We got out the door pretty quick Monday morning and drove up the coast to see some cool beaches, go to an alligator preserve, an iguana preserve, and most importantly - release baby turtles into the ocean!! It was such a fun day and as you can see in the pictures, very hot!
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| Before we went out on our boat, our guide took us to see some baby turtles that had just hatched! They were sooo cute! The kids couldn't stop smiling! |
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| Max was a big fan. |
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| See that creepy alligator in the water! |
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| We parked our boat on the island and were getting out when our guide told us there was an alligator over there! Only 10 feet from us! We all ran to hide behind a tree, then the guide tied his flip flop to a string and threw it by the alligator to come out. |
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| Oh, he came out all right! I was screaming all the way to the safe hut. He was huge! EWWW! Don't they give you the creeps! |
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| When Sam ran away from the alligator he hid behind a tree and on top of a red ant pile! They crawled all over his legs and he screamed. Luckily, our guide had some medicine to put on him. Sam was a grump until he got some food in him. |
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| This monkey was awesome. He would swing and play all over and come say hi. |
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| More yummy food! |
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| Max was so patient and quiet and actually pet the deer! Crazy! |
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| Sam was finally happy with his soda. |
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| These plants were so cool! If you touched the leaves they would curl up. And since Sam is crazy, he kept ruining by smashing his hand all over the leaves. Sigh. |
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| After alligators, we drove to see iguanas. I would be okay never seeing those again. Gross. |
OK, those leaves that you touch and they curl up were growing all over in our yard in Oki. After they curl up they get prickly if you step on them so you can only step once, then there's no going back. We called it sleepy grass.
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