Our second Florida stop was in Naples...we made the drive through Alligator Alley from Delray to Naples and it lived up to its name - I spotted 27 alligators in the water on the side of the road before I stopped counting! I'm not kidding. They did have a large protective fence between the water and the road just FYI...
We stayed in a cool hotel in Naples as well although I didn't take any pictures of it. It was called the BellaSera...We had two suites with kitchens so it was nice not to have to eat out for every meal.
We took 2 different boat adventures while we were there so I figured I'd share those photos first....
For our first adventure we rented a boat and took it out in the Gulf down toward Marco Island. It was a bit chilly that day but we made the best of it :) Hey - we were on a boat in December (a foreign concept for someone living in Vermont)!
We waited here for our boat to be ready...
We stayed in a cool hotel in Naples as well although I didn't take any pictures of it. It was called the BellaSera...We had two suites with kitchens so it was nice not to have to eat out for every meal.
We took 2 different boat adventures while we were there so I figured I'd share those photos first....
For our first adventure we rented a boat and took it out in the Gulf down toward Marco Island. It was a bit chilly that day but we made the best of it :) Hey - we were on a boat in December (a foreign concept for someone living in Vermont)!
We waited here for our boat to be ready...
My belly wasn't big enough to show it yet but baby T was in there!
Unfortunately we didn't see any of these...
They were out there though!
The men listen to a brief lesson :)
And we were off! Check out the scenery on the way out...
There were some HUGE boats out there - we were swamped by the wake of one on our way out - soaked but we didn't sink :) Our scenery quickly changed to this...
We stopped for lunch on Marco Island.
On our way home we saw some dolphins! Very close to the boat and so exciting :)
I zoomed in on some of these pics and it made them a bit blurry - sorry about that!
Have you seen enough dolphin pics? I took about 10 times this many and picked just a few for you :)
Before we returned the boat, we stopped on a beach to explore...
Have you noticed Matt's beard yet? He was so proud of it...
I can't believe I'm posting this one - but I will to prove I did some tanning on my pale VT winter skin. You can't zoom I don't think :)
Our next tour was on a completely different type of boat. We took an air boat tour of the Everglades! We had quite an adventure and many of you have already heard all about it. I'm not going to post much here but I did want to show you some of the great animal sightings we had.
I took all these pics and they were all real alligators!
We started out in the open...
Then rode through the Mangrove trees...
They set up floats for the gators so you have a better chance of sighting them :)
That's a marshmallow beside his nose - Meg threw it and hit him with it :)
There was other wildlife too...
OK that's it for now! Happy Sunday everyone!
xo
