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3/4/11 Anders Deboom

Hello again my loyal fans!

This is Anders Deboom with this week’s SOAR report. This week I’m going to be telling you all about the animals and fish that we saw during our last expedition to the Everglades. The categories I will be talking about will be animals, fish, wildlife, and cool views.

The first thing I am going to be talking about is the fishing. We were able to fish literally every day, even if it was only for a little time. While we were fishing, we were able to catch many different types of fish. A few of these were: lady fish, mangrove snapper, sail cat, sea cat, and lizard fish. Since we didn’t bring any bait with us into the Everglades, we were made to catch our own bait using our natural resources. We found shell fish and cracked them open to use the meat on the inside, and we brought a casting net which we were able to use to some good.

The second thing I will be talking to you about will be the interesting animals that we saw. There were very few actual animals that we saw, but of the few that we did see, there were lots of them. The main animals that we saw were: alligators, crocodiles, key dear, white tail dear, various types of lizards, and way too many raccoons.

                The third thing that I will be telling all of you about is all of the amazing sights which I saw. Probably some of the most amazing sights that I saw were the amazing sunrises and sunsets. During these times, the sun literally turned blood red with some sections of the sky turning a brilliant pumpkin orange.

                Another thing that I saw that I think that everyone would like to know is all of the crazy tide pools that I saw. Unlike the sludge like mucky water that you paddle through the different places in the mangroves, these tidal pools are crystal clear and full of crazy and interesting organisms. One of the coolest things that I saw while in these tidal pools was the horse shoe crabs. Horse shoe crabs are crazy, because they are not only millions of years old, but when they bleed, their blood is blue. Also inside these tidal pools you will find small crabs, hermit crabs, and many amazingly different colored shells.

                These were the most amazing things that our group did, and see throughout this entire trip.

After all of these things above which I have talked about, I have had a special request from a few bloggers to tell some of you a story or two that occurred during our amazing adventure to the everglades.

My first story is going to be of the water fights that our group had.

                Throughout the entire trip, Sophie was constantly splashing us. Her excuse for it was that we weren’t paddling hard enough. Or on another instance, someone splashed Sophie, and whenever you splash Sophie, that to her is a declaration of WAR! :). Once Sophie or anyone else starts a war, it becomes every boat for himself. My boat which for most days was Isaac (and I), attempted to get away from it. In the end our cause was hopeless, because after every water fight, in the end we needed to bail water out of our canoe.

My second story is going to be about those little furry annoyances called raccoons!

 The raccoons I saw were some of the most rambunctious and fearless little fluffy devils that I have ever seen. They never gave up, and never showed any signs of fear.

                The most hilarious experience that anyone here had with the raccoons was Aaron. One night when we were having dinner, I was stalking raccoon with Alec. We noticed that there was a raccoon over by our gear pile right next to Aaron’s gear to we called him over to make sure nothing was being taken. Aaron walked over to investigate his gear, and noticed that par of one of his swimming trunks was sticking half way out of one of the bushes, and being slowly dragged into it. He grabbed his trunks lifting them up. When he pulled the swimming pants up, on the end of it was a nice little furry paw that didn’t want o let its colorful prize go. Aaron gave a hard yank, and the raccoon gave sudden yelp and upon letting go, ducked back down under the bush and galloped away. I could just imagine that silly raccoon chastising himself for his bad luck. Trust me! No one left anything out after that! J

Well this is the end of this week amazing outdoor adventures. Thanks for reading, and don’t hesitate to put up any personal requests for what you would like to know.

Pleas have a nice day, and ill tell you something new next time on…… Anders Amazing Adventures:  du du du dum!!!!!

By ANDERS DEBOOM