So we have finished off our Unit Study with Alligators. The best place to finish it is at a gator farm, so thankfully we have Gatorama in Palmdale, FL about an hour away. Can we say, INCREDIBLE! We actually bought annual passes, because we plan to go back.
There were tons of these big boys that you could throw bread to.
So mommy also learning a thing or two, gators look like they do, to conceal themselves to look like a tree. The good Floridian mommy, thinking tree, really, I would have never thought a tree. Well, do you see the gator in the next picture?
Gatorama is small and the day we went, blazingly HOT! Twice while we were there they took a baby gator out for the kids to hold, amazing pictures of that! Then at almost noon, they got the chicken out and got those bad boys to jump out of the water! AMAZING!
We left with a bag of frozen gator meat too. You know, had to finish the study right with gator in the tummy. Great Place! Worth the drive. So if you are anywhere South of Orlando and Tampa, take a drive. It is smack dab in the middle of the state. And if you pass the intersection SR70 and US27 and there are peaches for sale on the side of the road, you better get some. We already ate half a box in less than 5 days. (think 40 or more peaches and we are going back for more).
Of Course, you can’t field trip with out a lunch, so this is what we packed!
It was too hot at the farm to eat there, so we went a mile north to Fisheating Creek FWC Outpost and spent a little money to eat under the shade of some old oaks at the edge of a dug lake. It was great and since it was the areas official swimming hole, the kids got to cool off a bit, unfortunately for their mother! (No change of clothes.)
http://fisheatingcreekoutpost.com/
We did this trip with Katy-bunz, so head over to get a more personal view of our trip!
http://craftymomma2.blogspot.com/2011/07/gatorama-adventure.html
~trish
We had a wonderful time!! I cant wait to go field trippin with yall again!
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