Trip to the Everglades

Yesterday, I made a trip down to the Everglades to see one of my college buddies, Matt. We went to the Everglades Safari Park to ride an air boat and see some reptiles. :) We definitely saw some of those! We had a great time and here are some of the pictures from our visit to the park!

This was the restaurant we ate at before we went on the air boat ride called The Barbecue Pit. It was really good BBQ.

If you are ever in the Everglades, we definitely recommend this place.

This was the alligator I saw in the water when I was waiting at the air boat place before I went and met Matt at the BBQ restaurant. While there was a fence around the water, this alligator is not in captivity. Crikey!!

And this was what we found when we got to the park!!

See the fence? That was how close he was to us!! That is Matt's leg!

Smiling for the camera

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Us smiling for the camera. Yes, I realize the alligator could bite me!

This was the first alligator we saw on the air boat ride.

It's amazing to me how camouflaged they are!

We saw quite a few of these cool looking birds on the lilly pads. They ran on top of the lilly pads.

This was a little feeding and petting demonstration! It was a little crazy watching this nut job do this.

The alligator was growling and grunting during this picture.

The guy petting the alligator named "Killer." Seriously...my wife said that this guy probably isn't married.

11 month old alligator.

Me holding the little alligator.

We also went on a little walk-way where we could look at the different wildlife and this was an alligator hanging out right by the walk-way hoping someone will fall in.

As you can tell, we had a great time! And we saw LOTS of alligators. We were a little worried beforehand because people had left some reviews about how they didn't see alligators at this place. I guess people don't realize that this place can't control nature!