Hello Pet Talk!
I got back from my trip to south-west Florida early Tuesday morning, a little worse for wear (NEVER doing connecting flights again), but so happy that I'd had such a great two weeks in the USA. The weather was lovely; I didn't find it particularly too hot; when you've sizzled in Turkey and Cyprus at 45 degrees C in a nasty dry heat, the humidity is quite a relief!
Everyone is so friendly over there. Anyone and everyone will speak to you and service in restaurants and public places was almost always with a smile. It makes us Brits seem positively miserable!
We visited quite a few places - The Everglades and Big Cypress reserves of course were what I really wanted to see, but Sanibel and Captiva as well as the Bonita area were lovely too. My dad loved driving over there, my, what wide roads you have . When we returned home, we kept thinking the cars on the opposite side of the road were going to scrape our car.
Anyway, here are some of my pics. I ended up taking mainly pictures of wildlife, in fact two hundred and thirty of my two hundred and forty seven pictures were of animals and nature! I think I've improved my wildlife photography a bit, lol. I'm sure though that isn't a problem on these boards!
Well, this was home for two weeks. I love American style housing. The villa backed onto a very pretty lake where we always had birdlife visiting throughout the day.
We were so lucky to see these beautiful manatees. We got a tip off that some were sighted just offshore from Captiva the day before. When we went looking, we found them right up by the harbour - they were pretty much within touching distance. They even had a little baby with them. Such a memorable moment.
Look at the teeth on this croc! This one was in an animal park - unfortunately didn't get to see one of these in the wild, but....
We did see quite a few alligators. This was probably the only decent shot I got of one though, mainly you only see eyes and a nose before they disappear under the water. We did however, stumble upon one in a restaurant carpark , but I didn't have my camera with me then!
Many more coming!
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