Caught Having a Mid-Day Snooze

How cozy these alligators look – we found them taking a mid-day snooze under the blistering hot sun just along Tamiami Trail in the Everglades.

We were towing our boat to Marathon today and decided to stop at this Visitor’s Center to see the alligators. They seem to have eluded us during our boat trips through here (probably because it was cold at those times) – I have to say the view we got of them today, from the walkway above them, was excellent. We found them sunning in this drainage ditch in front of the Visitors Center only feet from Tamiami Trail, and ourselves. They weren’t very animated. They looked as though they were exhausted from wrestling down a big meal and were now taking a well-deserved nap.

Bob cats (below) are also plentiful in the Everglades along with otters and mangrove fox squirrels, just to name a few.