We signed up for the 8 am ranger guided canoe trip. The launch area was about 15 miles no. of our campsite in Flamingo. After the 5 and a half hour canoe trip in the Big Cypress several weeks ago we swore off any more canoe trips. Well this one sounded so interesting we did it again. The trip took us from brackish water to fresh water and back. The everglades marks the range of alligators from here up to the Carolinas and Crocodiles here south, the everglades is one of the few places where they intermingle, on this trip we saw both.
Pics, 8am launch, through the red mangroves-ranger in red boat, crocodile, much longer that our canoe. I paddled up close to get a good picure and then noticed Nita paddling in reverse, sea of breadsticks, a beige colored algae mat that forms on rushes creating a supply of food for snails, small fish and tadpoles. Last alligator swiming to right of Nita.
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