One of our most anticipated stops on our trip was Everglades National Park. We chose to go to Gator Park for an airboat tour based on their reviews. Since we were coming from Key West, we arrived there late and almost missed their last tour. The place was pretty cool, with a bunch of peacocks and chickens wandering the grounds, which kind of confused us as birds and gators don't really mix. We got there just in time to watch the last of the "alligator show" which was basically a guy that looked like Denzel Washington shoving different size alligators in our faces, trying to scare us. It was a little corny but there was a scary point where he stuck his hand in the alligator's mouth and just as he took if out, the alligator snapped down just missing his hand.
We were excited to see alligators but didn't realize how beautiful the Everglades would be. You could see for miles around, making you forget that we were only a few miles away from the dock. We saw a lot of aquatic turtles, birds and plant life during the slow portion of the tour. Once we sped up, our guide started to do donuts in the water! Sometimes it felt like we were just going to flip over into the poisonous snake and alligator filled water. At one point in the tour, the guide turned the boat off and actually GOT IN the poisonous snake and alligator filled water and pushed the boat around. Unfortunately (for us, not the guide in the water), the water was unusually high and it was mating season so we only saw a few alligators.
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