Day 5: Everglades outpost

Day 4: three different reefs and tarpon!

Day three:Swamp Tromp

Rare crocodiles! Owl! Manatee! Birds & air plants! What a day! B'wana explains periphyton at Mahogany Hammock: Home to the largest mahogany tree in  this hemisphere.

Crocodilus acutus!  Rare American crocodile

Bard owl in a cypress dome

Bromeliads

Day 4: three reefs in one day! More pictures!

And we saw every conceivable fish as well as a hawksbill turtle! Visibility was 75 feet underwater! 

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Mrs. Bailey and Katie took a glass bottom boat to one reef. The rest of us had a private tour boat with Captain Wade and our favorite mate Dean! They took us to Christ of the abyss reef as well as another reef that featured Elkhorn coral.

Everglades! Day 3: more pics

Swamp tromping with gators and owls and herons!  Today we saw the rare American Croc and manatees!  Airboat rides at the alligator farm was icing on the cake.  Cuban food for dinner and then .  . . Bed!

Check out these strangler figs!

A sad post for all previous expeditions

Day 2

After a wonderful hot breakfast at the hotel we drove to John Pennekamp Park and had a wonderful experience with a remarkable 50 foot of underwater visibility .  We can't wait for Wednesday when we do it again! Afterwards we had lunch at a Cuban restaurant, visited the injured bird sanctuary, bought souvenirs at shell world and then headed off to Robert is here!