A Day in the Everglades

This week is our annual Harper Family visit to Florida. Today, we drove up to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary - c'mon, admit it. You always wish you'd gone. While we were there, we saw an amazing cast of characters. It's amazing that this all exists just a half an hour from the coast of Florida. It's even more amazing that anyone ever pitches a tent in Florida knowing these are out and about. I count myself lucky to be in the condo.

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While Finn talked non-stop about seeing an Alligator, his real interest seemed to be in watching the lizards. Here is one that stopped by for a longer than usual visit.




It's hard to tell by the picture, but this grasshopper was almost 4 inches in length.







The man photographing this gator estimated his length to be between 10 - 11 feet. I've never been so glad to be on a walkway.




This is the baby gator. Caught sunning himself on a log, he was about 6 feet long and about 20 feet away.




Rachelle found this little guy right under the walking path. Just a small fry, he was only about 2 feet long and completely uninterested in us watching him.