When we vacationed at Sanibel Island, we took a day trip to the Everglades, and walked on boardwalks back into the swamp. Big Cypress Bend is just a short drive from Naples, and highway 41 offers several spots to park and watch the wildlife.
We saw this Spanish moss from Kirby Shorter boardwalk, as we walked a mile or so back on boardwalks built through the Cypress trees.
The boardwalk led to swamps with alligators, egrets and blue herons in their natural habitat, even in the dormant winter season.
At one of the waysides, rangers are available to talk to you about the wildlife and nature you find in the Everglades. Oh yeah, and there were a couple dozen gators.
As big as our car.
Sanibel series:
Cayo Costa – Shells Galore!
Surfing Dolphins
Beach Writing
Fishing off Captiva Island
Sanibel Historical Museum Dollhouse
Cayo Costa Shells
Passing the Torch with Seashells
Four-Seat Surrey
Sanibel Island School
Sanibel Historical Village and Museum
Sandbar at Low-Tide
Guess where I’ve been?
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8:47 pm
That’s a wonderful sequence. You take the viewer into a completely new world. What magic. Those are big green guys down there!
11:27 pm
Oooh, look at them! Great shots!
11:30 pm
Love the pictures but i don’t want to be that close to one of those gators!
11:35 pm
Great pictures! Happy WW!
2:35 am
Your children are so well traveled! What amazing experiences!
6:17 am
Cool picts!
9:35 am
Great shots. My family was there once, back when I was 12 years old.. I was worried the whole time LOL..
Happy WW
11:04 am
Kelly-I know exactly where those shots were taken. We were there just a couple of weeks ago. By the way, I am a Sanibel resident 7-8 months out of the year. LOVE it here!! Visit my blog at http://snowbirdblogspotcom.blogspot.com/
2:59 pm
Nice from a distance….LOL I love memories, creating them, capturing them, sharing them and reliving them.
Hugs,
Holly
4:56 pm
I’m impressed. You got a chance to photo a live alligator; in the wild at that. Awesome trip you took. Thanks for sharing.
10:03 am
“…here comes the lady with the alligator purse.”
I have no idea what that poem is about that we chanted as kids, but I thought of that.
I bet that would be a great bird watching paradise.
2:29 pm
Lovely photos of the Glades – one of the most beautiful places in the world. Hi from an ex-Floridian who stumbled here somehow…
6:57 pm
Nice photos. Thats one big gator
7:00 pm
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