Alligators in the Everglades

These are the last of my alligator photos from the Everglades,

taken February 2009.

Notice how they all seem to be smiling.

Think they thought I was dinner.

Alligators in the Everglades - February 2009

I have been trying to get through all my photos from the Feburary 2009 trip.Found some more alligator photos I wanted to share.

These were taken at different locations along Hwy 14,

crossing from one side of Florida to the other side.

We watched this alligator swim over to these tree limbs and use it to rest on.

Guess he was being lazy.

Bird's Eye view of an Alligator

Traveling along on Hwy 41 there are a couple of locations

where there are boardwalks out next to the waterways. At one of these I decided to take some photos

of one of the alligators looking straight down at him.

I thought it was interesting because don't

usually get to see the alligators at this angle.

Just a head shot.

Then just his nose.

Alligators that look like logs

These alligators were all photographed along Hwy 41 in the Everglades. Alligator Alley is now I-75, so we chose to travel Hwy 41 instead. That way we could stop along the way to photograph the alligators and birds.

Alligators love to bask in the sun.

They also like to hide in the water.

Guess that is how they hunt.

Turtles in the Florida Everglades

Turtles from the Florida Everglades.

After we got off the cruise ship we needed to travel to the other side of Florida to our time share. We had over 24 hours to do this, and Jimmy had mentioned recently he would love to really see the Everglades. So here we were close by, with some time to spare. We decided to take a air boat ride through the Everglades. It was just as enjoyable as any tour that we took from the cruise ship (and at a real reasonable price). I will be sharing more photos later, this is just the start.