We arrived at site 9 ready for everything
Palms at the park
On the boardwalk
Sharon preparing dinner
Sunrise by the boat ramp
The park overlook view
Getting ready for the 13 mile loop
Lined up and ready to go
B1-RD
Sharon
First of many osprey
Camouflage bird
Confident in his invisibility, he didn't fly
Ibis patrolling for food
Sharon is dwarfed by the mangroves
Another shore hunter
Tag team foragers
Cool bird
Taking off
Getting ready to land
Offspring of a roseate and a blue heron?
Osprey watches,
Prepares,
Kicks off,
Gets air,
And soars
Jerry
With apologies to The Simpsons
Mangroves
A bird in the tree
Blending artist
Shark in Mud Bay
At the end of a long paddle
On the trail at Big Cypress
Crawdad defending his territory
In the middle of the road
We passed to his left
Gator on the side of the road
Cute enough to pet, almost
Riding the roads
Sharon rode strong
Big Cypress National Park
A mud bug hunting deer
A rookery
Another gator
Finding the perfect spot to lie
A nearby heron watches
An egret looks for food
Fish in the water
A flock of ibis feed
Another fish
Ready to swim
Jerry & Mari
Wayne
Jill & Frank
Inside the restaurant
Great food after a long ride
Campsite
Flower
Paddling Turner Creek
Waiting for a tippy paddler
Vermilliads
A narrow path through the mangroves
Coming into an opening in the mangroves
Back in the fray
A wider channel
Deeper current
Traffic
Air plants
Lurking
Two Gators on the left
A third on the right
Bird
Turtles
Reflective heron
Baby turtle
North Turner Creek
Osprey with lunch
Two turtles sunning
Big Cypress
Cypress water
Dark pool
Bird and Cypress and Vermilliads, Oh My!
New Years Eve by the campfire
Soaring
Wayne and Sharon at Everglades City
One of 10,000
Pair feeding
Tree
Tree on Sandfly Island
Sandfly Island dock
Terrorists are everywhere!
Dolphin
Where the fugawe
Mari on the water
Kurt on the trail
Bug
