Thinking of Planning a Giveaway in March? Let Me Explain Why YOU Should Join Us.

If you're thinking of hosting a giveaway in March, you should definitely consider joining us. The sign up has been open for a few weeks, but you have until Midnight tomorrow to decide if you want to join us.



Need a 5 reasons why joining a giveaway hop is a great idea?

1. Increase your blogs visibility.

2. Increase the entries you receive in your giveaway.

3. It's a great way to help grow your blog and social media channels.

4. A great way to meet other bloggers, your fellow giveaway participants.

5. It's fun!

How do they work?

We are all linked together, and at the bottom of everyones giveaway post will be a list that links to each and every blogger participating.
An entrant visits the blog they are familiar with, then begins the HOPPING journey to all the other blogs to visit and enter their giveaways. We all have our own followers, and when you add the potential of bringing each of our followers to each of the blogs in the hop, you can see how participating in a hop will bring your giveaway so much more visibility than if you hosted it on your own.

What giveaway items work best?

You know your followers, you may already know what their interests are because they follow you and are interested in you. So generally if you pick an item that you would love to own yourself, then most likely others will too.
However, if you can't think of anything giftcards are always a highly sought after item!

Need more information?

If you haven't participated in one of my hops, or want more details. Visit my GIVEAWAY PAGE HERE and learn more about them.

* This hop begins March 14th and runs through the 25th.
* No theme, you can select an item of your choice. However, it must have at least a $10 value.



Want to join?

If you've read all the RULES HERE or have participated before (the rules haven't changed) and already understand them. You can sign up below.  Remember you only have until tomorrow to join us!

NOTE: If you join today, you'll receive your instruction email by the end of the day so you can work on your post in advance and have no worries about rushing to get to it later.


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Exploring the Florida Everglades


This week I'd like to take you on an adventure into The Florida Everglades.  Florida Everglades National Park covers quiet a large area in Southern Florida.  I visited an area about an hour west of Miami.


I highly recommend you take a tour when you get there.  We picked an air boat tour.  This way you can get into area's that you might not normally be able to get into in a regular boat.  Additionally, you don't have to worry about hurting any of the wildlife because the boat just sort of floats above the water!


At first I wasn't sure if we would see any alligators.  But as we were driving to the park, I saw so many alligators in peoples backyards that I figured we were bound to see at least one.  But lucky for us, we saw lots, they were everywhere.


The thing about the everglades is it the terrain can change in an instant.  One minute you can be surrounded by tree's, shrubs and millions of lily pads, the next you can be right out in the open or near little island pockets. It's actually quite beautifully diverse.


If you take the tour, they'll tell you all about the area and the wildlife.  We learned that the swamps are home to far more wildlife than just alligators.


You may have to look close, but perched in the tree is a huge lizard!


The area is also home to wild boars, deer, Florida panther, snakes, turtles, toads and so many more.  Although I didn't see any of those on my trip! Darn it!


After the air boat tour we hung out in the park area for a while.  It was neat, there was the opportunity to try alligator, and visit different live exhibits and shows.


These next few pictures were taken inside the park-like zoo.


And if you're lucky, you can even get a chance to hold a few of them. If your wondering why I am holding $5, well the guy who was doing this was basically charging a $5 tip, I figured why not.


We learned that this is one place in the world were both Alligators and Crocodiles exist together!  They let me hold this little guy, I think he was a 2 year old.  But thankfully the mouth was taped shut!  They are actually quite a bit more smooth than you would think.


One of the great parts about visiting the National Park portion and going on a tour. You can see a few of the animals that you might not have seen while out in the swamps and Cyprus tree's. (I would not want to get caught behind that fence that is for sure, LOL)


I don't know why so many gators come up to the fences, but if I am going to guess it's probably because people feed them. If not that, maybe they are hoping a stupid tourist will come too close?


I guarantee you'll love your trip to the Everglades if you take it!  It was well worth it. I was only able to spend a day there, but if you have more time there is lots more to see and do!



 IF YOU GO:

*  I recommend taking a tour, its the safest and best way to insure you will see wildlife.  Not to mention you won't have to worry about getting lost in the vast swamps, or eaten by the local wildlife:)
*  There is a $10 entrance fee into the park.
*  I recommend bring bug repellent!  There are mosquitoes but also chiggers.
*  You can see a lot in a day, but you might enjoy spending a few days there!
*  There are campgrounds, hiking and boating available in different areas.



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