Friday morning the sun was finally out! We took and Uber out to Three Folks Marsh for an airboat tour of the unique beauty and hopefully spot some gators. The people in Florida are very friendly people we have noticed this consistently. When our Uber driver was dropping us off, we realized that the airboat tour drop was kind of remote and that it could be difficult to get an Uber to pick us up out there. So after some deliberation, Captain Charlie asked the Uber driver if he wanted to just come along with us. Tom, the driver was very happy as he said he was 67 years old and had never been on an airboat. He now wants to take his granddaughter on a ride. Good on ya Melbourne Charlie!
The airboats are amazing vehicles that glide over anything! The airboat was invented in Utah marsh by rangers that wanted to study and protect the bird life of the marsh. Prior to the introduction in 1943, refuge biologists had to either walk through shallow water and deep, sticky mud or push unpowered flat-bottom boats with long poles.
Our guide Charlie drove us up an 8 foot grassy bank and onto a trail and then back down into the marsh with no trouble. We cruised through the palm trees and reeds of the marsh and saw several gators and baby gators, water lily fields and birds. It was really nice to be out in the sun and nature again. We stopped in town for lunch at The Casba and then we took a long march over the bridge to see the long stretch of beach on the Atlantic.
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