点评:The boat tour of the Everglades from the Smallwood Store is a magical experience, a trip back in time, an immersion in the natural world. We were amazed to watch the dolphins swim up to our boat, and then surf in our wake. We saw white pelicans, rosy spoonbills, herons, cormorants, and egrets. Our experienced local guide spoke about the families that picked oysters and farmed amongst the mangrove islands and showed us where layers of shells placed by native peoples over thousands for years formed the base of an island. We him asked a zillions questions, about hurricanes, history, birds, fish, and boats. The tour boat was small, carrying only our our family and the guide. We made one stop where we walked on a beach in the National Park (you can't remove any shells or driftwood from the Park). Our tour was 2 hours, and it left from the beach behind the Smallwood Store museum.
翻译:从斯莫伍德商店出发的大沼泽地游船之旅是一次神奇的体验,仿佛穿越回过去,沉浸于自然世界。我们惊叹地看到海豚游到船边,然后在船尾激起的浪花中嬉戏。我们还看到了白鹈鹕、粉红琵鹭、苍鹭、鸬鹚和白鹭。经验丰富的当地导游向我们讲述了在红树林岛屿间采摘牡蛎和养殖牡蛎的家庭的故事,并向我们展示了原住民数千年来层层叠叠的贝壳如何构成了岛屿的基座。我们向他提出了无数个问题,关于飓风、历史、鸟类、鱼类和船只等等。游船很小,只有我们一家人和导游。途中我们停靠了一次,在国家公园的海滩上漫步(公园内禁止带走任何贝壳或浮木)。我们的行程持续了两个小时,从斯莫伍德商店博物馆后面的海滩出发。