Everglades National Park aka: Everglades

I live in Central Florida and have been down by the everglades many times…the national park is an amazing way to see the natural florida, and for travelers to experience the real florida. Definitly is a whole-day trip, and the airboat rides are worth it.

I held an aligator named fluffy!!!

While visiting in Ft Lauderdale, we took a day to go down and see the Everglades. Definitely worth the drive! We were a little pressed for time so we didn’t spent too much time in the park itself, just did two nice, short walks. We saw tons of wildlife; lots of gators, birds, geckos, a snake, and turtles. The bugs were out, but didn’t bother us too much as, thankfully, we’d thought ahead and brought some bug repellant. We talked about driving out to do the boat tour, but it was another hour drive just to get there, so we decided to go back out to the Alligator Farm for an airboat ride. The Farm itself is okay; the shows are interesting enough. The airboat ride was great fun, though, and totally worth it. I was able to ride up front and got soaked, which was grand considering how hot it was out. Definitely recommended. If we did it again, I’d want to check out some of the trails, maybe go to the observation deck up in Shark Alley, probably take a long boat ride down near the keys. But we did enough to make me very glad we went.

As a floridian, I consider it especially shameful that I haven’t made it down to the Everglades yet.

I visited Everglades last year. Here are some photos from that visit.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dewang/sets/400360/

I lived in Florida for a few months one year, and made a couple of trips to various parts of the Everglades. It’s just gorgeous, and the wildlife is amazing. I would love to come back someday and spend a week canoeing and camping here.

i hate this area… im not much of an “environmental person”. i hate the bugs and the heat. kinda boring. i’ll stick to south beach.

I didn’t do this but if I ever go again I think I’ll rent a house boat or something, it seems like that would be the best way to spend a few days in the Everglades.

One plan is to visit later this year, mid-December, with some friends. Another plan involves not doing this. I opt for option A.

If you like alligators.