Florida National Parks January 2023

One advantage of homeschooling is being able to go on vacations when everyone else is in school.

Off to Florida we went!

It was about 75 degrees every day. That's warmer than California in January.

Our first National Park was Everglades. We took an airboat and saw two alligators and lots of cool birds.

In Miami, we went to Jungle Island where the girls and I did a lemur experience.

It was their favorite part of the trip.

Next stop was Key West where we caught the ferry to Dry Tortugas National Park.

It's a very small island with an old fort on it.

The fort was used during the civil war to hold deserters from both sides.

Walking through and on top of the fort was my favorite part of the trip.

We had a picnic lunch as part of the tour and then went snorkeling.

Dan was still seasick from the two hour boat ride so he passed on snorkeling.

I went back to walk through the fort some more.

We got back at dinner time and walked around Key West a bit.

Back in Miami the next day we went to Little Havana. We had reservations at a restaurant but something about it scared Anna and when she has had her limit you might as well just leave.

Our last day was spent at Biscayne National Park.

We kayaked around the mangroves looking for manatees but never saw one. :(

But we spottted some great blue herons.

In the afternoon we went to Wynwood Walls to see some of the art work. 

We also drove through some of the Art Deco District of Miami.

It was a bit of an exhausting trip for Anna.