State(s): Florida
Link: https://www.nps.gov/bicy/index.htm
Days: 0.5
Month: December
Hotel: Best Western Plus Miami Executive Airport Hotel & Suites
Hikes: 2 = 0.5 miles
Ice Cream: N/A
For this trip, we flew into Miami and took a road-trip from there to Key West. Along the way, we went to the Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, and Dry Tortugas National Park.
Day 1
First we headed to the Oasis Visitor Center. On the way there it started raining, but thankfully it stopped by the time we made it to the visitor center.
We walked down the 200 yard boardwalk. There were a TON of alligators. We also saw lots of birds. We almost didn’t stop here but were glad we did!
Next we headed to Nathaniel P. Reed Visitor Center. We were told to stop here by a ranger at the previous visitor center. They even had a stamp for the Everglades Gulf Coast Visitor Center that was closed (just had to ask a ranger for it).
There was another short easy boardwalk behind this visitor center too. We saw more wildlife; a few alligators and birds. It’s cool watching them wiggle their tail to swim.
We then continued our trip to the Everglades National Park