Camp Holly- Alligator Tour

We first decided to go to Camp Holly, for an Alligator Tour Boat ride. When we got there, we were a little skeptical- it was a broken down bar on a swamp encircled by run down trailers and out houses. Inside we found a group of old men (who we assumed were the ‘regulars’) drinking and smoking and a gruff looking bar tender. We found a man polishing his huge moose antlers, lots of alligator skin and trophy boar heads hanging on the walls and many funny signs. We had walked right into a Redneck Fishing Bar- it was awesome. Both of us couldn’t believe how ‘redneck’ it really was- but we were excited and eager to see what they could show us.





Our guide, Dan, took us on a swamp boat (with a HUGE fan propeller in a cage). We had to wear ear protection because the fan was so loud. It was really hard to spot the alligators- which we found out later was very unusual. It was November 2nd and the alligator hunting season had ended the day before- so there were almost no alligators left and those that had survived the hunt learned to hide from the boat. (They say that if you go before hunting season you will see 40 or 50 at a time). We probably only saw four total, but it was still cool. Our guide was a big, gruff, redneck man who talked and talked to us- he was really nice. And (we think because we talked to him a lot) he took us on an extra special ride (we think we were out longer then usual). He took us fast on the boat through the marshland- it was amazing. It looked like we were riding right trough a field but the weeds would push aside and the boat would go through. It was so much fun and well worth it- we really loved the opportunity.