The Florida Post (Fi-nal-ly)

So, long story short: I’ve been dying of the plague (again) and I’ve neglected my blog and you all (again).  And if I could afford ponies made of chocolate sprinkles for all of you, I’d totally hook you up because I truly am sorry for my absence.  I hate when I’m not posting regularly.  Anyway…

Check out our trip to Florida!

We took a fan boat tour through The Everglades, and it was one of the coolest fucking things I’ve ever done. I want to go back to the 10,000 Islands with my own fan boat for a couple of months and just explore. And then maybe I’d finally see a giant python eat a gator. Anyway, this is the view from one of the 10,000 Islands. It’s a bit perfect.
This is me and Rhonda having the time of our lives on the fan boat. And that’s Captain Robert. And no, we did not lose a bet, we wore those hats proudly.  *Photo by my Dad*
This brown pelican kicked it on our boat with us for a while. Nice guy.
Lin and Dad kicked it on the boat with us too. Uhhhhh… check out that view! Zooming through those channels was ah-may-zing.
Mangrove Tunnel. *Photo by Rhonda*
This is me with a baby gator. And this was the only pose I could think of in the moment. I’m surprised that thing didn’t whip around and bite off my nose for being such a smart-ass. *Photo by Rhonda*
Instead of feeding a baby gator my nose, I fed a giraffe some lettuce. In this exact moment I was having an in depth conversation with the giraffe about Gene Simmons. *Photo by my Dad*

Also at the Naples Zoo we saw:

Monkeys.
White Ibis.
Pretty Flowers.
And among so many other animals, some macaws.

When we weren’t out playing and eating.  We were relaxing with adult beverages and books on our condo’s wrap-around terrace.

I know… go ahead and hate us.  *Photo by Rhonda*

Macawwwwwwwwww… That Sucks.

I saw these guys and immediately flipped my shit because I thought that maybe they were paid by the Naples Zoo to pass out free Fruit Loops to us patrons.  And then Rhonda was all, “You moron, you’re thinking of a toucan.”  And then I was sad because I was dumb AND I still didn’t have any Fruit Loops.

“Have you met my friend, Paul? This is Paul. What’s that? Oh, yeah, yeah, he always looks like that. Hasn’t touched a single drug in his life though, can you believe it? I know. He looks stoned. But I promise he isn’t! Uncanny, right? Well here you are. Like I said, this is Paul and I’m Merve. I’ve been told I talk a lot. Oh, hey, listen to me going on… would you like a frothy beverage or a dehydrated peanut or something? I’d offer you a Fruit Loop but I’m not a toucan.”

More from our trip to Florida to come.