The Bonita Springs Grand Opening
January 1 2010
The weather forecast was not good for the day of of opening and I was skeptical as to the turnout. But the day before turned nice and we got a chance for some fun paddling. Some folks decided to book boats for the day before and we had a full day of rentals and tours on New Years Eve. You can see by the pictures below some great cypress trees and old Florida forest. On one of the tours I took out we came across an adult green iguana in a tree sunning himself. He was kind enough to pose over one of the paddlers for a picture.
As adults the green iguana loses the bright green of it’s youth and turns greenish brown to orange. He is on the tree branch just above the paddlers head in the picture below.
The morning of opening was beautiful but the forecast said it would be raining by 1pm. We were having our free kayak drawing at 2pm. Many folks got to paddle and try out boats in the morning but just like a noon whistle thunder put and end the trips out on the water.
Then the rain came and everyone huddled under the canopy waiting for 2pm. We had the drawing at 2 and gave away a new kayak and paddle. I was surprised and pleased and thanked everyone for coming. We even had Bev Citron the travel writer from Miami stop over for a visit. Calusa Ghost Tours would like to send our thanks to everyone that helped make this possible.
