We attended a 90-minute timeshare presentation (actual time: more like 3 hours). For our 3 hour investment, we got a $25 certificate for an italian restaurant, and also an airboat ride. Though I don't recommend investing your vacation time attending a high-pressure sales presentation, in our case, we have the time available and it allowed us to do something we otherwise would not have spent money on. So...off we went to
Wild Florida.
The airboat ride was really fun - we've never done that before! Saw lots of birds, alligators, and also got to enjoy their wildlife park. It was feeding time so all the animals were out and active. Nicely maintained and all the enclosures seemed clean, though I still am sorry for animals which seem to be in enclosures which are too small.
The trip to Wild Florida was in the same vicinity as our "next door neighbors" in Maine - Paul and Carolyn. So we planned this visit for the same day, to save fuel. We had lunch at the little restaurant in their park and had a nice visit!
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| what do we see? |
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| Gator |
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| Bald eagle |
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| Lots of birds! |
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| Scariest thing yet - Gary in the driver seat! |
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| A really spectacular Cypress Swamp |
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| Lots of big gators in the enclosed swamp |
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| Is this sign really necessary? |
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| Many other animals kept in this park |
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| King Julien! Let's see if he can whistle |
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| This wonderful sloth put on a little (slow) show for us |
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| And there he goes...slowly ever so slowly... |
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| One of the most amazing animals was the cotton top tamarin |
After Wild Florida, we headed over to St Clair to visit Paul and Carolyn, who are staying in a park which is undergoing improvements and is really quite nice. They have a terrific roomy and shady spot, a nice pool area, and a really good little restaurant in the park.
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| Sandhill Cranes seem to be everywhere in Florida, and not shy |
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| Pretty little lake in the park |
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| An endangered Wood Stork! |
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