This afternoon, we took a tour to the Everglades, a half hour's drive from Miami.
The Everglades has plenty of wildlife, mainly alligators, fish and birds. It's also home to about 100 Florida Panthers. Somehow, historically, the panthers became trapped in this part of the United States. Our airboat driver said there are never more than about 100 because when there are more, they become aggressive and kill each other until there are about 100 of them again. The Everglades is never any more than about three feet deep, but you can't see the bottom, and you can't see if dangerous critters are lurking at the bottom of the pea soup water.
We took an airboat ride which reached decent speeds, was very noisy, and we were obliged to wear ear plugs. We were told to wear our baseball caps backwards so they wouldn't blow off. I guess no one would want to 'fish' our hats out of the water!
The Everglades is officially a marsh, not a swamp.
There are about 1.5 million acres making up the Everglades altogether, covering a fair bit of Florida.
There are all sorts of birds in the Everglades.
Another bird
We saw an alligator show. This man talks to 'Bobby'. 'Fat Albert' is to the right.
I wrestled a man-eating alligator.
Alligator Alley
An alligator kindly posed for this photo.
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