With a plane to catch we had less than two hours to swing by Everglades on the way back from the Keys. Outside of wild animal parks and zoos, I have never seen so much big wild life, so close up, in such a short period of time. Gators of all sizes humungous to teeny tiny, birds of all sizes, fish of all sizes, just absolutely teeming.

Since I have not much experience in this saw grassy environment – thought it was amazing. And just have to really appreciate conservationists who came before us and managed to preserve as much of this wild and distinctive peninsula as they did. Thanks John Pennekamp et al. I’d absolutely like to go back and spend some real time.