December 2004, Dad, Stephen and I took a 3 day, 2 night luxury cruise through the everglades.  With a canoe, kayak and plenty of dehydrated food we paddled several miles each day and were lucky enough to only see a handful of people over the course of the trip.  Our jumping off point was Everglades City where we paddled to the Kingston Key Chiki hut, a raised platform where we will pitch our tent and wait for daybreak.  Our next destination was the inappropriately named rabbit key.  There were plenty of raccoons and mosquitoes but no rabbits.  The next day we backtracked and returned to Everglades City.  We made it back home in time for Christmas with plenty of stories to tell.