Early in the day before the boat traffic gets bad, the reflections are fantastic in the dark brown waters of the mangrove swaps. We launched the boat and floated down Buttonwood Canal into Coot Bay, through Tarpon Creek into Whitewater Bay. It was a relaxing daytrip into the Glades. We saw dolphin and some of the regular waders plus a white crested pigeon and an oriole that we added to our list. Thankfully there were a few clouds and some wind so we only got a little too much sun.

One more reason to not swim here. We saw a shark! They claim there are many here in the bay…the water is generally pretty murky so you can’t see them. That is certainly a little creepy!