This morning was an early rise, as we drove into Fort Myers to the Winn Dixie, where a van was picking us up and taking us to the Everglades for a four hour tour. Had we known where this airboat place was, we could have done it the day before while we were already out there for the Manatee tour. It was very close to the Marina.
This was cool. From the minute we stepped into the van, Dwight the tour guy started talking. He was mixing in some personal stories with a lot of history. It was a good ride out. We had 12 people on the van.
When we got to Corey Billie's we had to go in and sign away our rights to hold them responsible for anything that may occur on the tour! Eight of us boarded the red airboat with Capt. Gary. He was good. He toured and talked, introduced us to a gator or two, drove us all around the mangrove and through the saw grass. We saw quite a few big birds. He also gave us some thrills on the ride. It was really cool. I tried to video the whole thing, and did get some good footage.
After our ride, we were introduced to Buster the 3 foot 1 1/2 yr old gator. Kim Billie told us all about Buster and then had us hold him, one at a time. I was the first one to go. He felt so much different than I had imagined. I thought he would be hard shelled, but he was like rubber and soft. That was neat!
On our van ride back to Fort Myer's, Dwight continued talking and telling us stories. It was a good trip all round.
We stopped at a Pollo Tropical on the way back to the house, for lunch. It wasn't as good as I had remembered from Miami.
We got home to a pool that was just the right temp. We all went in the pool. I also spent some time in the jacuzzi.
We watched some of the video from this week. I am no video shooter! I move the camera around way too much!
John and Amber went out and got the fixings to make us dinner. We had shrimp scampi with angel hair pasta and cheesey biscuits. It was a great meal. Once again, filled to the brim.
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