Monthly Archives: April 2016

Gators. I saw them.

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There’s really no good reason for it, but I’ve kinda always wanted to see gators.  Something about these primitive fossil creatures fascinates me.

We have just finished our cruise and are in Fort Lauderdale for a day, so we head to Everglades National Park to check the gators out.  There’s this nice long path you can bike or walk that follows a long canal where you have pretty good chances of gator sighting.

As we head out on the path, my bud tries to trick me into the bag.  I’m not having it. I win.

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I mean, look at all this prime canal water teeming with gators!  I know they are there!

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And they were there.  Little gators, big gators, lots of gators.

After seeing two or three, my bud had enough and he made us get back to the car.

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I certainly wasn’t done gator-sighting yet so I just made him take us on a boat tour later on to see more gators.

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Check this bad-boy gator out.  I wonder how stealthy they are.

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That was pretty fun, checking out the gators.

Cayman Islands, Sting Rays, and the Sea Turtle Sanctuary

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This morning we’re stopped at the Cayman Islands, and Pokin and I are both excited to head to the turtle sanctuary.

Pokin’s always had a fascination for sea turtles, and me, I’ve always thought it would be fun to ride a sea turtle except for the fact they are mostly underwater. They have flippers like I have paws. We relate.

First, it was time to see some stingrays at Stingray City. It was pretty crowded. They got in with the sting rays. I hung out on the boat.

Next step to the sanctuary! This is one of the few places you can see turtles in all stages of life from eggs to hatchlings to mature turtles. We even got to pick some up. The turtles and I, we got to have some moments. It was great.

Caribbean Cruising

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Not long after we came back from Cambodia, we started planning our travels again.  Something about my bud wanting to take his mom on vacation, and a cruise being a good vacation option since it took minimal planning.  Taking the mom on the cruise ended up being taking the mom and the sister on the cruise.  So here we are, a cadre of people, a bud and myself.  On a cruise.

Because my bud’s mom has a thing for Jamaica, we ended up doing a Caribbean cruise.  I’d never been to this part of the world so I didn’t mind!

Day one, we get on the cruise, departing from Fort Lauderdale.

We’re posing for our bon voyage photo on the ship deck when I hear a noise.  Peep!  Peep!! Oh no.  Yep, there’s that bunny.  It’s a cadre of people myself and an unwelcome bunny.  I don’t know how he manages to do it. I try to lock him in the safe but he somehow manages to get out and have coffee. I just don’t even….