Airboat Ride
On Thursday, March 19, we drove down past Lake
Wales, to the southern edge of Lake Kissimmee to go on an airboat
ride. It was a place called the Grape Hammock Fish Camp and we
would greatly recommend it. We were a bit early so we strolled
around the place before the ride and then we got on the boat.
They provide you with headsets so you can hear the
pilot/guide. They also help to quiet the noise from the
boat. It has a 500 CID V8 which generates 575 HP and it is
sitting right behind you so it is very noisy.
The operation is a family run business and the guide
is the owner who grew up in the business and on Lake
Kissimmee. He knew the area well and pointed out alligators
and eagles as well as other wildlife. We saw several gators
including a swarm of babies that were only a foot or so long.
He told us that the gator will lay up to 60 eggs and it looked like
this mama laid all of that and they had all survived, so far.
There was a mess of them. It was a really good experience,
like something you would see on CSI: Miami!
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