today has been fun. i got to spend the night on dana bunny and gdad's boat. it was kind of cold and rainy. i was huddled up with blueberry, so i was nice and warm. dana bunny got up and made us all pantakes! i love pantakes. what a nice treat. it's kind of cold and windy out so it was decided we should call for a ride to shore. dana called the boathouse and they said the next boat was in 15min. there was lots of hustle but we all managed to get ready in time. the marina water taxi came right at 10am and picked us all up, along with a million bags.
we got to shore and walked through town. we walked and walked and finally got to the parking garage where mom left her car. we tossed all the bags in the car. across the street from the garage was a very big playground. we all walked over and i got to run around the park while mom and dana decided what we should do with the day. mom called me over and asked me if i wanted to go visit a toucan. YES!
we all got in the car and mom drove us back across the bridge to where we were yesterday. we pulled into a parking lot and got out at the alligator farm/zoo.
oh man. the zoo was soo cool. there were only a handful of people there so it was like having the whole place to ourselves. i saw the toucans. they were right by the front door. there were two of them hanging out. they looked at me. i said hello to them. i love toucans. i walked around with mom. we looked at gators. there were lots of gators. every where you turned, gators here, there and everywhere. gators are kind of smelly and lazy. we saw other things too. there were different kinds of birds, snakes and some small monkeys to visit. we saw the gators get fed dead guinea pigs. that was kind of wild. we walked out in the swamp and got to feed the gators there. for 25cents i got a huge handful of something that looks like crunchie cat food. we took turns sprinkling it in the water and watching the gators eat. after that we went and fed ourselves.
we ate at the toucan canteen. mom ordered me some french fries and a sprite. my favorites! the grown ups got burgers and hotdogs. i did not want to try those things. while we were eating lunch a lady went by carrying huge parrots. mom looked at the program and saw there was a parrot show in a few minutes in the building next to us. so we all finished eating and went to the parrot show.
the parrots were good. i saw one do a big poop. that was funny. they did some talking and climbing on things. the lady said parrots live like 50years and are as smart as a 3year old. mom said no way are we ever getting one. that's fine. i just want a toucan.
we walked around the zoo a bit more and then it was time to go. dana and gdad needed to catch the water taxi and we needed to drive back to gainesville.
mom drove us across the bridge to the side dana and gdad are staying. we stopped at a red light and dana and gdad just jumped out of the car. bye i guess. mom just drove us back to gainesville.
we made it home and i didn't have any accidents! i can't wait to see dad and tell him all about my adventure.