Port Canaveral wasn't one of the locations where our ship was originally supposed to stop; however, Hurricane Irene changed those plans. At first, I wasn't too thrilled about this stop. I've been to Florida SOOO many times before; why would I want to stop there on a cruise?? But it was what it was, and we were determined to make the best of it.
We were supposed to go on a special trip at Grand Turks to visit an uninhabited island and see/touch stingrays in the wild. Since we were no longer going to Grand Turk, we decided to use our refund for a different side trip. We eventually settled on an airboat ride into the Florida swamps to look for alligators. Mackenzie was a bit ..... dubious??.... at first, but as you'll see from the pictures, she had a GREAT time!
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| A view of Port Canaveral from the ship |
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| Kenzie's ready for another adventure! |
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| Looking at one of the other airboats and the dock |
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| Ready to GOOOOOO!!! |
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| Look closely -- it's our first alligator sighting of the afternoon! |
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| And here it comes..... |
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| Captain Kenzie, ready to to go hunt down those varmints! |
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| After the airboat ride, we were given a demonstration by a local animal rescue group that specializes in wildlife/exotic creatures. Here are the "critters" they brought for show and tell...... |
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| So guess which one Mackenzie had to hold afterwords????? |
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| ugh. |
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| Back at the ship, leaving Port Canaveral, and enjoying the warm breezes. |
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| A view of Cocoa Beach from the balcony of the ship. |
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| Another look back at the beach |
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| And last, but not least, our towel critter for the night? Is it a bulldog? Not quite sure...... | | | | |
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Tomorrow...... arriving in Nassau, the Bahamas!!
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