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| EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK: S and Baby J work on their Junior Ranger book. |
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| Almost certain you aren't supposed to ride the Florida panther statue, but I didn't have the heart to stop him. |
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| We were at the Anhinga Trail for 30 seconds before we met our first Florida alligator. |
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| Everglades scenery: the sea of grass |
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| Big gator, a foot or so off the trail. |
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| BISCAYNE BAY NATIONAL PARK: Most of the park is underwater so we took our time enjoying the visitors center. |
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| Junior Ranger! |
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| Even more junior Junior Ranger! |
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| We were honored that the park ranger let the boys help raise the American flag over the park after the rain cleared for the morning. |
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| In Homestead, Fla., we visited the grave of Elizabeth Weston Godwin Plummer, Jackson & Jason's great-great-great-great aunt. |
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| If you are ever visiting Florida, the Fruit & Spice Park is a terrific destination for kids. Highly recommended. |
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| The boys try out star fruit for the first time. |
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| The park shares a taste of the many exotic fruits that grow there. You can also pick up and eat anything you find on the ground. |
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| A multitude of bananas and plantains from around the world. |
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| Jackson uses his coconut. |
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| Jackson meets his first jackfruit. |
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| I was there too! Jackson took this photo of me. |
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| Apparently my great-aunt and uncle used to docent at Corkscrew Swamp. A wonderful walk if you're ever in the area. |
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| Jackson on the Corkscrew Swamp boardwalk. |
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| Airplant in flower. |
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| Corkscrew Swamp scenery. |
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| Corkscrew swamp gator. |
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| This is a bittern pulling a snake (black racer? garter?) off a reed and eating it for dinner. |
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| Kids and grandma on the boardwalk. |
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| We were watching a raccoon eat leftovers that had fallen below a birdfeeder. |
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| Jackson checks out a model of a manatee skeleton. |
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| There were 150+ manatees in the water the day of our visit to Lee County Manatee Park. The park canals are adjacent to a power plant outflow drain, and the manatees like the warm water in the winter when the Gulf of Mexico is cold. |
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| Those lumps in the water? Manatee sexy beasts. |
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| Jackson clowns around at BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PARK. |
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| Picnic after another visitor center and boardwalk. |
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| Jackson took this photo of the Big Cypress sky. |
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| Junior Rangers at their last swearing-in ceremony of the trip. |
1 comment:
Wow, so much to love! Flowering airplant, bird-on-snake action, and adorable junior junior rangers. Also, the pic Jackson took of you is gorgeous! Looks like a fabulous trip, and not even all that sweaty. =^)
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