August 19, 2011 "Fun in the Glades"

Today's Gator D Adventure took us back into the wilds of the Everglades seeking the animals and plants that live there so that my customers could experience this place in its fullest!

The weather was threatening some rain as our day went on but fortunately we skirted it and even had a dry airboat ride in the afternoon, when the highest chance of stormy weather existed!

We were able to see lots of wildlife on today's journey, snakes, turtles, alligators, birds, butterflies, and lots and lots of horse flies and dragon flies!

The Everglades is beautiful this time of year, with all of the rain, new growth is taking place everywhere and the baby gators are already hatching! It was never too hot and we had breezes most of the day!

Our crew also got to hold a couple nice gators today, Gertie, the 10 month old and Snapper the 3 year old! Glad they did too, because, it is the "rule" that if they don't hold a gator, they got to walk ALL THE WAY HOME from the Everglades! Ha!

I want to thank my new friends Carlos and Celina from Argentina and Jeroen, Erno, and Lars from Holland! What a great group of folks this was. They made my adventure even better and we shared a lot of fun together!

Be safe all as you head back to your homes and come back to Southwest Florida to visit us again!

If you would like to help others who may want to explore the Everglades with us but are not quite sure if its the right thing or not, log onto "Trip Advisor - Everglades Adventure" (see link on right side of this blog) and tell them what you thought about this adventure!

Gator D has other adventures coming up today so I gotta go for now! SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATORS!