Fort De Soto - Sarasota/Bradenton Area
We are heading to Fort De Soto soon and would like some suggestions of things to do in the area. We've been here before but we'd like some fresh suggestions on what to do in the area for a family of ...
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agesilaus wrote:
You will not see more gators in one spot, than you will see in Myakka unless you got down to the Shark Valley Everglades NP location off Hwy 41 further south.
Not to derail this thread but my wife and I and our 3 young (at the time) kids stayed there (Myakka River state park) back in the early 90s. We went out in our own family canoe for a little canoe ride. After a little while, we saw a gator in the water fairly close to us, then another and another and another. They were just everywhere. It seemed strange to me that they had a canoe rental concession there, where anybody could rent a canoe, and go out on the water, with all those gators there.
