This post is a follow up on my post from yesterday, I put the link to the other post at the end of this post.
After Orlando we went on to Sarasota.
Sarasota is comparable with my hometown in size, it got about 50.000 people living there, so a mid size city. We went to Sarasota on a tip from the daughter of a friend of mine, she stayed there for a year in a exchange program from school. She told us that is was a nice surrounding, and it was.
We stayed at Hibiscus Suites Motel, a cozy motel. It reminded me of Ray Donovan (the serie), a typical American Motel (at least I thought it was typical).
Siesta Key
When we unpacked out stuff we went to Siesta Key. At Siesta Key there is the world famous Siesta beach.
The weather was quiet cloudy, but the temperature was good. So the kids took a dive into the water en enjoyed it very much.
On some places on the beach there were red lines and signs. When we stepped closer we saw that those lines were for the turtles that breed on the beach at night.
There are some big fine's if you disturb the turtles during breeding, and I thinks that's very good because people are often to nosy when it comes to wildlife. I thinks it's awesome those turtles breed at the beach, but we have to respect them.
After the beach we walked into the village. It was still cloudy and had rained a bit, but for me that's perfectly fine. Walking in full sun isn't quiet my cup of tea :)
When we came back at the motel at night, this was how it looked then. Awesome view isn't it :)
Myakka Park
The next day we went to Myakka Park. This is a state park with a lot of wild wetlands. There are a lot of alligators in the park among other animals.
You can enter the park by car, bike of camper. Although I wouldn't go by bike or on foot that easy :) We entered by car.
There is some beautiful nature and enough warnings for the wildlife :)
We stopped the car at several bridges but didn't saw any wildlife, just some birds flying over. So we continued entering the park.
All of a sudden I noticed on gator besides a bridge. it didn't move in the water.
Can you see the animal on the picture below?
Gators are quiet relaxed animals, they stay at the surface, just with the eyes above the water. Waiting for a prey.
When we moved on I saw a deer, or some other type I am not sure, in the bush.It was relaxing . The first thing I thought was "What if a gator comes along", but then again, that's nature isn't it.
There was some great nature to be seen in the park.
In the center of the park there is a shop and a riverboat company.
We decided to take a tour, so we could see a lot more of the park.
According to the company it was the largest airboat in the world :) 70 persons could get on it.
The tour was fun, the captain told us all about the park, the animals and the life overthere. It was very educational.
He also told us that the water was quiet high for the time of the year and that a couple of places in the park are flooded. When that happens it's more risky because the alligators are leaving their normal space.
We enjoyed it very much although on the water there was quiet a hard wind.
On our way to the exit we encountered a deer with it's kid :)
Great to see...
It was a awesome experience in the park. To see those creatures real life..
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