Hollywood, Florida - October 27 - 28, 2015

Hollywood, Florida - October 27 - 28, 2015

October 27, 2015

Today is Bev’s Birthday and we celebrated by moving from Dayton Beach, Florida, to Hollywood, which is near Fort Lauderdale.  We found the KOA in the book and figured it should be alright.  Unfortunately, it was not represented very well in the KOA book.  To begin with, there was road construction in front of the park, so it was difficult to get in, then the site where they put us was difficult to get in, so they moved us.  The staff was wonderful, so that made up for the location, which is in a residential area.

Rather than going out to eat one more time, Stan barbequed steaks and we had a nice quite meal at home.  With the tour, we have been eating out a lot. 

Bev was amazed at all the Birthday wishes she received.  Thanks to everyone who sent messages via phone, text and Facebook.  Wow – quite a day.

October 28, 2015

Two of the things that Stan wanted to do on this trip, was to take an air boat ride and see alligators.  Since there was a forecast for rain in the afternoon, we decided to start early.  It was overcast, so it wasn’t as hot as it could have been.  The locals apologized for no sun – we were actually happy.

 

We went to the Everglades Holiday Park.  Our guide, Mike, took us out in the Everglades and explained all about the wild life. 











We saw many birds and were beginning to think this might
 be like Canada and the moose – that we didn’t see.  But,
alas, we finally saw two alligators just swimming around in

 the water, being very docile.  We were able to get a lot of
 pictures.  After about an hour of jetting through the water
 lilies and grass, we headed back to the dock.

Following that, we saw a Gator Show. 

They have the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue, where alligators that are found out of their normal habitat, are rescued and brought to the park, rather than being killed by the authorities.  They currently have about 15 – 19 alligators that they house there and use for educational shows.  It was amazing, how lazy they seem to be.  We thoroughly enjoyed learning more about alligators.

 

After the show, Bev wanted to hold the baby alligator, so Stan took her picture with it – he was not at all interested in holding the alligator.  Bev also decided that holding the snake would be fun too, so off she went to have her picture taken. 

As we were walking back to the parking lot, it started to rain.  We have been so blessed on this trip with regard to weather.  We got to the car before being dumped on.

From there we decided to go to our favorite store, Costco, to get supplies, then on to the Honey Baked Ham store we had seen, before returning to the RV for the evening.