We set out this morning for Everglades City. Our intent was to check out the boat tour of the Ten Thousand Islands of the Everglades National Park. As we arrived at the national park office, we noticed that the water was fairly calm and people were loading for the first tour of the morning. We rushed into the concessionaire, bought tickets and loaded onto the pontoon. Our eco-tour included seeing many types of birds, dolphins, and several raccoons living on an island in the distance. All of us had hoped to see more of the islands so we were a bit disappointed. But the day was absolutely gorgeous and sunny so it was a great day for a boat ride.
After a small bite to eat at The Oyster House we headed down to the old town of Naples and a relaxing walk onto the Old Pier to see the brown pelicans, terns, and cormorants fishing. There were lots of people swimming in the Gulf here and many people also fishing from the pier. Our guide took us for a drive down along the gulf to see the many million dollar homes. Then, we headed to a county beach park that is inhabited by gopher tortoises and a cute little raccoon that knows how to get his food out of the waste cans.
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