Captain John made this trip one of my favorite days I've had in a long, long time. When the torrential rains and lightening prevented our departure on our scheduled date, Captain John connected us up with Captain Barry to reschedule for the next evening with no cancellation or rescheduling fees. The next day, before we set off on our trip, we got to see a rather sizable gator (we named him Herman) just swimming around the docks. Our son's first gator sighting! The short (and not steep) ramp to get onto the boat dock had hand rails and traction to prevent slippage even when wet. Getting onto the boat was incredibly easy -- I don't even remember a step down! Plenty of comfy seating available with a cover overhead, in case of rain drops. And then we set off on our tour. We searched around for a wee bit for the manatees, and low and behold after just a few minutes, we saw a mama and her pup! We got plenty of pics and some great videos. Then we moseyed along the water looking at the birds and the lovely mangroves. Captain John was highly entertaining and very knowledgable, answering all of our questions. And then we took off, zooming down toward the gulf where we spied dozens of dolphin sightings!! The sunset was glorious. Captain John even meandered the boat around to allow for obsessive photography with lovely backgrounds. The pics turned out great. The memories even better. Once the sunset was down, he zoomed us right back on home, missing all of the lightening and rain! Such an incredible night, such incredible memories. Can't wait to bring the rest of our friends and family to repeat this tour again and again and again!