We looked for alligators & crocodiles on every trail & didn’t see any (except on the pontoon). We saw tons of lizards & other cool bugs. Turns out, the trail 5 miles into the park is covered with alligators, turtles, cool fish, & beautiful birds. The hour drive to the pontoon boat was worth it,…

We saw tons of cool birds & had to post a few. We have no idea what any of them are, but we had fun looking. 

We saw lots of vultures in the park & several other cool birds.

We took an interpretive hike & saw these coots. We were on a mission to find crocodiles. 

On our last day in Florida, we headed to the Everglades with Jon & Sara & family. We drove to the end of the road & took a pontoon boat ride. We saw a few crocodiles along the way. We were heading up a channel & these two dolphins started following us! It was awesome!…

And then we headed to our hotel. We got settled in & headed out to find food. 

We left Boca Raton & headed for the keys. We stopped at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo. We were hoping to go snorkeling, but they were recommending anyone that goes out should take a motion sickness pill. Given 3 of 4 of us get motion sick, we opted against it. Instead we went…

I had so much fun on the flow rider, Wyatt wanted to try it, too. We decided to go back the next morning before leaving the resort. Wyatt got it on his first try & was also able to jump up to his knees & go no-handed. He clearly had a blast. Dad went, too…

The view of the sunrise from our room. It was pretty rough.

There will be lots of pictures of me on the flow rider. I had a blast. I had trouble at first getting to the middle so I didn’t slide down in the front. I then got the hang of it & was able to pop up to my knees. Eventually, I was able to take…