One of the many highlights of living in the Keys is having Everglades National Park about a mile north of us.

But that’s the water portion of the park – to get to the swamp and landside parts you have to drive an hour north up through the mainland with all of the crazy mainland drivers!

Welcome To The Park

Mom and Dad are all smiles as we enter the park

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No Fence!

Mom poses, despite the huge gators sitting in the grass about 10 feet behind her

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Rough Day

Somebody had a rough day

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What?

Did I just poop on myself?

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Mister Blue Eyes

Beautiful blue eyes on this Cormorant

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Did Someone Say Fish?

This Great Blue Heron is keeping a sharp eye out for a snack

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Zonked Out

This alligator picked a weird place for a nap

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Some Days You’re The Fish

Some days you’re the predator, some days you’re the prey! We watched this Anhinga spear this fish, pull him out of the water, and swallow him whole

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Flamingo

I didn’t see a single Flamingo here

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Home Sweet Home

This osprey keeps an eye on the kids

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Eagle er… Osprey Eyes

Keeping an eye out for lunch

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Land Of The Dwarves

A couple of big dwarves!

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Dwarf Jeeperz

It’s been a long time since we took a ‘Jeeperz with a sign’ photo

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A fitting end

This gorgeous sunset at Gilbert’s was a fitting end to the day.

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