Eric & I drove to Lake
Tohopekaliga for a
We signed in & waited
to board our boat.
Eric is ready to ride....
I put on my ear protection.
Captain Ed piloted our
Airboat onto Lake
Tohopekaliga.
A Great Egret takes off....
Captain Ed stopped the boat
next to Spanish Moss covered
Our fellow passengers are from Australia.
Those short, knobby growths
are Cypress Knees.
They provide an Oxygen Exchange system for the water covered roots of Bald Cypress Trees.
Two Sand Hill Cranes
keep each other
company.
One of the many watery
paths through the
lake's grasses.
Captain Ed knows where the Alligators are lurking on Tohopekaliga Lake.
Our first sighting....
An up close shot....
Eric wanted a photo of
the Water Lily buds.
A Limpkin dashes across
the grass.
A male Bald Eagle
Two nesting pairs are tending their eggs in lofty nests at Lake Tohopekaliga.
Another Alligator lolls
in a shallow pool.
in flight.
This Alligator suns next
to a Water Lily root.
The last Alligator on our
tour is sunning from
head to tail tip.
Captain Ed returns the
Airboat to its berth.
Eric holds a small Alligator.
Captain Ed's tour was fun and educational. Eric and I had a wonderful time!
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