Friday, March 19, 2010

They Call Him Flipper, Flipper

We spent the day driving down Alligator Alley to the Thousand Islands area of the Everglades. Once there, we decided to take a boat tour of the 1000 Islands area. The boat ride was not all that they advertised, which was to include dolphins jumping across the stern, eagles, alligators and manatees. Sounded like a naturalist's paradise. We did see a few dolphin. But mostly we motored at high speeds from one island to another. These islands are situated at the western tip of Florida and are mangroves. If you look really, really closely you an see a few dolphin and then get the feeling for our Indy 500 boat ride.



But the funniest part of the day was earlier when we paid the toll for Alligator Alley. The booth was surrounded by crazy birds that were staring into all the cars and not the least bit intimidated. The booth attendant said they were waiting to be fed.



Since we were practically on the gulf coast, we drove on into Naples for dinner at Verginia's. What a town. Of course, we then had a LONG drive home.