ajalldredge.blogspot

Alligators and Spanish Moss

Here is the last of the beach week. We drove down through the Everglades in search of alligators in the wild. The first two stops were a bust and just as Aaron said "I really don't think you're going to find anything"......we found a live gator! It was pretty awesome, although to be fair he had a bum eye and may have been close to death. He seemed pretty docile? On the return trip we stopped in Savannah again. I just love that city! The kids enjoyed a morning in Forsyth park. We also got the final details on the project in Denver, Co. We would get home that evening and would be back on the road in under 72 hours!

Looking for gators.

This guy got even closer after this to toss saltines to the alligator.

Not huge, but still a good sized guy.

Little ham.

Spanish moss scarf....trendsetter?

Fort Lauderdale Beach

Of all the beaches we've ever visited I'd have to say this one tops my list. From the cool wave wall that lit up at night, to the picnic tables, grills and playgrounds, this is just a super cool place for families!

Not too thrilled looking, is he?

The Wave wall.

So cool to have basketball courts on the beach.

This was also on the beach, how cool is that?

See the lights in the wall, they went through the whole rainbow in rotation.

After our hot day at the beach we got ourselves a nice set up....of course it was cloudy, oh well.

I was impressed with this rock because I've always wanted to see a rocky coast with the seaspray, etc.

The boys fed the seagulls most of their chips.

Isaiah thought the birds were so funny fighting over the chips.

Levi was trying to dump sand on the gulls.

The kids think this is the world's tiniest sea shell.

Isaiah was NOT impressed with the rock.

Water Taxi

The evening we rode the Water Taxi in Fort Lauderdale was the best! Constant breezes, beautiful sites, and amazing dinner! There were plenty of stops to take in the shopping and dining in the area, but we rode it just for the fun of seeing the sites.

View from out restaurant. We ate on a dock and the kids were behaving so well. Then when the food came we realized no one had forks and Levi informed us he had dropped them all through the cracks.