For those of you who come Florida for vacation, you should not leave without going on an airboat ride in the Everglades. It's a lot of fun, it's very educational, and you get to see some cool wildlife. We went to Everglades Safari Park about 30 minutes or so from downtown Miami. We hadn't even got on the airboat yet and we saw a huge alligator in the water right next to us. Cool, but a little scary! For those of you who know nothing about airboats, they are one of the coolest inventions. It is like a boat, but you also glide over all kinds of grass and weeds growing out of the swamp. It's a little disconcerting at first, but it is a great ride. We had fun looking at all the wildlife and Clark loved the boat ride. When we got back, there is an area where they keep alligators and someone who comes in to do a show. It's very strange seeing a person inside an area with 6 gators just hanging around...but she seemed very comfortable around them. I was wondering if I should be concerned that Clark looked at all the alligators like they were cute little puppies. I swear if we had put him in there, he would have gone right up to them and put his little hand in their mouth and would also try to poke their eyes out like he does with my parent's dog. It's fun that Clark is pretty much not afraid of anything...but he definitely keeps us on our toes!
Cherylyn! Fun to read your blog. Man, I miss you guys! How is Florida? From the looks of it, you're enjoying yourselves. I especially loved your post about your old house and of course seeing the pics of Clark. He's so grown up!
For those of you who come Florida for vacation, you should not leave without going on an airboat ride in the Everglades. It's a lot of fun, it's very educational, and you get to see some cool wildlife. We went to Everglades Safari Park about 30 minutes or so from downtown Miami. We hadn't even got on the airboat yet and we saw a huge alligator in the water right next to us. Cool, but a little scary!
For those of you who know nothing about airboats, they are one of the coolest inventions. It is like a boat, but you also glide over all kinds of grass and weeds growing out of the swamp. It's a little disconcerting at first, but it is a great ride. We had fun looking at all the wildlife and Clark loved the boat ride. 
When we got back, there is an area where they keep alligators and someone who comes in to do a show. It's very strange seeing a person inside an area with 6 gators just hanging around...but she seemed very comfortable around them. I was wondering if I should be concerned that Clark looked at all the alligators like they were cute little puppies. I swear if we had put him in there, he would have gone right up to them and put his little hand in their mouth and would also try to poke their eyes out like he does with my parent's dog. It's fun that Clark is pretty much not afraid of anything...but he definitely keeps us on our toes!
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they do that at silver springs too! it makes me scary just to think that you took that picture of the gator!
how can you possibly be scared. you ski with those cute gators!
well he definately has the carter blood in him... our kids have always been fascinated with alligators, sharks, snakes, etc etc....
Dude, that pic of the gator was crazy! I was like, what is that...and then I saw it...clearly, OH MY!!!!
I was confused by the cloud in the water at first...that is so me isn't it?! :)
Cherylyn! Fun to read your blog. Man, I miss you guys! How is Florida? From the looks of it, you're enjoying yourselves. I especially loved your post about your old house and of course seeing the pics of Clark. He's so grown up!
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