Everglades

 

Moving up to Homestead allowed us to be close to the entrance to the Everglades National Park. I expected that to be mostly swamp like area with lots of alligators. This entrance however, is more desert-like than swamp. We took one day to stop in at the Visitors Center and get the lay of the land and investigate where the accessible trails were and the best photographing opportunities. So far, we have walked one area of trails called the Anigua trail which is considered where the wildlife roam.

We saw various birds, flying, drying their wings, fishing, hunting, and several alligators not doing very much. This being the dry season means that the alligators’ water supply is limited so they stay pretty centrally located around their water hole. It was truly fascinating to see them living in the wild and not in a zoo although it was too easy to forget we were actually viewing them in the wild with the multitudes of people crowding around them and the number of informational signs along the trail. I learned to tell the difference between alligators and crocodiles. During this walk we elected to leave Sequoia back in the RV because I didn’t want to risk enticing the alligators to eat him. As it turned out we walked on a boardwalk, but it was hot and sunny and turned out to be a good choice to leave him at home.