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You'll get our trip to Everglades!!!
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. We decided to skip our Blizzard Beach trip, and replace it with the overnight Everglades experience. We've never been there before, so the undiscovered was more tempting than questionable January water-park visit, even though the water is heated, it sent shivers down my spine just thinking about getting into the swimsuit and into the water. No, thank you!
So, the Everglades it is...
We started our trip Monday, after stopping on the way quite a few times, we got there. Hmmm, everything we were left to do, according to the local gas station worker, was fish and drink. Well, we did not have our fishing gear with, and drinking was not an option. That left us with no choices, again, according to the locals. But, me and Eric were determined to make our trip worth while. After taking some cute pictures of the exotic Florida plants
(those two last ones are the best ones of the bouquet),
pelicans and seagulls,
we decided to settle for the night at the camping site. The tent, the fire, sausages and roasted marshmallows followed shortly after we arrived. The nice gentleman neighbor-camper from Wisconsin helped us with the fire. Smelling smoky, our family settled in for the night of rest, or whatever you call that half-sleep, half-awake state with racoons sniffing and fighting, rain drops beating against the tent, and, you know, all the wonders of the hippie way of life.
But, the whole 'being close to nature' thing gave us peace and desire for new adventures. So, bright and early (around 10 am for me, hehe) we got up, gathered our belongings and went to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary close to Naples.
This contraption, called Walking Dredge, was used in the beginning of the 1900's to build the Tamiami trail (road connecting Tampa and Miami). It is the last one of its kind saved at the camping site we stayed.
