The ALLIGATOR!!!

So our favorite thing we did on our Biloxi vacation was to go on a marsh/swamp tour on the Pascagoula River! Our guide told us it is the largest un-dammed river in the USA!!

We were the only ones on the tour that day so we had the best seats on the boat, our own personal tour guide, and tons of fun.

Rhylan absolutely HATED wearing this live vest. In fact, she cried for the first 10-15 min of our ride until we finally just took it off.
There were areas of the river called marsh--see below. Just a lot of tall sharp grass.
And areas called Swamp!! You can tell the difference because in a swamp there are trees and more types of plants and animal life.


We were riding for about 2 hours. We saw a ton of different animals. We saw raccoon, king fisher, osprey, turkey vulture, black vulture, red ear slider turtles, yellow ear slider turtle, and a red belly turtle, but of course we were really anxious to see an ALLIGATOR. Our guide said it still might be too cold for them, he couldn't find one anywhere. After two hours he said "Okay there is one more chance for you to see an alligator today. There is a BIG alligator that always hangs out in this one spot, its right around the corner lets see if he is there." We turned the corner and there he was!! All 12 feet and 600 lb of him. He was a pretty scary sight. Our guide said if he were to catch us in the water we would never win...duh!

We had such a great time, and we got to see the
real back country Mississippi Bayou!