Safari

Today was one a great day. We decided we wanted to go up the Black River so that Jerry Ann could have an opportunity to take pictures of crocodiles. After an hour or so of driving, we went through an old building where we paid for a tour boat. The building was once used as an auction house to auction off slaves. A grim history, but interesting, if nothing more than my having a penchant for old buildings. 

The pontoon boat was fun and you cant see the group of people I have pressed behind me so that I can capture this photo. Outside of this moment Jerry and Gayle had to fight for a position to see things. I think that if we do this again I will have to find a different way to experience this. Once in the Everglades I was on a fan boat and I came dangerously close to an alligator. The pontoon boats offer a way of seeing the wildlife in a way where you are off the water higher, but its operating at the pace of a tour group. This was the only organized tourist trip we did. We liked it enough to consider doing it in future trips.

Here is a local fisherman. I would not be caught dead in a hollowed out canoe, along the bank, where Crocodiles hunt.