Bill on electric cart called "the banana"
Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at the Visitors Center
We had a funny experience with a raccoon that was a frequent visitor to the dumpster next to the trailer sites. Bill had the bread maker outside and while the bread was rising, "Rocki" must have smelled the bread and decided to try it. We found the rising loaf outside of the bread maker on the tuff bin and some small dirty paw prints around the bread maker. She was very entertaining to watch.
We also saw alligators, many birds, butterflys, dragonflys, and turtles.
George is a 13' guy that hands out at the fishing pier
Do you see the fish?
Anhinga
Egret
Great Blue Herron
Hawk
Curly tailed lizard
Views of various fowl from the Marsh Trail
We had the opportunity to go out into the Everglades on an airboat with one of the water quality biologists to check water samples. We even saw a white tail deer (buck) on one of the tree islands. It was great fun as well as educational.
The Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, visited the refuge while we were there. This was a big event for everyone at the refuge.
