to that one. Cool boardwalk trail next to everglade forests knee high in water. The trail went back into the forest and is usually a disaster of sworming mosquitoes that lucky for us where busy on this day. As we were walking out Angie heard a rustle in the water under the boardwalk and we looked down to see a three foot gator swim into the brush. Art has said that had he not had his baby on his chest he would have gone for its tail. The trail was also littered with some giant grasshoppers and signs explaning local wildlife. A bald eagle nest was pointed out along the trail and has been there for about twenty years. The trail dead ends into a pond of dark water riddled with activity sparking all kinds of curiousity as far as whats going on under the surface. Dark clouds rolled in and it started to rain and we even heard some gators growling in the distance. On one of the boardwalks we watched a mother turtle and baby turtle surface and swim away. As well as an alligator swam up to the side of the boardwalk and was no more than 3 feet away from us and the little kids we were with. So drenched we returned to Naples and started on Sierra's yummy chunky spagetti. Had some birthday cake and watched State of Play. One of the best made movies I have seen in a long time. A golden day.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
A Golden Day
September 26th started out just like any other day, until i woke up. A buffet style setup for breakfast of eggs bacon potatoes tortillas fruit and yogurt. Followed by loading up the cars for a Florida adventure stout style; deciding as we were leaving the front door where we were headed. Everglades in September experience something fierce of heat as the weather gets ready to turn and the coast is struck with a barrage of tropical storms and rain and lightning. Angie and AJ where able to join us for this fun Saturday and off we went in a three car train. In route we came across Panther crossing signs. Thought that was weird. But Florida can do what it wants really. So we get to the trail we had intended to hike only to find that for most of the year it is underwater and will dry up in a few months. Oops. So she told of a out of water trail we could take and we went 
to that one. Cool boardwalk trail next to everglade forests knee high in water. The trail went back into the forest and is usually a disaster of sworming mosquitoes that lucky for us where busy on this day. As we were walking out Angie heard a rustle in the water under the boardwalk and we looked down to see a three foot gator swim into the brush. Art has said that had he not had his baby on his chest he would have gone for its tail. The trail was also littered with some giant grasshoppers and signs explaning local wildlife. A bald eagle nest was pointed out along the trail and has been there for about twenty years. The trail dead ends into a pond of dark water riddled with activity sparking all kinds of curiousity as far as whats going on under the surface. Dark clouds rolled in and it started to rain and we even heard some gators growling in the distance. On one of the boardwalks we watched a mother turtle and baby turtle surface and swim away. As well as an alligator swam up to the side of the boardwalk and was no more than 3 feet away from us and the little kids we were with. So drenched we returned to Naples and started on Sierra's yummy chunky spagetti. Had some birthday cake and watched State of Play. One of the best made movies I have seen in a long time. A golden day.
to that one. Cool boardwalk trail next to everglade forests knee high in water. The trail went back into the forest and is usually a disaster of sworming mosquitoes that lucky for us where busy on this day. As we were walking out Angie heard a rustle in the water under the boardwalk and we looked down to see a three foot gator swim into the brush. Art has said that had he not had his baby on his chest he would have gone for its tail. The trail was also littered with some giant grasshoppers and signs explaning local wildlife. A bald eagle nest was pointed out along the trail and has been there for about twenty years. The trail dead ends into a pond of dark water riddled with activity sparking all kinds of curiousity as far as whats going on under the surface. Dark clouds rolled in and it started to rain and we even heard some gators growling in the distance. On one of the boardwalks we watched a mother turtle and baby turtle surface and swim away. As well as an alligator swam up to the side of the boardwalk and was no more than 3 feet away from us and the little kids we were with. So drenched we returned to Naples and started on Sierra's yummy chunky spagetti. Had some birthday cake and watched State of Play. One of the best made movies I have seen in a long time. A golden day.
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I wonder, what is the minimum number of panther crossings you need in order to put up a sign?
Jed, you are the man. I hope you had fun, but I also thought we went swimming that morning. Sorry we didn't get to see any dolphins... :)
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