Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo like this before, have you?  I mean it’s stunning, amazing, breathtaking… I could go on and on.  It should be on the cover of a nature magazine!

Two Gators Close Up

This photo was taken yesterday by Mary – she graduated from high school with Captain Harold! Mary and her husband Karl (who also graduated with Captain Harold) and their son were in Florida visiting and went out for a ride on the airboat with us.

Fortunately it was an absolutely perfect day, and we saw some amazing alligators.

I could not believe my eyes when I saw these two gators snuggled up - it’s something you just don’t ever see! The smaller gator is the female; the large gator is a male. It’s not gator mating season yet (March), so I guess these two are in a courtship phase. Or perhaps he’s convinced her it’s March already?

Is it March Yet?

Mary took so many fantastic photos and lucky me, they stopped by our house before we all went out to dinner, so I got to download them ALL right to my laptop!

Here’s a picture of the high school buddies - Captain Harold and Karl, Hemphill High School, Hemphill, Texas:

More high school buddies, plus me:

Captain Harold, Mary and Karl - Hemphill High School

I’ll have some more incredible photos to share with you tomorrow!

It was a bit chilly this morning, but this lovely Canadian family wanted to take an airboat ride anyway. I call them hearty Canadians, and they called themselves crazy Canucks! My goodness - we have had a lot of Canadian passengers over the past few days. And even with temps reaching into just the upper 50’s today they’re still happy to be in Florida.

We really love our friends “north of the border” and look forward to seeing them every year starting in February. They’re here for the sun, and here for the races. And they’re having fun in the swamp on our airboat…

And they tell us over and over – “we definitely didn’t want to ride one of those huge airboats” – so their also very, very SMART Canucks!

I received this email from Aileen and Mike shortly after their airboat ride yesterday… that was sure quick!  And their right – the weather was incredibly beautiful yesterday, a perfect day to be on the water. 

WOW!!!  What a great 2 hour trip we had, the sights were amazing, the weather was perfect and Captain Harold is very knowledgeably about the area and wildlife and knows where to find it.  Your team is top notch and operates in a very professional manner.  The airboat, along with headsets were great, this has been the best time since we have been in Florida. 

We commend you for a great time and continued success and will recommend your trip to all who plan on visiting the area.  Again, thanks for a great time.

Aileen & Mike Leahr, Okawville, IL