NBNC>Florida: January 27 2014

   
On Monday, the 27th, we joined the Torbert’s in a mile stroll through Royal Palm, a 4,000 acre portion of the Everglades; we only walked about a mile and a half along the Anhinga Trail, which is a paved walkway and a boardwalk over Taylor Slough and a freshwater sawgrass marsh.

 A slough, which is pronounced slew, describe areas of the Everglades where the water is a little deeper and there is a noticeable current.  

As always, there is an abundance of  wildlife that we see along the trail including alligators, turtles, wading birds, and tropical palms. 



And  did I mention alligators and more alligators, just lying peacefully along the boardwalk, but very aware of our footfalls nearby. We came across a gathering of gators as we were on the boardwalk and they were stretched out onto the sawgrass just lying there waiting for us tourists to take their pictures.