on this trip. We also saw an osprey nest, moorhens, coots, anhingas, cormorants and lots of herons and egrets.
We also saw thousands of tree swallows, almost darkening the sky. At our campsite there was a lake and all day they would fly in and drink water.
Chris was the steer-er of our canoe.
Looks like you two had a ton of fun! I love the baby gator on his mom's back - too cute!
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