Alligator Daze

One of the fun things we did while we were in Florida was go to an alligator farm on the edge of the Everglades. Everyone had fun holding a baby alligator. (With it's mouth taped shut, and don't worry--they rotate the alligators so that their mouth doesn't get sore.)

We loved the alligator show, although we were a little worried when the guy held the alligator's mouth open with his chin!

The little alligators are so cute. The picture on the left was babies--about a year old, I think. And the one on the right were a couple of years old. When we threw in the food pellets they climbed all over each other trying to get them.

Everyone loved the airboat ride. When Russ & I went two years ago we had to put bits of cotton in our ears to protect us from the noise, but since then they've upgraded to ear protectors. So we all looked very cool.

We saw a few alligators, turtles, and egrets (I think?) on our ride.

(This is Cindy Lynn's picture, and I swiped it right off of her blog.
My picture had too many heads in front of the bird. Thanks, honey!)

As we left the alligator farm we noticed that the neighbors must really not want to be invaded by the 'gators!