Yes, you heard right! We took our 4 small children, by our own free will and choice, on a tour of a swamp infested with alligators! It was actually a lot of fun, and quite safe. The tour guide gave us a lot of interesting information about the swamp and occasionally lured alligators to the side of our boat with ...marshmallows! Did you 
know that alligators like marshmallows? The tour guide also put hot dogs on a long stick and held it over the side of the boat, so we could see the alligators jump, as you can see below. (We think he may be a little crazy!)
know that alligators like marshmallows? The tour guide also put hot dogs on a long stick and held it over the side of the boat, so we could see the alligators jump, as you can see below. (We think he may be a little crazy!) 
Anyway, the scenery was beautiful. We learned that a swamp is simply a forest that is underwater. And there were actually no bugs swarming around us! No mosquitos or cursed deer flies like the ones that attacked us every time we went outside anywhere else in the South! Apparently, the reason the water is brown (and bug repellant) is because of the Cypress trees that are partially underwater. They fill the water with tanic acid, which kills any eggs those yucky bugs lay, which, happily for those of us on the swamp tour,
means no bugs!!! The only insects we came in contact with were dragonflies, which were very pretty and added to the swampiness of the experience.
means no bugs!!! The only insects we came in contact with were dragonflies, which were very pretty and added to the swampiness of the experience. 
4 comments:
I am so excited you started a blog because it is a great way to stay in touch! Your trip looks like so much fun! You really are brave taking four kids on a plane. I have taken two many times, but I can't imagine double that!
Dad and Leona took us on that same tour when we visited. Did you see El Guapo? He was our favorite croc, and he beat up another crocodile right in front of our boat! Who knew they liked marshmallows so much?
Wow! It looks like you went on quite an adventure. Those pics are amazing. It seems just like yesterday that Tristan was eating rattle snakes( or what he would call them, rattle snacks)on his mission and sending home the tails for me and taft to play with.And now he has four kids and a wonderful wife. Keep the post coming. :)
Hi! It has been so long since we have spoken or seen you guys but I saw your blog on the Johanson's blog and decided to say hello. Your family has grown since we saw you last...but yet so has ours. We have finally moved back to Colorado and are up in Lakewood. We have been here for a month and are loving every minute of it. Keep us updated and please keep in touch!!
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