tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594032440401814772024-03-24T00:11:29.517-07:00Knight AdventuresTravel adventures of Marlon and Doug in and out of their Monaco Knight motorhome.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-22332541634570107892024-03-11T22:50:00.000-07:002024-03-15T08:23:22.299-07:00List of Most Recently Published Blog Entries<p>This is a list of our most recently published blog entries. As we are filling in prior years randomly, this list will be useful for locating new entries.</p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2024/03/2024-krewe-of-highland-mardi-gras.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2024 Krewe of Highlands Mardi Gras Parade</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-florida-project-at-polk-theatre.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Screening of The Florida Project at Polk Theatre, December 2017</span></a> - UPDATED</p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2018/09/eastern-idaho-state-fair.html?m=1"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2018 Eastern Idaho State Fair with Lizzy the Hypnotist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2024/03/florida-strawberry-festival-plant-city.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City, Florida</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2024/02/whos-bad-ultimate-michael-jackson.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience @ House of Blues Orlando</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2023/12/saint-augustine-nights-of-lights.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some Sights of Saint Augustine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2024/01/hollywood-studios-magic-kingdom-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom 12-09-23</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2023/12/lakeland-florida-christmas-parade.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2023 Lakeland, Florida Christmas Parade</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2023/11/pima-air-space-museum-tucson-az.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tucson, Arizona - Pima Air & Space Museum, Rincon West RV Resort</span></a></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-75128946095349643942024-03-03T18:30:00.000-08:002024-03-14T09:07:41.296-07:00Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City, Florida<p>Today was our first visit ever (having lived nearby since 2007!) to the Florida Strawberry, Festival held in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, Plant City, Florida.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FUN FACT: Watsonville, California is considered THE Strawberry Capital of the World.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This event has been held annually (except during WWII) in Plant City since 1930.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH70c28SUfYrFf1G6Seu9kWCM60Bu4K6px5wvtw3iOSCPi1jRe1csKX18FB3FIREBBlD_Uy3i46W9EMJsYGwBP01WAAJMMdjT8bSM9Er1DbtVB2qJ5fGgkChj45wcgojFASSlrzkWraWz8tNpwVt3rjd0sKv1yy9sm0AXI725mcjUWMox7W668GoNQcNi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH70c28SUfYrFf1G6Seu9kWCM60Bu4K6px5wvtw3iOSCPi1jRe1csKX18FB3FIREBBlD_Uy3i46W9EMJsYGwBP01WAAJMMdjT8bSM9Er1DbtVB2qJ5fGgkChj45wcgojFASSlrzkWraWz8tNpwVt3rjd0sKv1yy9sm0AXI725mcjUWMox7W668GoNQcNi" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Entertainment included talented dogs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd6yomo6-qXoI1a3Uf1YBqrkjwBVFMFIi7k7aRiECyk0hs55rxlyACKVQ4BLvLD6SAmY89p7O7Ix7cboMVldU5ns0ZtajPFwvDjL3qY42C9DlrQoHQ8X96njMjkCtAse8mRX9uEBddFIKiRegBsZ1qJxQeg3bglgXEH45aQGFuhcDI1tPGVl292ag_jBin" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd6yomo6-qXoI1a3Uf1YBqrkjwBVFMFIi7k7aRiECyk0hs55rxlyACKVQ4BLvLD6SAmY89p7O7Ix7cboMVldU5ns0ZtajPFwvDjL3qY42C9DlrQoHQ8X96njMjkCtAse8mRX9uEBddFIKiRegBsZ1qJxQeg3bglgXEH45aQGFuhcDI1tPGVl292ag_jBin" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QKloXYILzgk" width="320" youtube-src-id="QKloXYILzgk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and swimming pigs, who also raced to the finish line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Robinson's Racing Pigs have entertained at State Fairs and Festivals since 1985, when they first appeared at the Florida State Fair. They have since been featured on many talk shows nationwide, including those hosted by Mr. Carson and Mr. Leno.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SktRM2maXqQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="SktRM2maXqQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Strawberry Shortcake, and every other food you can imagine, is aplenty at the Festival.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNlG-H6nx77iqYvY1zyk0a0C39cqtO3PsRqGZcRRyXhEpkYVN0j4w-f2OmuYWIBugLvqD8PrATmTCPYnCONlVs4Ps3gU4n-bUSvttVLRqV_76ODXA7hj6ImafOmwOW6P_B-KApn8yDnXCMuByT4EeZh92HCJ6UX0V6i-JMT9MUq2WGJSwldtDRUYYAMLLL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNlG-H6nx77iqYvY1zyk0a0C39cqtO3PsRqGZcRRyXhEpkYVN0j4w-f2OmuYWIBugLvqD8PrATmTCPYnCONlVs4Ps3gU4n-bUSvttVLRqV_76ODXA7hj6ImafOmwOW6P_B-KApn8yDnXCMuByT4EeZh92HCJ6UX0V6i-JMT9MUq2WGJSwldtDRUYYAMLLL" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Plant City is also home to the Robert W Willaford Railroad Musuem. Closed the day of our festival visit, it is located at Union Station Depot and features a two-story Train Viewing Platform.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirMC7jUIn2hgwpZUba3Ft2TVOsv8xHLjFbd_S1emYHj9kiSLwGFFgZzDPMHiwqHCte5lmHN1Q-NzEyMVJbx0vsRACQ1Wdd8qnvA2OtQJXTAfL5D7wYdLvOLut6HjAcFS2rTyPRFEzqQCZzTMQtXtPrWRggr4MAnFnTe13Egl7cRV-gbMMaDwvca9ePWY2p" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirMC7jUIn2hgwpZUba3Ft2TVOsv8xHLjFbd_S1emYHj9kiSLwGFFgZzDPMHiwqHCte5lmHN1Q-NzEyMVJbx0vsRACQ1Wdd8qnvA2OtQJXTAfL5D7wYdLvOLut6HjAcFS2rTyPRFEzqQCZzTMQtXtPrWRggr4MAnFnTe13Egl7cRV-gbMMaDwvca9ePWY2p" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Seemingly endless entertainment, included in the price of admission, was comprised of magicians, dancers, musicians and many other forms of entertainment.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a taste of entertainer Dennis Lee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7w_9VRl1YNU" width="320" youtube-src-id="7w_9VRl1YNU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a short video of magician Aaron Radatz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HJ6B9kr2cRU" width="320" youtube-src-id="HJ6B9kr2cRU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2024/march/florida-strawberry-/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To be continued...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-1580987956920161882024-02-16T19:00:00.000-08:002024-03-14T09:08:13.422-07:00Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience @ House of Blues Orlando<p>Tonight we visited The House of Blues Orlando at Disney Springs for the first time ever for Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience 20th Anniversary Tour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXv6SSRf7MyuRVDoeR6a93NdQBEQi9JCwn7c0pf84DyahYcfZ2LBPW1aS7cBxfbrssfYf4GQni4SOX0IY_as1BFYqnffn_Q726wIRDbUVVuIFEi-FKsJor4F8nS-9hh0JZ01kci8iDvU9rSHkO31sJ7HjwED7gQxYOlPa3He4RUiIGc8RrcmNfnT3n4rf/s4032/IMG_1233.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXv6SSRf7MyuRVDoeR6a93NdQBEQi9JCwn7c0pf84DyahYcfZ2LBPW1aS7cBxfbrssfYf4GQni4SOX0IY_as1BFYqnffn_Q726wIRDbUVVuIFEi-FKsJor4F8nS-9hh0JZ01kci8iDvU9rSHkO31sJ7HjwED7gQxYOlPa3He4RUiIGc8RrcmNfnT3n4rf/s320/IMG_1233.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p>The show start time was ambiguous - stated as differing times on differing sources - but the crowd had more energy as the wait time increased. The crowd was ready when the show started.</p><p>Taalib York, one of the founding members of Who's Bad, has been mimicking Michael Jackson most of his life.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXgMI1Lve2G7SA0FSc5nUZHK13mQQlOV7Etr5NRhqbOH52kn1E5FK-OFHeThQzNX6FFN51CYIHaZU-eboY8BXj7rIlFcR8xy-m8kFFW7u4jZJt8G1Ik_-MFWsqmV2C0OsKjK_c_yI3l4FCoObWh6bK6s89xIbeF7egXFl6LFgSSLipgZFnVwhM-qUkJsb/s4032/IMG_1184.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXgMI1Lve2G7SA0FSc5nUZHK13mQQlOV7Etr5NRhqbOH52kn1E5FK-OFHeThQzNX6FFN51CYIHaZU-eboY8BXj7rIlFcR8xy-m8kFFW7u4jZJt8G1Ik_-MFWsqmV2C0OsKjK_c_yI3l4FCoObWh6bK6s89xIbeF7egXFl6LFgSSLipgZFnVwhM-qUkJsb/s320/IMG_1184.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p>Watch highlights of the show below.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hYjPxpV341w" width="320" youtube-src-id="hYjPxpV341w"></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a short of Billie Jean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5lMJ10P_PUs" width="320" youtube-src-id="5lMJ10P_PUs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tickets on Groupon were $12 plus tax. The entertainment was well worth the money</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We will probably visit The House of Blues Orlando, which opened in 1997, again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb7ig1UAqgJRY7WTYZ6seGQzV2012h7_g54z9unxPM1j4GEGXio3L6ecIG6wfq4wy6W9K6Qrc4ZSDHNBaYeZ61byGufwdIIs4KRBxNKAhaAeHHk5ffwxbyQwC6keVVuNgyBwnZDX_WKwXKKml6m59UVPZXTVX3E8Wv8SbCmLpQ7yh9c3sdPtDludCoAjn/s4032/IMG_1239.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb7ig1UAqgJRY7WTYZ6seGQzV2012h7_g54z9unxPM1j4GEGXio3L6ecIG6wfq4wy6W9K6Qrc4ZSDHNBaYeZ61byGufwdIIs4KRBxNKAhaAeHHk5ffwxbyQwC6keVVuNgyBwnZDX_WKwXKKml6m59UVPZXTVX3E8Wv8SbCmLpQ7yh9c3sdPtDludCoAjn/s320/IMG_1239.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2024/february/whos-bad-the-ultima/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To be continued...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-45305002471764512212024-02-12T11:00:00.000-08:002024-03-15T21:04:16.887-07:00Krewe of Highlands Mardi Gras Parade, Shreveport, Louisiana<p>We spent the weekend in preparation for the Shreveport Mardi Gras celebration. We enjoyed good food out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5B1wqjI00we-UA05fLPWOV3wq-MeZvdpBGimcBp9-z2OECdpXfjQftowMthmk5xExDgTArDSWoRAgAmHAFVsw5u3gsHcgSJhgfgqjQHdoivgyckSS6j8Nh_1gnk39NSFPzltyjKUb9ugb56Ow05p70JY5ciSNmxdT-GTkV8K7PgE61g5iPc6bfb_IbJG/s2048/IMG_0882.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5B1wqjI00we-UA05fLPWOV3wq-MeZvdpBGimcBp9-z2OECdpXfjQftowMthmk5xExDgTArDSWoRAgAmHAFVsw5u3gsHcgSJhgfgqjQHdoivgyckSS6j8Nh_1gnk39NSFPzltyjKUb9ugb56Ow05p70JY5ciSNmxdT-GTkV8K7PgE61g5iPc6bfb_IbJG/s320/IMG_0882.JPEG" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: justify;">we enjoyed some good food at home,</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilprDcTifLtfwCqBBo_EHWNll7cThl_OI83coq6T8OpCVTGD7ZfwPDBwpWCOZbEv-hyhT_YbB0bIEa1W7zxivD_td1L4_oAREdl8W34wrHT5TaHyFEM2TPAjSz2gStycuxVKqZvyJ5Y_KZr2Pls8oDEV7F0jpx4ZLZ0mC4Vt9ar1Bqf0ipuRyNqF3ZWK62/s4032/IMG_1540.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilprDcTifLtfwCqBBo_EHWNll7cThl_OI83coq6T8OpCVTGD7ZfwPDBwpWCOZbEv-hyhT_YbB0bIEa1W7zxivD_td1L4_oAREdl8W34wrHT5TaHyFEM2TPAjSz2gStycuxVKqZvyJ5Y_KZr2Pls8oDEV7F0jpx4ZLZ0mC4Vt9ar1Bqf0ipuRyNqF3ZWK62/s320/IMG_1540.HEIC" width="320" /></a>we enjoyed the good company of friends,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxQcogRr126kXsShEmQb5yugOQWDkK_mndOL1bdg3T8RFov9umHyPdXb7T4SxMAPbsKgpsrPGSS45M0aWCMnWs4y74q3Bn2-kcIY5HWg1cP1XRSXXZaxSIsIwb1qbAWCHG9I-GtvhfOtZyPgd96JkaV2tAKyV_oBuluwI5FWuXVdH1gAWdbaRNozl2Wra1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxQcogRr126kXsShEmQb5yugOQWDkK_mndOL1bdg3T8RFov9umHyPdXb7T4SxMAPbsKgpsrPGSS45M0aWCMnWs4y74q3Bn2-kcIY5HWg1cP1XRSXXZaxSIsIwb1qbAWCHG9I-GtvhfOtZyPgd96JkaV2tAKyV_oBuluwI5FWuXVdH1gAWdbaRNozl2Wra1" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: justify;">and we enjoyed the decorations of Mardi Gras.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLX9DgOZ3c6-psyMpvGK8jh4t4ctM58oAHhXvQY5HYMiJIWaVmwGcxGatmYc9lAXblgt1D5jgEXQPHS60ZTfYILdhyphenhyphenqvRyV5F7iwZbJHCWnY3qocBRY5lMhS4Z0D20DKarl1VRb2X4yi2Ubv26L5ua1V_RU5UwISgy8LDyW3JfX_2iWiatzFiflaMcgBu/s4032/IMG_1538.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLX9DgOZ3c6-psyMpvGK8jh4t4ctM58oAHhXvQY5HYMiJIWaVmwGcxGatmYc9lAXblgt1D5jgEXQPHS60ZTfYILdhyphenhyphenqvRyV5F7iwZbJHCWnY3qocBRY5lMhS4Z0D20DKarl1VRb2X4yi2Ubv26L5ua1V_RU5UwISgy8LDyW3JfX_2iWiatzFiflaMcgBu/s320/IMG_1538.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p>Sunday was the Mardi Gras Parade for the Krewe of Highland. It is a tradition which has taken place in the Highland neighborhood for the last 30 years.</p><p>Luckily, the weekend rain stayed away for the parade.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fy86wvB_r98" width="320" youtube-src-id="fy86wvB_r98"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After the parade, we enjoyed a little football...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2024/february/2024-krewe-of-highl/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">To be continued...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-57891037237467992842023-12-18T15:33:00.000-08:002024-03-14T09:08:27.779-07:00Some Sights of Saint Augustine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today we spent the day in St. Augustine, Florida. The oldest continually inhabited city in the United States, St. Augustine was discovered by Ponce De Leon in 1513 while searching for the Fountain of Youth and later founded as a city in 1565 by Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Old City Gate. Built in 1808 as a line of defense again attacks, it is the north entrance to St. George Street, the multi-block long pedestrian-only shopping district in St. Augustine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpHP_y7AhVN5IfCB5Gb8CbvFmR3L2Q9RRkwP7XcWAfqDIl_bjrBaMdsQ3kx4tTwl1-T6k4D380RjBnCXicxFjgzICo7Sm6HWYBdtH061rj1v7DATKj_Q-yOXXgsndt47FXncBa3kuIX9r3K3Mju5VtLb075uyJ01ripJsaZWDVa3rIGt1bOCq9DqgKa02/s4032/IMG_9881.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpHP_y7AhVN5IfCB5Gb8CbvFmR3L2Q9RRkwP7XcWAfqDIl_bjrBaMdsQ3kx4tTwl1-T6k4D380RjBnCXicxFjgzICo7Sm6HWYBdtH061rj1v7DATKj_Q-yOXXgsndt47FXncBa3kuIX9r3K3Mju5VtLb075uyJ01ripJsaZWDVa3rIGt1bOCq9DqgKa02/s320/IMG_9881.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, Castillo de San Marcos, is more than 320 years old and is now a national monument built, originally by the Spanish to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRhkeqE9OEC5KxzA-MmRiEDy_Fgzh66r8lW1wj46BRyWBdNEMc5fLQX4qZOgo382DBxV7mCw1BgGB3ik6x9EmbYvG3sFjE4gnoge_oHmBtKgwpUzwybtrmZPhQmr6qxBneOj_PAV4flW8iLRKmDTJn0dVEFr6Csvj1WbF9leT6YhljoaU5ftkZceimGuL/s4032/IMG_9892.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRhkeqE9OEC5KxzA-MmRiEDy_Fgzh66r8lW1wj46BRyWBdNEMc5fLQX4qZOgo382DBxV7mCw1BgGB3ik6x9EmbYvG3sFjE4gnoge_oHmBtKgwpUzwybtrmZPhQmr6qxBneOj_PAV4flW8iLRKmDTJn0dVEFr6Csvj1WbF9leT6YhljoaU5ftkZceimGuL/s320/IMG_9892.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Admission is $15 for age 16 and over and free for those under 15.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With a National Park pass being $80 a year and allowing three adults in with the passholder, it is a no-brainer what a great deal the pass is. Bonus for those over 62 - the $80 fee gets you a lifetime pass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_K_8skjnAOUiD1vuwIp_ialYnjmt9pZa_2cHofkzU3dGK3BhHCIN7NoOCs6GqXG4dXt0UGFIhlQpQhVAN1CS4eJK7QMxQQu7PCiyiVGeidw0bpY503UTrxon2_GqZmwvczQXQaWOC48nbOPgW5v_ySrfmuW_koj3msqqr8UWuFtZiX3fFpKSzZOJ4SMLL/s4032/IMG_9886.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_K_8skjnAOUiD1vuwIp_ialYnjmt9pZa_2cHofkzU3dGK3BhHCIN7NoOCs6GqXG4dXt0UGFIhlQpQhVAN1CS4eJK7QMxQQu7PCiyiVGeidw0bpY503UTrxon2_GqZmwvczQXQaWOC48nbOPgW5v_ySrfmuW_koj3msqqr8UWuFtZiX3fFpKSzZOJ4SMLL/s320/IMG_9886.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our St. Augustine Santa's Red Express Nights of Lights Tour by Ripley's (Believe it or Not) was preceded by a showing of The Polar Express. We watched the last half in English as they started it earlier than scheduled and then the first half in Spanish. Luckily, we were able to stream it on our phone in perfect synchrony to hear the dialogue in English.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3prmH8YgBZwDgQIWhLwCwTr-tv00OpKyivrAoa1zyRxRFmzzvRJJoBu7QaovE8CDX7uzqQhP8JNLDBV557J54RclqbCOIb6RR403XLwHcL4cxCemwEecQDLf486EEt0VMXp1eGytk5zxmN89GYK7DOxh-8P_9T1vn6K_85YoayT0c1r2igmChuoEZ7Kgo/s4032/IMG_9933.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3prmH8YgBZwDgQIWhLwCwTr-tv00OpKyivrAoa1zyRxRFmzzvRJJoBu7QaovE8CDX7uzqQhP8JNLDBV557J54RclqbCOIb6RR403XLwHcL4cxCemwEecQDLf486EEt0VMXp1eGytk5zxmN89GYK7DOxh-8P_9T1vn6K_85YoayT0c1r2igmChuoEZ7Kgo/s320/IMG_9933.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was now time to board the train.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp080r1RH2FAzfy2JBYkGj9E1LnxrRwH0lK1KdXN7C-6KQ3OnQT6PJS2UGUvECTjeVexmnnV4QRWEVisqbczQXfOgBkE7mF668FhlFO4dDfhqggzPtK5yagiNDxgmWeaP0gru_n60Boe0NjnDz3bAZ1kktnRGG6GF1nh09fKRUtlIwIqB_Q-_0uEP_w8L/s4032/IMG_9941.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp080r1RH2FAzfy2JBYkGj9E1LnxrRwH0lK1KdXN7C-6KQ3OnQT6PJS2UGUvECTjeVexmnnV4QRWEVisqbczQXfOgBkE7mF668FhlFO4dDfhqggzPtK5yagiNDxgmWeaP0gru_n60Boe0NjnDz3bAZ1kktnRGG6GF1nh09fKRUtlIwIqB_Q-_0uEP_w8L/s320/IMG_9941.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was one of the first chilly nights in Florida and we were about to embark on a Christmas Sing-A-Long train ride with our special magic glasses (not shown).</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBrO6R7YArnZ_xztkM595meIpNqqKVB7Et8eSDds0LEp-JbVIbZ-dNk2IDkt6YCuzkSIKK3WdO133IPXUFwACf4v2BtN7OvpdvJTSerWxuE6gnDZ5vwxWMc1d7YPi8Z1rBJxkatSinbf4ABC-yAUZr2vk3TPnohWoLp9amlzs981XZRj9CFFwrtVwax9C/s4032/IMG_9937.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBrO6R7YArnZ_xztkM595meIpNqqKVB7Et8eSDds0LEp-JbVIbZ-dNk2IDkt6YCuzkSIKK3WdO133IPXUFwACf4v2BtN7OvpdvJTSerWxuE6gnDZ5vwxWMc1d7YPi8Z1rBJxkatSinbf4ABC-yAUZr2vk3TPnohWoLp9amlzs981XZRj9CFFwrtVwax9C/s320/IMG_9937.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Watch a video of Santa's Red Express Nights of Lights Tour by Ripley's by clicking <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/december/saint-augustine-nig/img-9967.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LQ38q3DZlbnu-FosnTcvhwBaQ6JgbLF3tctLFMkuvl-oJ1E2OE_Mn2jaAV-qUGLXKdWT1E71_KzKiED_z-fqjQEUdaPbXlYGxUqYHVKL6GxS3zWtjK7B6C0hlM8VITts4SDkmabpeuO9wdtSm43fvc96qzYHiYgDLG5fD827KTinnsX3hXmrU41lDX3M/s4032/IMG_9981.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LQ38q3DZlbnu-FosnTcvhwBaQ6JgbLF3tctLFMkuvl-oJ1E2OE_Mn2jaAV-qUGLXKdWT1E71_KzKiED_z-fqjQEUdaPbXlYGxUqYHVKL6GxS3zWtjK7B6C0hlM8VITts4SDkmabpeuO9wdtSm43fvc96qzYHiYgDLG5fD827KTinnsX3hXmrU41lDX3M/s320/IMG_9981.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/december/saint-augustine-nig/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And don't miss these blog entries from our visit to St. Augustine in 2008!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Fountain of Youth, click <a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/fountain-of-youth-in-st-augustine.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Old Jail of St. Augustine, click <a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-jail-of-st-augustine-florida.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Old St. Augustine Village, click <a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-st-augustine-village.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More Sights of St. Augustine, click <a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-sights-of-st-augustine.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To be continued...</div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-19302619040183475662023-12-09T20:16:00.000-08:002024-03-23T22:19:49.314-07:00Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom with Alan and Susan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Hollywood Studios opened on May 1, 1989 as Disney-MGM Studios and was the third of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EDe3nlUEVA10-BMaA4-2fsfDOsocyvXezGUIuRlUUaX44aqkSgv26fsvKngMsLPnSprZhJgSRx_LfVhJQ3gIxSwB0Z1CEglLO7bUP1aQJC-2Dg4z2M2gICUxVAKW2K2c35i_N_XFhTzSguDD6Z_cBy0dkFKAX4A3krjt9hHhOWQBYVDj1LANakZmtG5b/s4032/IMG_9677(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EDe3nlUEVA10-BMaA4-2fsfDOsocyvXezGUIuRlUUaX44aqkSgv26fsvKngMsLPnSprZhJgSRx_LfVhJQ3gIxSwB0Z1CEglLO7bUP1aQJC-2Dg4z2M2gICUxVAKW2K2c35i_N_XFhTzSguDD6Z_cBy0dkFKAX4A3krjt9hHhOWQBYVDj1LANakZmtG5b/s320/IMG_9677(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Hollywood Tower of Terror rises in the background.</div><a href="https://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2023/december/hollywood-studios-a/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiNcoAyYYga1aWVlMjAGStyqBdiMMwBQ0p1aJMS06gvvB8Ye6aKLm-fZt9O68QLRNBQGi3494e5-_CQl7NLsOUsHm3BYtWXaktc5aVNUvFAi0RwBxsbdROI6730QFRihG-k0fdUy68lqEPGdNjI0JpjY8Gz7Se8IxROhxfJBZfbZ65WcN4gyaqkCkF9xx/s320/IMG_9665.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the Star Wars themed area at Disney's Hollywood Studios opened 08/29/2019. The area's main attraction, Rise of the Resistance opened shortly thereafter on 12/05/2019. The ride utilized the first-ever Virtual Queue at Walt Disney World and had no stand-by line for almost two years - the Virtual Queue ended 09/22/2021. The Virtual Queue is currently being used at Walt Disney World as a way of eliminating extremely long lines for popular new rides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Watch a video of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance by clicking <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/december/hollywood-studios-a/img-9673.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">October 16, 2023 Marked Disney's 100th Anniversary</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAhrq2mzrKHvUTpPHON9cZIY1JSBSlIw0OQFGuZYvHN773UdhhW5Uh-y-5bYy4GvpUvSKrZHjV3w44E4KGZWfCtnLTIELUPXhz8HXt94wAGqsZBE__-Vrgk6kWHGmvxAozQ9vkvCiCvtlpNp95OZKS18oAD2SPqN15sLdbiZL4geSd45EwJEvOTz6Tzad/s4032/IMG_9682(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAhrq2mzrKHvUTpPHON9cZIY1JSBSlIw0OQFGuZYvHN773UdhhW5Uh-y-5bYy4GvpUvSKrZHjV3w44E4KGZWfCtnLTIELUPXhz8HXt94wAGqsZBE__-Vrgk6kWHGmvxAozQ9vkvCiCvtlpNp95OZKS18oAD2SPqN15sLdbiZL4geSd45EwJEvOTz6Tzad/s320/IMG_9682(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cinderella's Castle at Christmas</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1GpO2iubd0c5Gh1pTjLgj7xc-cZRljcy6SNn4TVONowc_wXow3G2FR24D8BigUE5SFq06OxFMBzLj-AZOzP5LzcMBiNXme47zQo6F5wcqnMsXAKz744n9L2UnxE2iOwIm-OEqMH1mdlKUDL7-LNd5yHeNWefVZHB8Z0CeC5mJFheOBi1y8LM1qV0cTtu/s4032/IMG_9699.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1GpO2iubd0c5Gh1pTjLgj7xc-cZRljcy6SNn4TVONowc_wXow3G2FR24D8BigUE5SFq06OxFMBzLj-AZOzP5LzcMBiNXme47zQo6F5wcqnMsXAKz744n9L2UnxE2iOwIm-OEqMH1mdlKUDL7-LNd5yHeNWefVZHB8Z0CeC5mJFheOBi1y8LM1qV0cTtu/s320/IMG_9699.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/december/hollywood-studios-a/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To be continued...</div></div><div><p></p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-54928992345455919932023-12-07T20:25:00.000-08:002024-03-23T22:13:19.627-07:002023 Lakeland, Florida Christmas Parade<p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Tonight was the 42nd annual Lakeland Christmas Parade. The first parade was held in 1981. This year's theme was Christmas in Candy Land.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9Uv9NtmA-t-z9FDw5G1PeYrVbi_wlP5nfwYPEsfGGujeRtjxPnqTmsCPrqpsyPB-clhx87Y24yPODM9rVz8o1B4iCT_J0jS2dBQqU_ex24gFDycdtSo9w03H2lxs-EUkIqIjcsjQbZanAltdymww69uktjZFuFm_Fnf7PwdjEc5ODL4FyFLakPuFf4Zv/s4032/IMG_9541.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9Uv9NtmA-t-z9FDw5G1PeYrVbi_wlP5nfwYPEsfGGujeRtjxPnqTmsCPrqpsyPB-clhx87Y24yPODM9rVz8o1B4iCT_J0jS2dBQqU_ex24gFDycdtSo9w03H2lxs-EUkIqIjcsjQbZanAltdymww69uktjZFuFm_Fnf7PwdjEc5ODL4FyFLakPuFf4Zv/s320/IMG_9541.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What? An airboat Christmas float? Only in Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMj1MDtKxc0UJttFhDAF6mn97e5e6wkslgXQAmrcKJzEdRxnyMMVxzcoQKXeE-XUASwimTw2ZnNqmqxD9hcRqPe0LPPwgVW3fR5rrOobOYLdZuiv_4uiTk5ZrsZmrylT6TIlG_08HuaprGcitWMEwXLnRcCg7feAFB7bSsJzKj8P_Q9-mrkw1ExhWWpVP/s4032/IMG_9560.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMj1MDtKxc0UJttFhDAF6mn97e5e6wkslgXQAmrcKJzEdRxnyMMVxzcoQKXeE-XUASwimTw2ZnNqmqxD9hcRqPe0LPPwgVW3fR5rrOobOYLdZuiv_4uiTk5ZrsZmrylT6TIlG_08HuaprGcitWMEwXLnRcCg7feAFB7bSsJzKj8P_Q9-mrkw1ExhWWpVP/s320/IMG_9560.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Watch a two minute video of the parade below. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXcPyNLdebc" width="320" youtube-src-id="BXcPyNLdebc"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rudolph leading Santa and Mrs. Clause at the end of the parade.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrMSuPNrSlAaYI3SIYrqJ782Da0SRYuVmv-_h8c_MWJRtkVpiuYnjpJV-hhvKNvWld8L6cdq2jRoA8Q7wQqM0fanSi5Fb9BLaQNHrFYIDhZsXE94YrMhehKkM4Z43bxecpyV_wEVK3v4dcsbsTVRiddJnLiOp6WeBIcOz2krP_ymbAWVaBP7QWFTzuKQP/s4032/IMG_9651.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrMSuPNrSlAaYI3SIYrqJ782Da0SRYuVmv-_h8c_MWJRtkVpiuYnjpJV-hhvKNvWld8L6cdq2jRoA8Q7wQqM0fanSi5Fb9BLaQNHrFYIDhZsXE94YrMhehKkM4Z43bxecpyV_wEVK3v4dcsbsTVRiddJnLiOp6WeBIcOz2krP_ymbAWVaBP7QWFTzuKQP/s320/IMG_9651.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/december/lakeland-florida-ch/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To be continued...</div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLakeland, FL, USA28.0394654 -81.9498042-0.2707684361788445 -117.1060542 56.34969923617885 -46.7935542tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-72520485208664227322023-11-14T09:06:00.000-08:002024-03-23T22:29:39.731-07:00Pima Air & Space Museum and Rincon West RV Resort, Tucson, Arizona<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Pima Air & Space Museum is one of the largest non-government funded aerospace museums in the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgKcD2AizsNSAd9l7PaBVtalRqk1Hh6AgP3VZ2P4NmapQsfukVwDoUO88xub2bQubn2RBD8eLRWSCDwmHsEkkBhxn_83kLE92yYST6xAuwuvvGJ9N5GkkItDsJjXqu0EAWatpT9ndksJziZ_syXZm654G22hjfCtF-73mgYSaPQTy4ctpE1AhpXVqWsIw/s4032/IMG_7812.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgKcD2AizsNSAd9l7PaBVtalRqk1Hh6AgP3VZ2P4NmapQsfukVwDoUO88xub2bQubn2RBD8eLRWSCDwmHsEkkBhxn_83kLE92yYST6xAuwuvvGJ9N5GkkItDsJjXqu0EAWatpT9ndksJziZ_syXZm654G22hjfCtF-73mgYSaPQTy4ctpE1AhpXVqWsIw/s320/IMG_7812.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Museum features six hangars comprising over 250,000 square feet of indoor display areas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVccQ8DC9Ts_zpuZISrG4zVWctpyGmXBcA5WrTbguWaJ6MXP-K2Kx42b89gmAZpzqeg7axjhJTfQOXdPpH9eY-2dzjZU3rjUg8Vqb3M7B77fY3ARj0YOU0DeLZ9Y-Mk8DFSFpVzDSktWQz2gcFAswQOWinYrtKnO9Jl_vKtb9hnvvhiLBNloocDZxfk_Z/s4032/IMG_7822.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVccQ8DC9Ts_zpuZISrG4zVWctpyGmXBcA5WrTbguWaJ6MXP-K2Kx42b89gmAZpzqeg7axjhJTfQOXdPpH9eY-2dzjZU3rjUg8Vqb3M7B77fY3ARj0YOU0DeLZ9Y-Mk8DFSFpVzDSktWQz2gcFAswQOWinYrtKnO9Jl_vKtb9hnvvhiLBNloocDZxfk_Z/s320/IMG_7822.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>For an $8 fee, in addition to the approximately $20 admission, you can take a Public Tram Tour. If you like privacy, a Private Tram Tour is $350.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKAvU1JP-GB01Y9UeNFB-TvtqErKWfiSDi8kcKp_qkUrs_51jexyW5BwjtF9U0YWpggj3-f-bIJOt6dFQLtFWWqOiJAEFVB3h8WjO1BozrdSR7LtacPhMchyphenhyphenHJAQZFYm3pRBUo5uRqqxlg4Qalj9LD7RHt97fS07x26XC-VuLg7pmNyRVBobBuvDn1pw4/s4032/IMG_7862(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKAvU1JP-GB01Y9UeNFB-TvtqErKWfiSDi8kcKp_qkUrs_51jexyW5BwjtF9U0YWpggj3-f-bIJOt6dFQLtFWWqOiJAEFVB3h8WjO1BozrdSR7LtacPhMchyphenhyphenHJAQZFYm3pRBUo5uRqqxlg4Qalj9LD7RHt97fS07x26XC-VuLg7pmNyRVBobBuvDn1pw4/s320/IMG_7862(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's a video clip of Pima Air & Space Museum Tram Tour. To come.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwBi1HBh0HxK3mDXSknhNzBCc_ILtpOGedMPbLzNgHYrwktV0IVlMQR1O5PvyS7S3pbp6cg2WlcQkxQLPjBIk5RLoGg0RmDM3mZy-92n4J8N08iFlpvIo1ylYDlIIcsRAb6n_VkOkDjn0ojOoaSXOWnKP1S7uSpUdc7cvU2VUgwTFZnfPGgvng72SDz-E/s4032/IMG_8095(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwBi1HBh0HxK3mDXSknhNzBCc_ILtpOGedMPbLzNgHYrwktV0IVlMQR1O5PvyS7S3pbp6cg2WlcQkxQLPjBIk5RLoGg0RmDM3mZy-92n4J8N08iFlpvIo1ylYDlIIcsRAb6n_VkOkDjn0ojOoaSXOWnKP1S7uSpUdc7cvU2VUgwTFZnfPGgvng72SDz-E/s320/IMG_8095(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We enjoyed the sprawling Rincon West RV Resort for a decent $40 per night plus tax price.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2POmf1ZfkEi6yaiG8gRR6dh95Wrf6yLYRq99OmwagfVRpEEnlNrG_AmexjxXeENFzQG0mlco2YKXW8zWNmLdneUI31AzdTzcyfVMXzI-1aPzCXmuNHhyMm9HFlGcNHlOreYZIDbcXHsn3tWneuuzebS1rKX3yK9Fjgphzx9DFhQmcHRqB_4Ghf8t6Qby/s4032/IMG_8203(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2POmf1ZfkEi6yaiG8gRR6dh95Wrf6yLYRq99OmwagfVRpEEnlNrG_AmexjxXeENFzQG0mlco2YKXW8zWNmLdneUI31AzdTzcyfVMXzI-1aPzCXmuNHhyMm9HFlGcNHlOreYZIDbcXHsn3tWneuuzebS1rKX3yK9Fjgphzx9DFhQmcHRqB_4Ghf8t6Qby/s320/IMG_8203(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">See a video of Rincon Country West RV Resort by clicking <b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/november/pima-air--space-museum/img-8227.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismxCvCB8FCnfHGEZZtSP9NOutorep5Ihkq7lxqxPzwoo1AjAOesmFifFNvYPre2L7pKl3qi6a0aiNDQ9Ko9IxVOrSzIrwxc39TPAimep2AyGt8KQ8REEa3rt1wp8u1V04Ytl-wnipkGCU8457GIb11eQQ3pvb4BHHMATHfNzYuSVQEB1eTM9C3BlJWg-t/s4032/IMG_8184(1).HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismxCvCB8FCnfHGEZZtSP9NOutorep5Ihkq7lxqxPzwoo1AjAOesmFifFNvYPre2L7pKl3qi6a0aiNDQ9Ko9IxVOrSzIrwxc39TPAimep2AyGt8KQ8REEa3rt1wp8u1V04Ytl-wnipkGCU8457GIb11eQQ3pvb4BHHMATHfNzYuSVQEB1eTM9C3BlJWg-t/s320/IMG_8184(1).HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2023/november/pima-air--space-museum/page12.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To be continued...</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com06000 E Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85756, USA32.1399593 -110.86496963.8297254638211555 -146.0212196 60.450193136178846 -75.7087196tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-58172481985888659422018-09-06T15:45:00.000-07:002024-03-14T09:08:51.057-07:00Eastern Idaho State Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today we visited the Eastern Idaho State Fair located in Blackfoot, Idaho about 135 Miles from West Yellowstone, Montana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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There are a lot of animals at the fair, like this one.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> Not so many of these... </div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a few tired pigs.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, there's a lot of food. Even The Prime Steer is here, courtesy of Doug's Meats.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjuLqZKusKMUC13rL_EAWp6gTZerO4EvpDwfHjCqdr04YA9wCTSjJniEAeRYWwOA6PpI1qZWwM1nwtcvFDS6CyEUM7tiAwsUsKfIr6_YPKvSlG3Qcd8P4qNa4MWfIAXNQU0Gx1A0LlYsB/s1600/IMG_1688.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjuLqZKusKMUC13rL_EAWp6gTZerO4EvpDwfHjCqdr04YA9wCTSjJniEAeRYWwOA6PpI1qZWwM1nwtcvFDS6CyEUM7tiAwsUsKfIr6_YPKvSlG3Qcd8P4qNa4MWfIAXNQU0Gx1A0LlYsB/s320/IMG_1688.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> Entertainment included The Penguin Olympic High Dive off of an 80 foot high platform.</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hypnotists are common entertainment at modern State Fairs. This year, Lizzy the Dream Girl was the star of the show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-ZRhWpQQ-kV-P20MDCfxd3Gap2L5FRcoxz40fHgG-tjakTlcbNrvQD68aQgHORfa7A1RNFyauh1AUuiDYhmJJ-4zSwBfjmUMSMCccQMOtY5ZNhOgNtBAEVvqD1V8ZAbWHSSiUBYnQfByl4zChmG_zy2I_PHcEqyehE0utPOoEo_OKxts5huNk5RTpypc/s4032/IMG_1702(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-ZRhWpQQ-kV-P20MDCfxd3Gap2L5FRcoxz40fHgG-tjakTlcbNrvQD68aQgHORfa7A1RNFyauh1AUuiDYhmJJ-4zSwBfjmUMSMCccQMOtY5ZNhOgNtBAEVvqD1V8ZAbWHSSiUBYnQfByl4zChmG_zy2I_PHcEqyehE0utPOoEo_OKxts5huNk5RTpypc/s320/IMG_1702(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JA-h_V33xHQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="JA-h_V33xHQ"></iframe></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every State Fair would not be complete without a whole host of rides.</div></div>
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<span>The night started off with fireworks over Lake Mirror followed by the parade, which lasted about 90 minutes. Food trucks were everywhere so there was no need to leave hungry. Click on the link below to see the fireworks finale short.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eXqBIVZCpqE" width="320" youtube-src-id="eXqBIVZCpqE"></iframe></div><div><span>Going to a Christmas parade in Florida is a lot different than up north. The temperature at parade time was nice--around 70. It's not too often you see a Christmas float from an air conditioning company, boats and even swans. </span><br />
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<span>There were over 90 floats and 9 marching bands in tonight's parade.</span><div><br /><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">To see more pictures and videos, click </span><b><a href="http://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2017/december/lakeland-florida-ch/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To be continued...</div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-74243076403172596492017-12-05T19:00:00.000-08:002024-03-14T09:33:14.818-07:00The Florida Project at the Polk Theatre<div>
<span>Tonight, we headed to downtown Lakeland, Florida to the Polk Theatre to watch the new movie "The Florida Project". After we parked, we took this picture of chairs lined up for the Christmas Parade---two days before the parade!</span> </div>
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<span>We always look forward to going to the Polk Theatre, as it brings back a little history. An organ player plays for about 20 minutes before the show starts.</span><br />
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<span>"The Florida Project" was filmed on US-192 in Kissimmee, Florida near the theme parks---an area well-known for families living in budget hotels. The film, which features Academy Award Nominee for Best Actor Willem Dafoe, has already won several awards. See the movie trailer below.</span><br />
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<span>After the film, producer Kevin Chinoy and actor Christopher Rivera from Lakeland, Florida came out for a Q&A session about the film. </span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-88497440740329759622011-06-13T15:31:00.000-07:002024-03-23T22:46:02.489-07:00Final Day In Key West<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Remember the Key West cats? One must have came for a visit last night.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVMJ6TkwZtx1Wt994PSqjmhGj2CJDg1KRWRTq2rzxCl2uquJhLuxzJ3YDaAwx8P6AWsC_9JI6izaMMwd3w39Uh4iEngMmnBfhfZ2XyToZf2dqkKtiaIyLiuPNrFg49YxDwXcPefoVfAmL/s1600/100_9378.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVMJ6TkwZtx1Wt994PSqjmhGj2CJDg1KRWRTq2rzxCl2uquJhLuxzJ3YDaAwx8P6AWsC_9JI6izaMMwd3w39Uh4iEngMmnBfhfZ2XyToZf2dqkKtiaIyLiuPNrFg49YxDwXcPefoVfAmL/s320/100_9378.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Today we visited the Flagler Railroad Museum. Henry Flagler built the railroad starting in 1906 and service began January 23, 1912.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">In 1938, the state built the Overseas Highway using the viaducts from the railroad. The Overseas Highway, US 1, was rebuilt in the 1980s. The old viaducts are now used a fishing piers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkvvmsh2I14yqIKCc6eAV-SLYFE8SuJqsldym4cz5nBvIhs5-xvtHSOZ9efrYCDFwpcvRBUjz2yJQNvRVroi6_DPkUIFej_B2B7WckqY3VqHGJ66_aL-kvNKLnMFwjy9ZlAvQfHjO03QY/s1600/100_9384.JPG"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkvvmsh2I14yqIKCc6eAV-SLYFE8SuJqsldym4cz5nBvIhs5-xvtHSOZ9efrYCDFwpcvRBUjz2yJQNvRVroi6_DPkUIFej_B2B7WckqY3VqHGJ66_aL-kvNKLnMFwjy9ZlAvQfHjO03QY/s320/100_9384.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">We went back to Pan American's birthplace, now a bar. Check out the ceiling fans.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Key West, FL 33040, USA24.5550593 -81.77998709999997124.4972903 -81.86066809999997 24.6128283 -81.699306099999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-68134234467199418802011-06-12T17:49:00.000-07:002024-03-23T22:57:43.361-07:00Key West Trolley Tour<span style="font-size: small;">
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</span><div style="text-align: left;">Today we set out to do a trolley tour of the town.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThJQvTM82BP4F5OVBwWlPLgNLUPfp8AylVfLESOBym4hNosTEaPkZPxuBHN6DMqsWXYcmyCdexWCeYV7WfYZ2PYywAvUrpHZsPAvfrt9aNO9lNo3VCLopX1Xfd6wZwANTT6FRhqiuhMDO/s1600/100_9195.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThJQvTM82BP4F5OVBwWlPLgNLUPfp8AylVfLESOBym4hNosTEaPkZPxuBHN6DMqsWXYcmyCdexWCeYV7WfYZ2PYywAvUrpHZsPAvfrt9aNO9lNo3VCLopX1Xfd6wZwANTT6FRhqiuhMDO/s320/100_9195.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">St. Paul's Episcopal Church was restored in 1994.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgG_kkxlsGrYBL42hVS4KvLfHH9VnapRcfGgiw7BypFAuuf_rvncexJkfzv7c7q9o1IxhnFncmH963ZhBn2daPsir6rK0m70zFKu18CCaSSDnD0WHq4SxeH4mbzTdYEBzMtviv56NgN5i/s1600/100_9205.JPG"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgG_kkxlsGrYBL42hVS4KvLfHH9VnapRcfGgiw7BypFAuuf_rvncexJkfzv7c7q9o1IxhnFncmH963ZhBn2daPsir6rK0m70zFKu18CCaSSDnD0WHq4SxeH4mbzTdYEBzMtviv56NgN5i/s320/100_9205.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was the birthplace of Pan American World Airways.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzm3OOkm3O_LkkhIiNJpQuTm0vSzrIrr2GIwbsCHrghEWm33x1mawiKoQfX_zu09wsRbJNyqiHzbRW_tsJP0wtkrRgWAdaoeeyq2PpbRndH7KaqDfeFcU-PVNeuQ7vvGiq2fa72XiKJBr/s1600/100_9211.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzm3OOkm3O_LkkhIiNJpQuTm0vSzrIrr2GIwbsCHrghEWm33x1mawiKoQfX_zu09wsRbJNyqiHzbRW_tsJP0wtkrRgWAdaoeeyq2PpbRndH7KaqDfeFcU-PVNeuQ7vvGiq2fa72XiKJBr/s320/100_9211.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Banyan is one of the many resorts and guesthouses.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyLFwbwb83YPSpzUdXrJFjkiF79H6vkdYOqaE8b1CS4KAdwcSWWPYYUCMGqlkq3IurWTV5sza2x02NNaT7fCTDS6adT64hOVjCl3yk8wduW4K-n6mjytzD1v1w1Lip_42lpRyWwH16NpZ/s1600/100_9212.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyLFwbwb83YPSpzUdXrJFjkiF79H6vkdYOqaE8b1CS4KAdwcSWWPYYUCMGqlkq3IurWTV5sza2x02NNaT7fCTDS6adT64hOVjCl3yk8wduW4K-n6mjytzD1v1w1Lip_42lpRyWwH16NpZ/s320/100_9212.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kapok tree can grow 130 feet. Read more about this tree below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXFROekhHFSSL-a-MPpuzbjgqn5oNSqRDgV6Lmvi8xIt5gk08PC5Mruwyas5NwnGw-CwypTQNtwmXEHcsCfV398Nd1epkJGNedfRQIaBJqcUC0ppwDaMlUXGBLNAFXJ_DawXHNKzwoMrM/s1600/100_9218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXFROekhHFSSL-a-MPpuzbjgqn5oNSqRDgV6Lmvi8xIt5gk08PC5Mruwyas5NwnGw-CwypTQNtwmXEHcsCfV398Nd1epkJGNedfRQIaBJqcUC0ppwDaMlUXGBLNAFXJ_DawXHNKzwoMrM/s320/100_9218.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Chickens are welcome almost as pets around town. In the 1860's Cubans, disheartened with the situation in their own country following the Ten Year's War, began moving to Key West. Their love for cockfighting brought many chickens with them. Today you will see chickens roosting in trees and around town in many areas.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEZb1WMbBy07R9ytjlcF5UVB8e0UJlPbzkL3KEQCe3O_-ekrKBpeUMSZyh3mS91dyrG6WdfQ6N_4PW-D3OUQpLGpap-a5bJKJMUN5ovhkA_Ip-7Xf_LcsKtVNx0TPDAxzu6eVUyo4De6B/s1600/100_9223.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEZb1WMbBy07R9ytjlcF5UVB8e0UJlPbzkL3KEQCe3O_-ekrKBpeUMSZyh3mS91dyrG6WdfQ6N_4PW-D3OUQpLGpap-a5bJKJMUN5ovhkA_Ip-7Xf_LcsKtVNx0TPDAxzu6eVUyo4De6B/s320/100_9223.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">One can't visit Key West without visiting the Hemingway House.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdOCnzJnbY-RE0rszjVNHLR-ge0T9VhKfHWf_m5VrAq7GeJK5ya7gE5Cw21k6e4PWYHVQunpwirxxYxzzWDflaXH6PVbh2ShDXbZB8tcPUIvvTKPzHIYX4MSAdVmO2QNQl_R5p9nOTsAA/s1600/100_9270.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdOCnzJnbY-RE0rszjVNHLR-ge0T9VhKfHWf_m5VrAq7GeJK5ya7gE5Cw21k6e4PWYHVQunpwirxxYxzzWDflaXH6PVbh2ShDXbZB8tcPUIvvTKPzHIYX4MSAdVmO2QNQl_R5p9nOTsAA/s320/100_9270.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Tours of the home are given daily.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNh_dXzilNaDEdUzmaHmYK80wbEl31TPTT6G08JxEKYo3KvEs09gJgncQ0sK64q1YArqy6vAz6IERJ4_ACfcINNUnGvb5gpeZIDyZJ8YAndj1_9Pygin89wvt2m4seOQbV_dSkofyQSdC/s1600/100_9233.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNh_dXzilNaDEdUzmaHmYK80wbEl31TPTT6G08JxEKYo3KvEs09gJgncQ0sK64q1YArqy6vAz6IERJ4_ACfcINNUnGvb5gpeZIDyZJ8YAndj1_9Pygin89wvt2m4seOQbV_dSkofyQSdC/s320/100_9233.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hemingway did a lot of his writing in the upstairs of a garage in the back of the house.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDJW1u-LZZwEN3xLXqWa1Z3zRlAzRTqG0WN9_oxu4eB34NnDLSyRWHo8QOO0-rqW0JvBcrm_eIpNjihJR9hlZ77WFJBa3wbSCpIBkpEBghyPjBJTgWOyBerinZ4tx2ZVgJz9On0PFjRhu/s1600/100_9260.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDJW1u-LZZwEN3xLXqWa1Z3zRlAzRTqG0WN9_oxu4eB34NnDLSyRWHo8QOO0-rqW0JvBcrm_eIpNjihJR9hlZ77WFJBa3wbSCpIBkpEBghyPjBJTgWOyBerinZ4tx2ZVgJz9On0PFjRhu/s320/100_9260.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">A luxury for a 1930's home was this pool costing $20,000 dollars in 1930's money to build.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXmIGssj8NdKf307lny09sizgnTeV0J9niVYzws04bvdvdDd-BkSUGBaqp_rCxjOXyIL-iMmX72N6Z8dOyzX0sU4z4wZw58TKfSv0ilpVjXfg-5TtlxAkgANOG6p3SaobJxIbJjgSWeRc/s1600/100_9255.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXmIGssj8NdKf307lny09sizgnTeV0J9niVYzws04bvdvdDd-BkSUGBaqp_rCxjOXyIL-iMmX72N6Z8dOyzX0sU4z4wZw58TKfSv0ilpVjXfg-5TtlxAkgANOG6p3SaobJxIbJjgSWeRc/s320/100_9255.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Home to Polydactyl cats (six- toed cat), there are currently 40-50 cats at the Hemingway home. Ernest named his cats after famous people.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6a321kx30OkMl5jPNKKJ02NVe6hlS06k8vHB5ukpNXENbDwbmHlLULb3SG_OxQa6vsGi2ar6KnLOvL1IgNTT1UHn_YTt6bG5fJeVqWZgCUBpmMxQV5qNW4biJJF2F8y3BmnOkJGUzPBj/s1600/100_9256.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6a321kx30OkMl5jPNKKJ02NVe6hlS06k8vHB5ukpNXENbDwbmHlLULb3SG_OxQa6vsGi2ar6KnLOvL1IgNTT1UHn_YTt6bG5fJeVqWZgCUBpmMxQV5qNW4biJJF2F8y3BmnOkJGUzPBj/s320/100_9256.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">On this hot day, a smart cat found a cool spot to hang out.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">With the sun going down and the tourists headed for Mallory Square, it was a good time to get pictures at the Southernmost Point.</div><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cRHuocyRrQcTMGLDNWEQ64WminMNug15gkDeGkeGHyK22sN4-razg8MfsIz76DIFQ86ROlK0nj6nmeQBzZjVrYQVKHugUXdn6CQ8Uvnnr1td1bxZSLjeFkQpDQzDPA64yLF5e0fusNlt/s1600/100_9360.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cRHuocyRrQcTMGLDNWEQ64WminMNug15gkDeGkeGHyK22sN4-razg8MfsIz76DIFQ86ROlK0nj6nmeQBzZjVrYQVKHugUXdn6CQ8Uvnnr1td1bxZSLjeFkQpDQzDPA64yLF5e0fusNlt/s320/100_9360.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To see more pictures and videos, click <a href="https://knightadventures.fotki.com/1/2011/june/trolley-tour-keywest/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To return to the blog home page, click <b><a href="https://knightadventures.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To be continued...</div></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-90496720975704086552011-06-11T21:46:00.000-07:002013-09-11T21:56:52.279-07:00Sunset in Key West<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Strand Theater opened in the 1920's and became Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in 1993. It has since became a Walgreens.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1969, the Coast Guard decommissioned this lighthouse and it was later turned into a museum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cemetery is 19 acres and it is estimated that 100,000 people are buried there. This is a lot considering the population is only around 30,000. You will notice that, in many case, tombs are stacked on top of each other.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Southernmost Point Marker is a popular area for photographs and only 90 miles from cuba.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Completed in 1866, Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park played a major role in the Civil War and Spanish-American War. Today, this area offers some of the most popular beaches in Key West.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Sunset in Key West, you will find tourists gathering around Mallory Square to watch the many street perfomers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some visitors catching the final sunset.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the many street performers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A party boat coming in from a day out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dominique's Circus Cats are always great fun</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Cat Man poses with Doug</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Key West is where Highway 1 begin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more pictures, click <a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/key-west-sunset/?view=roll" target="_blank">here </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">To be continued...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are 42 bridges from Miami to Key West.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The longest bridge is 7 miles long and was built after the railroad bridge had considerable damage from the Labor Day Hurricane in 1937. The current bridge was built from 1978 to 1982. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Setting up camp at Geiger Key Marina RV Park near Key West, Florida</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">If we had a boat, we could pull it up right behind the RV.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Key West, FL 33040, USA24.5550593 -81.77998709999997124.4972903 -81.86066809999997 24.6128283 -81.699306099999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-1864423218148156902011-06-09T15:29:00.000-07:002013-08-28T18:06:51.889-07:00Everglades Outpost A Wildlife Rescue<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today we visited the Everglades Outpost Wildlife Rescue Center here in Homestead, Florida.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Founded in 1994, the center provides a place to live for more than 200 animals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to my world!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you have any lettuce or melons?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rocky the tiger belonged to an exotic dancer.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This grizzly bear was being kept as a pet in a backyard on Miami Beach.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fill my food dish...please.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robert Is Here was established in 1959 when six year old Robert was sitting on a corner selling cucumbers and no one saw him. The next day his dad put two large signs that said Robert Is Here and he sold all of his cucumbers . Robert Is Here was born.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gotta try one of Robert's mango shakes.</span></td></tr>
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For more pictures, click <a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/everglades-outpost-/?view=roll#1" target="_blank">here</a>. To be continued...</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Homestead, FL, USA25.4687224 -80.47755689999996825.411380400000002 -80.558237899999966 25.5260644 -80.396875899999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-19321409320717924232011-06-08T10:00:00.000-07:002013-08-31T22:33:13.722-07:00Flamingo Visitor Center Everglades National Park<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">America's Everglades is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Everglades span over 1.5 million acres.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alligators everywhere. I think we will stay on the walkway.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Home of the Nike missile site. Tours are offered December to April.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's slow traveling for this Everglades creature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You never know just what you might see in the Everglades.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remains of the Flamingo Visitor center after two hurricanes came through the area.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma hit The Flamingo Visitor Center in 2005.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The walkways go from wooded areas to</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let's see? Did they run into any bugs on the way down here that we can eat?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Big hill coming up!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overview of the road cutting across the Everglades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more pictures, click </span><a href="http://www.marlonfleenor.fotki.com/1/2011/june/going-to-flamingo-v/?view=roll" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-32211803745373759222011-06-07T12:48:00.000-07:002011-07-05T10:19:30.639-07:00Gator Park, Shark Valley, Everglades National Park<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Our first stop today was at Gator Park for an airboat ride through Everglades National Park. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CHq9UTcLLfRlXPTb1iBTHIifp4gq6NvjYLtsgqU1IVyg86Ht3gPqNzTtDnA0-QsvdTWIUbG2U5cz_A_4ZQ7dENkZU25baG01yA7doGiKtDx63K1YaTVuTDcumBKAy0JbujabQ6MUN_mv/s1600/100_8729.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621508485340901394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CHq9UTcLLfRlXPTb1iBTHIifp4gq6NvjYLtsgqU1IVyg86Ht3gPqNzTtDnA0-QsvdTWIUbG2U5cz_A_4ZQ7dENkZU25baG01yA7doGiKtDx63K1YaTVuTDcumBKAy0JbujabQ6MUN_mv/s320/100_8729.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We were early-birds today, arriving before the first boat had departed.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDZVMxpAuH_Cl6r4Ykv0QvF8Xnen2pn0DtjOw-VL_MSP5QdThcJkvFW-vKDMtAjl6e_IUdxcc-D4Z6CxXeGjednIgdT3zJ7xcdG3c8qJa84Zcj3Smek6ZGWWI_5t9iX-MWgwX2APd_wOG/s1600/100_8739.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621508479678389714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDZVMxpAuH_Cl6r4Ykv0QvF8Xnen2pn0DtjOw-VL_MSP5QdThcJkvFW-vKDMtAjl6e_IUdxcc-D4Z6CxXeGjednIgdT3zJ7xcdG3c8qJa84Zcj3Smek6ZGWWI_5t9iX-MWgwX2APd_wOG/s320/100_8739.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Early departures usually see more wildlife.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPfOaaYS573ZfTueRmoXNSm6uBHBRbjmezId2ZEUj4Ba6mwA2vDiEVJJixktdZsY6e3n-nc4TdsBMRDih9kAUZfUfgb5Wjx7W5uqqrtFacUXTt6xy98OB_XrcApU0GxCdXM8zU9_1CnCK/s1600/100_8753.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621508475441235074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPfOaaYS573ZfTueRmoXNSm6uBHBRbjmezId2ZEUj4Ba6mwA2vDiEVJJixktdZsY6e3n-nc4TdsBMRDih9kAUZfUfgb5Wjx7W5uqqrtFacUXTt6xy98OB_XrcApU0GxCdXM8zU9_1CnCK/s320/100_8753.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">As we left the dock, everyone was searching for gators.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2urXadOelcdT1INSol5snX1ecDKuLKv4176NNvbNvaevP7ndvCA1_pGz2wolEgDMeOotfixbO7yu-e9zUey3LOpHidmjttpxJtNblV42QDNQCPADOwXSfXS06e-PNUTWdmFZCtzeESh2G/s1600/100_8764.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621508464407149954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2urXadOelcdT1INSol5snX1ecDKuLKv4176NNvbNvaevP7ndvCA1_pGz2wolEgDMeOotfixbO7yu-e9zUey3LOpHidmjttpxJtNblV42QDNQCPADOwXSfXS06e-PNUTWdmFZCtzeESh2G/s320/100_8764.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">And we found them in the water.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f8vDig6YTpNa9MzZOv2qbTdTVNE_fUyEwXoCZgtLhmUpEy4xHZhiNrfdnuOxD80-vmtQs53E8V9Ku5pF38eTroTFYKyQxj1Of1lhBkdJN8pgYQvAFr_2ueXa5pLWhaKLplZYQio9N9ti/s1600/100_8768.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621508460539420866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f8vDig6YTpNa9MzZOv2qbTdTVNE_fUyEwXoCZgtLhmUpEy4xHZhiNrfdnuOxD80-vmtQs53E8V9Ku5pF38eTroTFYKyQxj1Of1lhBkdJN8pgYQvAFr_2ueXa5pLWhaKLplZYQio9N9ti/s320/100_8768.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We found them in the grass.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Nwe33dHYCCM1YZ9kLdRVF2nkUphowvMuInKA9CfCExD_G3WV6zA1m5Ll9URPCns2rfbrpEz-RJq5jli6aJ4mGPJF3QBSiCVFLpuwjfClHnk6oq6csE83d72vK6ubbCU0zHtewpytOVpV/s1600/100_8777.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507843625611762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmNVmyvs6Cdi7r0u2GW2ZlVlMWN91422z-1t7is8lOdVk6QDCFYPyOK-LUsVDZq58G4-e5hAq-uPqUTH80LpkyBq5_m6IfQKcUPy9K09-Iy5g4YHQChgQyCMkupJ40cAGBKj-9QGefRRD/s320/100_8806.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Marlon has the knack for captaining a boat...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok8bDsTLi2XRIPlz0OVt2if1syWEfx1cKSqLp1TnYwFaCL4IwhTxVRmvvff-fi86M6qw2zqe8LYXsHsy9jvqA8Tuv-PxzcckKDebG3IE8NA1uo_RsIAyxkjSz6SRuJ6HwJprzdVMuPE_o/s1600/100_8822.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507833063393746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok8bDsTLi2XRIPlz0OVt2if1syWEfx1cKSqLp1TnYwFaCL4IwhTxVRmvvff-fi86M6qw2zqe8LYXsHsy9jvqA8Tuv-PxzcckKDebG3IE8NA1uo_RsIAyxkjSz6SRuJ6HwJprzdVMuPE_o/s320/100_8822.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">as a resident chicken looks on.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4shygfS3KOyDTU1v8yvlw620G7PK8pqW1ZM9SmyWhszBf_DK_q60KQFWxpm6AXmA2ydb4b8vjc74uzzc9xIbSufBPzkiEVzhRH7aEwDxKPDJvlSmx9A9Mqcx3Tm5wbI9QPNeVyuURvUC/s1600/100_8737.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507829556726114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4shygfS3KOyDTU1v8yvlw620G7PK8pqW1ZM9SmyWhszBf_DK_q60KQFWxpm6AXmA2ydb4b8vjc74uzzc9xIbSufBPzkiEVzhRH7aEwDxKPDJvlSmx9A9Mqcx3Tm5wbI9QPNeVyuURvUC/s320/100_8737.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Next we officially entered Everglades National Park for a tram tour through Shark Valley.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43P3AwZBJ2Kt6hNB8bMuRsYQU0uCmBwCC3f6OeM6Qtww48SwYa704O8jhp9eE9ww8RGyGQa1smuic4AP8VBXKtkDo9-jm80fXanCqx7YfpPCbwvaEFjDQiJYoDBeheLu9KSW4uHa3nVDd/s1600/100_8824.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507090599108610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43P3AwZBJ2Kt6hNB8bMuRsYQU0uCmBwCC3f6OeM6Qtww48SwYa704O8jhp9eE9ww8RGyGQa1smuic4AP8VBXKtkDo9-jm80fXanCqx7YfpPCbwvaEFjDQiJYoDBeheLu9KSW4uHa3nVDd/s320/100_8824.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Sawgrass is a unique type of grass with very sharp edges (like a saw) which can be felt when running your hand up the stalk. In the Everglades, it is a favorite food of the white tailed deer. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The sawgrass marshes of Everglades National Park will be flooded during the wet season and will be covered with brownish green algae mats, called periphyton, which will float on the water surface.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSiDLVrh9Qg4jiikOI4cW3Rfrw8DkAi_5u3ULCwNfSXXU282sdAtZ26NR_qYK4cEZdIgo2ej4HSX_fTUflvyp-f4ri5cEl3dATyNi2w_MtC91n8ZmDu92rRWjG8O1ZVzFLPgKgsGM8GzF/s1600/100_8826.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507087114483714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSiDLVrh9Qg4jiikOI4cW3Rfrw8DkAi_5u3ULCwNfSXXU282sdAtZ26NR_qYK4cEZdIgo2ej4HSX_fTUflvyp-f4ri5cEl3dATyNi2w_MtC91n8ZmDu92rRWjG8O1ZVzFLPgKgsGM8GzF/s320/100_8826.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We didn't find any sharks in Shark Valley, but we did find a bunch of baby alligators just off the tram path.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlj-N-X7HC0BS5g1JdkNMdx_sGqEG_fsxHpEXqtYxm_MdGaWRsfVy5injBftjhOe4a_6c_58j_vthdUZeK6QaJd3aDd9wGhAmlVzFYE1QT5AWcjq6NQcAKV6VOmvTPd4hG-I0oTobFZW1/s1600/100_8838.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507079353692354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlj-N-X7HC0BS5g1JdkNMdx_sGqEG_fsxHpEXqtYxm_MdGaWRsfVy5injBftjhOe4a_6c_58j_vthdUZeK6QaJd3aDd9wGhAmlVzFYE1QT5AWcjq6NQcAKV6VOmvTPd4hG-I0oTobFZW1/s320/100_8838.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Another type of habitat in Everglades National Park are these high, dry tree islands known as hammocks.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H4z52gCBaWAtuE4Ix6YRg8P6cK6OCPJk4Jcbm3fnTbiJfypAMq6MGye9RwxVrz8c_gdju07U2oddOsXyN8bvLKZe5JiVF3DaDXhRSHxJm_-uhnoZTEuy4RQhgIm3zpzLAz-71Ke79Iho/s1600/100_8834.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507073117929298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H4z52gCBaWAtuE4Ix6YRg8P6cK6OCPJk4Jcbm3fnTbiJfypAMq6MGye9RwxVrz8c_gdju07U2oddOsXyN8bvLKZe5JiVF3DaDXhRSHxJm_-uhnoZTEuy4RQhgIm3zpzLAz-71Ke79Iho/s320/100_8834.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Hammocks are often surrounded by moats formed when acids from decaying plants dissolved away the limestone. These moats provide the hammock a fire barrier. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We ventured into this hammock and found the temperature inside the hammock much more pleasant than the temperature outside the hammock. With the park currently in a drought, the dreaded mosquitoes were virtually non-existent.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_-7dhDJGEhIXWApnmNzIVyXMpdWZuIzohU6QHrXbzCThWAtwvMkcfZulKVJRbiEL5bwyt7fVJZZ04O6Rt8Wtfa5TMeYJbrjJmhe-d1TZ7lIgJAWZvhEG3NxqFLmV20v7Qy3Go42GKVb5/s1600/100_8840.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621507069458213122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_-7dhDJGEhIXWApnmNzIVyXMpdWZuIzohU6QHrXbzCThWAtwvMkcfZulKVJRbiEL5bwyt7fVJZZ04O6Rt8Wtfa5TMeYJbrjJmhe-d1TZ7lIgJAWZvhEG3NxqFLmV20v7Qy3Go42GKVb5/s320/100_8840.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Happy tram tourists continue through Shark Valley.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmfUdmBVidm-xUd3bf6OLrbj8N6NlVE4MRquLWmvdEnMsHJPl1V8MVTvn-4AR-r0djDTkZsv_6BCxhXGW-XkQ2iF-8JB9B3nvkfwgPrNf2HCziI_a0YVvQ_nlUgLCnbWG33UReq8tSn1T/s1600/100_8844.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621506289729741426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmfUdmBVidm-xUd3bf6OLrbj8N6NlVE4MRquLWmvdEnMsHJPl1V8MVTvn-4AR-r0djDTkZsv_6BCxhXGW-XkQ2iF-8JB9B3nvkfwgPrNf2HCziI_a0YVvQ_nlUgLCnbWG33UReq8tSn1T/s320/100_8844.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">At the mid-point of our tour, we arrived at the 50 foot-high Shark Valley Observation Tower.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgQ7Ahtrn3Pj2zBfOzzQo8wRum1YV6uwXsFDdOQwOvE6pk979Hhv_dPKGEMhwohk-ARqwaW5HzpusjUSS3FbZ0AaN8bGme9oLhvhzGCbeZHnli0yoYPGeqTYdYMzU6hRkMi3gmSTdfRCl/s1600/100_8848.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621506279500795874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgQ7Ahtrn3Pj2zBfOzzQo8wRum1YV6uwXsFDdOQwOvE6pk979Hhv_dPKGEMhwohk-ARqwaW5HzpusjUSS3FbZ0AaN8bGme9oLhvhzGCbeZHnli0yoYPGeqTYdYMzU6hRkMi3gmSTdfRCl/s320/100_8848.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Expansive views of the Everglades, alligators, turtles and birds awaited us all at the top of the tower.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFTTsWCSgHZUEhgBqvgbCkj0abkBPUOYkkduSlPXdYt3I5Ysg99SC0JR53YXjVJw6PkLJ6xERqufDft1yIn0rh3eti8o4Gac5hN-QAWk05C6NLvvxCcCxa7W5QVKsrZ83pIGk9ztJz_34/s1600/100_8858.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621506277566796162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFTTsWCSgHZUEhgBqvgbCkj0abkBPUOYkkduSlPXdYt3I5Ysg99SC0JR53YXjVJw6PkLJ6xERqufDft1yIn0rh3eti8o4Gac5hN-QAWk05C6NLvvxCcCxa7W5QVKsrZ83pIGk9ztJz_34/s320/100_8858.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We were lucky enough to meet a couple of new friends visiting the States from Israel.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE02bwlxl6ZlDz09-PDKQzxwqFVHVWJDKXrFzs9XHWPyoUWzneC6W3DuITgzyR5KTVx8Ex2Qu5iUNJ-R-3CvDX_VOWLQs15nwGmBiShjW4LJSYPxD1WGNxdU6AXe6WoAVMGUAezcWnS7X/s1600/100_8874.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621506272195993346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE02bwlxl6ZlDz09-PDKQzxwqFVHVWJDKXrFzs9XHWPyoUWzneC6W3DuITgzyR5KTVx8Ex2Qu5iUNJ-R-3CvDX_VOWLQs15nwGmBiShjW4LJSYPxD1WGNxdU6AXe6WoAVMGUAezcWnS7X/s320/100_8874.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br />Here's a video of our tours today.<br /><iframe width="400" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l9ThFs71BIo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">On our way home, we could see a large fire which had started nearby the previous day.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW_Z3a72uVL_4nC2DBDb9a9Lstt-BGLI5XECUPvpyaHZJrg1dEHtYgPAD5JCfYXSyXPqI-ghkZY3gucLd7X3-o5nRb92qKXyxm24aSLFZb_INZs2b_EWoJI1AUMn2czu78B-aoZ9I3_TB/s1600/100_8878.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621506268571473970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW_Z3a72uVL_4nC2DBDb9a9Lstt-BGLI5XECUPvpyaHZJrg1dEHtYgPAD5JCfYXSyXPqI-ghkZY3gucLd7X3-o5nRb92qKXyxm24aSLFZb_INZs2b_EWoJI1AUMn2czu78B-aoZ9I3_TB/s320/100_8878.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For more pictures, click </span><a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/gator-park-shark-va/"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> . </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-76220529432733574402011-06-06T11:38:00.000-07:002011-06-30T19:52:03.116-07:00State Parks Around Homestead Florida<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today we headed out to get some more Florida State Park stamps. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">About 20 miles south of Homestead on US-1 we visited John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park near Key Largo. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfVxmy5AQuID9NCEzeABUQv2FzQcHm3dLaNSPkzDej0s56IBWjRzxD3aQJYgZu3Zdm1QItdE-HCakTUHNv9xeXtXi1zrG5y9oNKqXs8vyguWn3LROrtcS9m3IItfraGzQ7fyxRu80jvHE/s1600/100_8713.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621487146760069058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfVxmy5AQuID9NCEzeABUQv2FzQcHm3dLaNSPkzDej0s56IBWjRzxD3aQJYgZu3Zdm1QItdE-HCakTUHNv9xeXtXi1zrG5y9oNKqXs8vyguWn3LROrtcS9m3IItfraGzQ7fyxRu80jvHE/s320/100_8713.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The Park's Visitor Center has its own 30,000-gallon saltwater aquarium with park rangers feeding the fish daily at 11:00 am.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXsCE92xCKRiPtrjGTNdppMpTah9affU_390hegbZAD68Gp_x9yevjSpyePZilJPV-uJLvGc1LS1_8TLO-ByvIJnW23vzHPKbsDPh6F7ywx1edK-0Binh5o96QgrWEmd5dre1APvLuyZt/s1600/100_8717.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621487133311635442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXsCE92xCKRiPtrjGTNdppMpTah9affU_390hegbZAD68Gp_x9yevjSpyePZilJPV-uJLvGc1LS1_8TLO-ByvIJnW23vzHPKbsDPh6F7ywx1edK-0Binh5o96QgrWEmd5dre1APvLuyZt/s320/100_8717.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Glass-bottom boat tours, snorkeling and scuba-diving are all options at the park.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixuPWcFay9u1S20ZfSzfmi8__FBvY4RpElYY2pb7I0yeRHjUSRmuz6564sm2V-TKOMdfUwAWuNQB44L_q9y7Qm3zpmFOME8Wpc9z-h-vJ6VjwmU50mqCT6jmAZOyaN3UYmZhQGW3dliyr/s1600/100_8719.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621487122450375490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixuPWcFay9u1S20ZfSzfmi8__FBvY4RpElYY2pb7I0yeRHjUSRmuz6564sm2V-TKOMdfUwAWuNQB44L_q9y7Qm3zpmFOME8Wpc9z-h-vJ6VjwmU50mqCT6jmAZOyaN3UYmZhQGW3dliyr/s320/100_8719.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The iguana population of Southern Florida is believed to be in the hundreds of thousands.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS3HM8w7xiVqUUom8N6Cx-YquWq1rClPeGvNe58RA4BAQzYRgr1DjbpV6hWogEVKHYJDVvum-HvVX39B4QYvG2DzQzUhCac3XNJcVYDsZDW0DNh3kzIR_Igk6oCGdsXA9Qe3NIBDHEBnq/s1600/100_8723.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621487114585716690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS3HM8w7xiVqUUom8N6Cx-YquWq1rClPeGvNe58RA4BAQzYRgr1DjbpV6hWogEVKHYJDVvum-HvVX39B4QYvG2DzQzUhCac3XNJcVYDsZDW0DNh3kzIR_Igk6oCGdsXA9Qe3NIBDHEBnq/s320/100_8723.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">At nearby Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, we took a brief stroll and found the mosquito population to be in the hundreds of thousands today.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsW93hslDslRePdLv4NfsWpBN39grjbgfwEf1JiSKOUu5_xh24BS9fnXzqbliwAamksJS0bNKXhdjsTTCpMYNvsFLHBUj22rSAZut26liPycasSSIH3aEqD3T4RmQH314zTryhGC1e47w/s1600/100_8727.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621487105277127410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsW93hslDslRePdLv4NfsWpBN39grjbgfwEf1JiSKOUu5_xh24BS9fnXzqbliwAamksJS0bNKXhdjsTTCpMYNvsFLHBUj22rSAZut26liPycasSSIH3aEqD3T4RmQH314zTryhGC1e47w/s320/100_8727.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For more pictures, click <a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/john-pennekamp-cora/">here</a> . </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-32989273369372412032011-06-05T11:03:00.000-07:002011-06-26T20:28:12.259-07:00Miami, Florida<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today we spent the afternoon in Miami's South Beach. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLRxyGc_MUr6gCbUrrP0Qa3oN_7IZbUpXchfWOAvemNYyZZGehRMr7WihMIAUkTLMFzHZqH6nZevtSz_45FEmzLQ9lJqjG9X6j4AYls8Z8UULwwxx8L8nNnjGqVj6zQ-OYpHwmYEkiDgm/s1600/100_8706%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621477668253672578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLRxyGc_MUr6gCbUrrP0Qa3oN_7IZbUpXchfWOAvemNYyZZGehRMr7WihMIAUkTLMFzHZqH6nZevtSz_45FEmzLQ9lJqjG9X6j4AYls8Z8UULwwxx8L8nNnjGqVj6zQ-OYpHwmYEkiDgm/s320/100_8706%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We had a great Happy Hour bargain. Here's Marlon with his $19 drink. But it WAS BOGO. What a buy! NOT!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvTopGmJRJdYsuxqysHSonNvH4QEY1e3FWwIFur2HRBktarTvKTM1fYU1ZNL_ybGj9P0L2cXEv_Lt3cvcmPXqJ1Gb86KytvjjtEj8SPext2ia7ZW8wWHdYzlxXVi40kASHWCHgVzVrST7/s1600/100_8710%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621477661421350146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvTopGmJRJdYsuxqysHSonNvH4QEY1e3FWwIFur2HRBktarTvKTM1fYU1ZNL_ybGj9P0L2cXEv_Lt3cvcmPXqJ1Gb86KytvjjtEj8SPext2ia7ZW8wWHdYzlxXVi40kASHWCHgVzVrST7/s320/100_8710%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Then Doug's wallet was stolen. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For a few more pictures, click </span><a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/miami-florida/"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> . </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-49193151658420738922011-06-04T10:48:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:32:32.956-07:00Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead, Florida<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today we headed to Homestead's 37-acre Fruit & Spice Park. This Miami-Dade County Park is a one-of-a-kind park featuring over 500 varieties of fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and nuts. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Visitors will learn the most about the park and its plants by taking the 90-minute tram tour included in the $8 admission price. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bdiOFmy2wo-lV3IX1GAcK8HHWpJcPLh0dxuGLpa6GFxev3NHEwLF4WpFHfxvK8NpagxaYUr-6KyL0kzYYU251GuojXQsIF5L4aGCy9RMFStSe0JmX7bc0MzFXLVu2uJmEUfAeqUB-uYz/s1600/100_8649%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621475521591911490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bdiOFmy2wo-lV3IX1GAcK8HHWpJcPLh0dxuGLpa6GFxev3NHEwLF4WpFHfxvK8NpagxaYUr-6KyL0kzYYU251GuojXQsIF5L4aGCy9RMFStSe0JmX7bc0MzFXLVu2uJmEUfAeqUB-uYz/s320/100_8649%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Before beginning the tour, the guide will familiarize guests with a wide variety of the herbs and spices grown throughout the park. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The green stuff is lemongrass, popular in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. The flower held here is edible, but not tasty. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj24gEgzIC0K1re1qul4nubR8zV8RDoPsjTOVtuHdjEcrBTnsI72TDuQSbN73A9WbT70qnnLsQ5w8IjoSN7spWM9WDs-9a6SLW1wPuh49d5J_ZT526dyoR1NBJ3j7-kd8sJsRLsxvn3KA/s1600/100_8650%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621475513288480546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj24gEgzIC0K1re1qul4nubR8zV8RDoPsjTOVtuHdjEcrBTnsI72TDuQSbN73A9WbT70qnnLsQ5w8IjoSN7spWM9WDs-9a6SLW1wPuh49d5J_ZT526dyoR1NBJ3j7-kd8sJsRLsxvn3KA/s320/100_8650%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The jackfruit is the 2nd largest tree-born fruit and can weigh as much as 80 pounds. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J5E6lPtjxWfVq87hTbBC8TKCibMgizs1il4MCkNteojVB_vH1-6vo9GYG1waIzyimTUVanj3HgEyweSnEhYbFGfX7Wq3nrRhT2uFONPXSBP6cY5Ix9BHIOKABwwb7P29TOHsz1Ayox1Z/s1600/100_8654%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621475505842409602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J5E6lPtjxWfVq87hTbBC8TKCibMgizs1il4MCkNteojVB_vH1-6vo9GYG1waIzyimTUVanj3HgEyweSnEhYbFGfX7Wq3nrRhT2uFONPXSBP6cY5Ix9BHIOKABwwb7P29TOHsz1Ayox1Z/s320/100_8654%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Visitors to the park are invited to pick up and eat any fruit which has fallen to the ground. This fallen fruit has reached the peak of ripeness. One word of warning: do not pick the fruit from the trees and do not eat anything until you are positive what it is.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlqGLyMGKw2P4IcjLgdGC2IWebJ2y7z2600qOcuh9ZRLCS6KqSd2pbNS4T8uwHtkaIxDD4VJbLgugVAXd2YQ_EBENzY7Jh8eOsh6zb9JzdH-vSM44XSiO6wsNfLP8ISOx0m9hRsM-19qE/s1600/100_8657%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621475501746849506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlqGLyMGKw2P4IcjLgdGC2IWebJ2y7z2600qOcuh9ZRLCS6KqSd2pbNS4T8uwHtkaIxDD4VJbLgugVAXd2YQ_EBENzY7Jh8eOsh6zb9JzdH-vSM44XSiO6wsNfLP8ISOx0m9hRsM-19qE/s320/100_8657%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The park's rare tropical climate allows it to grow over 70 varieties of bananas.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRc4JYKaL3LAgSd-idJsyR3O31SGhinq7sI6wSiEznioVN2wOYK48ZC1JQdVfp3rVhoAeiXk-rd8Dm9Fi4EQwDaMMpF5rVVHE7ThMD0cK8VEOjVe7sc5bYAjnv7dTQSW2DukvW8U4UI7K/s1600/100_8658%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621474994439538578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRc4JYKaL3LAgSd-idJsyR3O31SGhinq7sI6wSiEznioVN2wOYK48ZC1JQdVfp3rVhoAeiXk-rd8Dm9Fi4EQwDaMMpF5rVVHE7ThMD0cK8VEOjVe7sc5bYAjnv7dTQSW2DukvW8U4UI7K/s320/100_8658%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />That is one good banana.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKveYumZmQy_Hs2cUaWkatyJNRC2mY28aR4Qy0AuEpPWPzv7NZrbR43aFmxsvUlKZRXZM8dyvSsoPWPv-58LG7-F-0gTGAtZ6kOFJrP89yaBf3uam3OiwXUEvvpIMQ2IUI3oHIAgdDPzR/s1600/100_8661%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621474986299690610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKveYumZmQy_Hs2cUaWkatyJNRC2mY28aR4Qy0AuEpPWPzv7NZrbR43aFmxsvUlKZRXZM8dyvSsoPWPv-58LG7-F-0gTGAtZ6kOFJrP89yaBf3uam3OiwXUEvvpIMQ2IUI3oHIAgdDPzR/s320/100_8661%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">That is one pretty blossom.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJJlJMYcwOis75v48O7nf381FAlnrLbTJK66yC9YzQo8OZUCRa3zI_uaW_0awghEPpatmfkBKuNts4Dq1iIf1ackMhoqYVgkoO7zF99HJ-ySWXwbVvZ5pNSiU4QvoOKDeWFValUbmXNvV/s1600/100_8668%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621474981679140866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJJlJMYcwOis75v48O7nf381FAlnrLbTJK66yC9YzQo8OZUCRa3zI_uaW_0awghEPpatmfkBKuNts4Dq1iIf1ackMhoqYVgkoO7zF99HJ-ySWXwbVvZ5pNSiU4QvoOKDeWFValUbmXNvV/s320/100_8668%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Several varieties of freshly cut fruit grown in the park are available to sample for free in the gift shop daily. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today's samples included mango, custard apple and chocolate sapote, which tastes just like chocolate pudding - NOT!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1FH4ZQ12phLjsqo5s-tXDiu-e1ZOWAooJU-VXfcxPsAGnc21SdLL-2H2x7VvHdoatMUy6d0grIXk7x_Mwea7a-aGkYYc-htTM7ctIERcYwVbdBAMpMVvcDK4KUSlsdzzpdI_85kIu7p9/s1600/100_8682%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621474974532808354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1FH4ZQ12phLjsqo5s-tXDiu-e1ZOWAooJU-VXfcxPsAGnc21SdLL-2H2x7VvHdoatMUy6d0grIXk7x_Mwea7a-aGkYYc-htTM7ctIERcYwVbdBAMpMVvcDK4KUSlsdzzpdI_85kIu7p9/s320/100_8682%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">After the tram tour, visitors can walk through the rest of the property's gardens seeking out whatever fruit or spice they are interested in.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJb-CORocXrCaWHTXZ-SjsM-lMnAEzH2qqHVmGWekDydgODi2crQ_2gNYV8foA6k2Jh6ewlO8pbKrFg2SH3h1h08A5vYk7Imb_fVAUvDplcUvH6ixYr83NpQu7fThTOrr2QGeRYRg5bHM/s1600/100_8683%255B1%255D.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621474968020176754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJb-CORocXrCaWHTXZ-SjsM-lMnAEzH2qqHVmGWekDydgODi2crQ_2gNYV8foA6k2Jh6ewlO8pbKrFg2SH3h1h08A5vYk7Imb_fVAUvDplcUvH6ixYr83NpQu7fThTOrr2QGeRYRg5bHM/s320/100_8683%255B1%255D.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Two tips for visiting the Fruit & Spice Park: 1) take bowl, knife, fork and wet naps 2) BOGO with online Entertainment coupon. </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For more pictures, click </span><a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/fruit-spice-park/"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> . </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-12889059890985943282011-06-02T10:02:00.000-07:002011-06-20T22:42:06.947-07:00A Full Day Around West Palm Beach, Florida<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today we had a full day in the West Palm Beach area.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">First thing, we took another drive through Lion Country Safari and watched the Nilgai eat their breakfast. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFagRD7vl9zy200l1EpxN4ztz5NiytsCNuqaWwvVA0AZu6gJrZG-X5Xa362KH-QEtYbEBdgakLL4pEnztGW4apN-kK-txG2RG7_lFrMIbn9O-MjuZtMkT9K2vSbxBdguM4GnvR6d6bEoCH/s1600/100_8420.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013417119885634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFagRD7vl9zy200l1EpxN4ztz5NiytsCNuqaWwvVA0AZu6gJrZG-X5Xa362KH-QEtYbEBdgakLL4pEnztGW4apN-kK-txG2RG7_lFrMIbn9O-MjuZtMkT9K2vSbxBdguM4GnvR6d6bEoCH/s320/100_8420.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The zookeepers let the herd of rhinoceros out right before we entered their territory, Hwange National Park.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m6VaDhhc3Br_iOjU-YK7F3JXEjtBf0dxN2himNWAOXmzTISnSTrsPTcx8cdKmHi5PfEwrHkqtAXmj7T6FBC6mS5y-jmS63urjs53pSKSPp-CWF_dFtAAqu_Vwve2jemZCxAAeTLSs_bi/s1600/100_8434.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013410845521538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m6VaDhhc3Br_iOjU-YK7F3JXEjtBf0dxN2himNWAOXmzTISnSTrsPTcx8cdKmHi5PfEwrHkqtAXmj7T6FBC6mS5y-jmS63urjs53pSKSPp-CWF_dFtAAqu_Vwve2jemZCxAAeTLSs_bi/s320/100_8434.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Most of the giraffes, the tallest one about 19 feet tall, were hard at work on this tree limb. One of the smaller giraffes wanted back in the herd's pen.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vikxvch0QuZkRhf6bCBFV5hnPRPec83LxPod96IuRFgQTFTiDG-yDpYyW2OR1Ds1gO1O3vp68cfeIagYnxC08bM6gZcH58BmV6ZtPMLPcnLNo24rvuxGuzTUcNZx_mltG5xkU9Orkgyr/s1600/100_8456.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013400159652866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vikxvch0QuZkRhf6bCBFV5hnPRPec83LxPod96IuRFgQTFTiDG-yDpYyW2OR1Ds1gO1O3vp68cfeIagYnxC08bM6gZcH58BmV6ZtPMLPcnLNo24rvuxGuzTUcNZx_mltG5xkU9Orkgyr/s320/100_8456.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Next we hopped onto the Peanut Island Water Taxi for a quick trip to Peanut Island which was formed from material dredged to create the Lake Worth Inlet.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifECBnMs6iYcIkTdw_ZPwyUpoZ4hg03q7cKk9iBhrXwRZwMonGpuNUSgZXC4ZavnWJU63JD2uyD2moG1MSkeBlO4QPY3mnb7E8fck3bSxuYQ0sgxoX2sRUt-5CdBJzEY7jo5UfOCiRkNU/s1600/100_8462.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013117402326994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifECBnMs6iYcIkTdw_ZPwyUpoZ4hg03q7cKk9iBhrXwRZwMonGpuNUSgZXC4ZavnWJU63JD2uyD2moG1MSkeBlO4QPY3mnb7E8fck3bSxuYQ0sgxoX2sRUt-5CdBJzEY7jo5UfOCiRkNU/s320/100_8462.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Today Peanut Island is a Palm Beach County Park with camping, boating and a few other unique destinations.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0HIxmjdVqnqldjdJzC8T70nXJ-UhGwtIsoogEiTergw7qrDkIW3MyASHK8eZiTJbiOV2uxr4J3yM0izRJzyVwQjXA505SC-T0n9r6K3d2VLP5w6LBATnaKPY7dONndt9gIWkYhLWLMBL/s1600/100_8472.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013107623265906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0HIxmjdVqnqldjdJzC8T70nXJ-UhGwtIsoogEiTergw7qrDkIW3MyASHK8eZiTJbiOV2uxr4J3yM0izRJzyVwQjXA505SC-T0n9r6K3d2VLP5w6LBATnaKPY7dONndt9gIWkYhLWLMBL/s320/100_8472.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />One such destination is this old Coast Guard Station which can be toured as part of the Palm Beach Maritime Museum.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPacOKFI7i8KkdYGRSE2lzGgezMOBLrRerYMnI85O9FwyxcqAxUDHYlG5pmbRTNHaf0PiPlH_W1VfEjo-GoSo8F5LtemAsye5KK3fOZ6iQXugVfguBmJeOcS_yb0WfyL5gAw_bzeuTd_C/s1600/100_8480.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013099056290690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPacOKFI7i8KkdYGRSE2lzGgezMOBLrRerYMnI85O9FwyxcqAxUDHYlG5pmbRTNHaf0PiPlH_W1VfEjo-GoSo8F5LtemAsye5KK3fOZ6iQXugVfguBmJeOcS_yb0WfyL5gAw_bzeuTd_C/s320/100_8480.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Included in the tour is a visit to the historic John F. Kennedy Bunker which was built at the height of the Cold War.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4DQv9Hcr0bjkgwIwIaOvZgcr6zDqTN0Cjr6ccTPxItAOE6d4KFUxMqURKEjG7EaaCaxDOZ3n4fbBEclRQfNfACkR2MYM3KgxKW6snmmb-aDW47EIk5WeNEyP78cCcMWkxoMANK29VHMB/s1600/100_8484.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013093013728626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4DQv9Hcr0bjkgwIwIaOvZgcr6zDqTN0Cjr6ccTPxItAOE6d4KFUxMqURKEjG7EaaCaxDOZ3n4fbBEclRQfNfACkR2MYM3KgxKW6snmmb-aDW47EIk5WeNEyP78cCcMWkxoMANK29VHMB/s320/100_8484.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The bunker was a nuclear war contingency facility during the Cuban Missile Crisis.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsLryajH9bJuYzt_Lta0paKj5LyxZGnaoi4TkENCnfcp222qq3ljUhJI_1_4OXU1lBtfiS3DN1sh-47HlHUkDc666jYAJG39NYznsxWhp0S_ZabG2EwBCBXQezh2EVyIx0wLtJQd6XpBS/s1600/100_8488.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617013084900579746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsLryajH9bJuYzt_Lta0paKj5LyxZGnaoi4TkENCnfcp222qq3ljUhJI_1_4OXU1lBtfiS3DN1sh-47HlHUkDc666jYAJG39NYznsxWhp0S_ZabG2EwBCBXQezh2EVyIx0wLtJQd6XpBS/s320/100_8488.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />This emergency fallout shelter came equipped with its own red telephone.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqlfix5veGA6rdFSBTKUTwnJ38YcABXGXaeMq8QAe7vU3o2r_9dUa3HgHRXSNX1muc4m-Rx3B_ykiDPfjla9757mdB_6-VNhzgJegMD9RFBxgq4gn-vCtxvj300kWbRh97DW6vHVeGdZ6/s1600/100_8491.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617012588813461202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqlfix5veGA6rdFSBTKUTwnJ38YcABXGXaeMq8QAe7vU3o2r_9dUa3HgHRXSNX1muc4m-Rx3B_ykiDPfjla9757mdB_6-VNhzgJegMD9RFBxgq4gn-vCtxvj300kWbRh97DW6vHVeGdZ6/s320/100_8491.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The paved path around the perimeter of Peanut Island measures about a mile and a half.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvJL7TwWgtdgq_WJwNJm44Xig4EDbZJb4KmbPG_EyTphcSuAJEB73BPK6FVbAlbvLlHgxltszEkef7nJJIP753j2IVMVxdn8UXPSW9OdnrBFyL3RDOjhHz42LNF2PJpo5zQrCGVrc6CmG/s1600/100_8513.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617012577272550690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvJL7TwWgtdgq_WJwNJm44Xig4EDbZJb4KmbPG_EyTphcSuAJEB73BPK6FVbAlbvLlHgxltszEkef7nJJIP753j2IVMVxdn8UXPSW9OdnrBFyL3RDOjhHz42LNF2PJpo5zQrCGVrc6CmG/s320/100_8513.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We spotted a blimp on the way to Jupiter, Florida. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ImxOCjTM8jkQeSm5ZLgMVqSg5brv49W5too-XOjQsBk_Zt03Fk1FEucE9Z3rrxIG5trl_OoSOIjNX4h2lYBNSmFpG5Uzp1Tq5751UX-sBnE7dEVEdv8ZuTE7WXH9WKQAnADu-jnMzTNV/s1600/100_8532.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617012569324796914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ImxOCjTM8jkQeSm5ZLgMVqSg5brv49W5too-XOjQsBk_Zt03Fk1FEucE9Z3rrxIG5trl_OoSOIjNX4h2lYBNSmFpG5Uzp1Tq5751UX-sBnE7dEVEdv8ZuTE7WXH9WKQAnADu-jnMzTNV/s320/100_8532.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />In Jupiter, we found the Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsFtIbvPuw54ZuqeomzET0qZAUlHgzyqilWz8n5h-kFmWqkpdVUVclxjkEYaQJg6v4z879t1CAaW7IR3kyzDgnB_dw5psgowQ6kAZSYdVW80BrVs_klSriThkovawnJrF2Pvp5NM4BZJ6/s1600/100_8612.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617012563790547042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsFtIbvPuw54ZuqeomzET0qZAUlHgzyqilWz8n5h-kFmWqkpdVUVclxjkEYaQJg6v4z879t1CAaW7IR3kyzDgnB_dw5psgowQ6kAZSYdVW80BrVs_klSriThkovawnJrF2Pvp5NM4BZJ6/s320/100_8612.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The museum includes hundreds of memorabilia items belonging to one of the most recognizable actors in recent history, Burt Reynolds. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJq2Rh1fP1kHgDBKp2hXSZhftaz-Y3tEF2Cv3Q_zvX1jZ5Bqrzx6hyuxm_F72HtarHs6YD2Flh3Qb7xMGIKWbFw40pnDAAoZXLfYlRmLYzv8Y4oYetjjLZoiSIXMaPJYwTEW3vaKR5JRfv/s1600/100_8591.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617012554721433170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJq2Rh1fP1kHgDBKp2hXSZhftaz-Y3tEF2Cv3Q_zvX1jZ5Bqrzx6hyuxm_F72HtarHs6YD2Flh3Qb7xMGIKWbFw40pnDAAoZXLfYlRmLYzv8Y4oYetjjLZoiSIXMaPJYwTEW3vaKR5JRfv/s320/100_8591.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Burt generously displays all his acting awards along with many movie props and gifts from his hundreds of friends in the entertainment, sports and political fields. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATTujHSFmJFweBUNBYfL73lAxYw9FJI6SU-5wSbDde4WilPxowVzd_0CMNYHFjx1ppTwrVKEoaPna9RjI0kCb2DZmhFck4ykFhbHOVDrb-96RoLrrZqwWhdTTPWk1dQI1aH3xXv0uxYXa/s1600/100_8592.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617011605072652354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATTujHSFmJFweBUNBYfL73lAxYw9FJI6SU-5wSbDde4WilPxowVzd_0CMNYHFjx1ppTwrVKEoaPna9RjI0kCb2DZmhFck4ykFhbHOVDrb-96RoLrrZqwWhdTTPWk1dQI1aH3xXv0uxYXa/s320/100_8592.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre, housed in the same building, provides educational opportunities for actors and filmmakers. They also host acting workshops open to the public for those who have the thought in the back of their minds...what if? </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWos7aB8OInIzY2w161sstMsoVPXf3H6IjDYH2233NGh5l6RJJG-pV4gEQPmp8t-Hty-hrOMQhdvsDY1Qp_5ajcZsHvLM4aBrpvzy-KGQw6JrsMwh7aGIEhuP6ecWIibuJsr6vCNzPHN0h/s1600/100_8555.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617011596076476002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWos7aB8OInIzY2w161sstMsoVPXf3H6IjDYH2233NGh5l6RJJG-pV4gEQPmp8t-Hty-hrOMQhdvsDY1Qp_5ajcZsHvLM4aBrpvzy-KGQw6JrsMwh7aGIEhuP6ecWIibuJsr6vCNzPHN0h/s320/100_8555.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />On the way back to West Palm Beach, we visited John D. MacArthur Beach State Park for some sandcastle construction. </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Marlon shows off his masterpiece. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGnlozekmLiQ7fHOVP4mWk_SfrHkeCIn5G8vhN8E_YkqFryiCWuwWZ1gsvh2D6coL9LAltAoiZA1r-s2pFGKzy6L5g6lZYW99y-bW8_07EtaWxgb6uL3wgqCi_C5U64wKdCo-sNNToXwy/s1600/100_8626.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617011590652611858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGnlozekmLiQ7fHOVP4mWk_SfrHkeCIn5G8vhN8E_YkqFryiCWuwWZ1gsvh2D6coL9LAltAoiZA1r-s2pFGKzy6L5g6lZYW99y-bW8_07EtaWxgb6uL3wgqCi_C5U64wKdCo-sNNToXwy/s320/100_8626.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">We also played in the surf. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-evIXN0aku9oQeVvyRxNJE0PJfjg8GLaW_LhPMEZO_8lemB0RiojTsD3wPjMASAZjWVNtwu5Fs_mIIXEcc1o7PUXYpgtrQAUrnSxjGRthRdqzeSBaUyg8I14w1EnzmFVDNqLT1uAZHiWb/s1600/100_8638.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617011584754006690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-evIXN0aku9oQeVvyRxNJE0PJfjg8GLaW_LhPMEZO_8lemB0RiojTsD3wPjMASAZjWVNtwu5Fs_mIIXEcc1o7PUXYpgtrQAUrnSxjGRthRdqzeSBaUyg8I14w1EnzmFVDNqLT1uAZHiWb/s320/100_8638.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Then we waited for this bridge to go up and down. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliRjxUpDl_W303b1Exagr8W7DeOs8iLEoKQVhPC-TLCBYg-TGoidM2hIQYJk_B7W8n5lHTNB7cwYOoEX8XgytcTo0zowwULMMnAiDx9RRk25T00DAUoEHmUdOW-5mxKHqe3I8pOsSj3fE/s1600/100_8645.JPG"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617011578727318402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliRjxUpDl_W303b1Exagr8W7DeOs8iLEoKQVhPC-TLCBYg-TGoidM2hIQYJk_B7W8n5lHTNB7cwYOoEX8XgytcTo0zowwULMMnAiDx9RRk25T00DAUoEHmUdOW-5mxKHqe3I8pOsSj3fE/s320/100_8645.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> </span><br />Here is a short video of some of today's highlights. <br /><iframe width="400" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ADA3EMJ4JoA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For more pictures, click <a href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/june/lion-country-safari-1/">here</a> . </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-1945667026545494852011-06-01T07:23:00.000-07:002024-03-15T08:24:06.849-07:00Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach, FloridaOur next stop was the KOA at Lion Country Safari near West Palm Beach, Florida.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJoq1CrpCVB1NUQB0kRW9CqK339QhA1E29UTgtuGqPGOAlK9-MKCpU7iKt7sipBD3Xen-iCLVDXKDPKz3HG_qmovaCnlOdgyROvbcuI6zfIyo5jzCYwq_ABmxOtOnHqa1UWMKhY4p8elD/s1600/100_8206.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615119421853563282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJoq1CrpCVB1NUQB0kRW9CqK339QhA1E29UTgtuGqPGOAlK9-MKCpU7iKt7sipBD3Xen-iCLVDXKDPKz3HG_qmovaCnlOdgyROvbcuI6zfIyo5jzCYwq_ABmxOtOnHqa1UWMKhY4p8elD/s320/100_8206.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />The park is full of nice pull-through spots.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEoGyiKgxkEF05K2KBaqjAR6ATIrAv7nFAOhHWMOkvV81aZC2rma-v36LtIusr_7KTkRXoykHP2ZhxhVyH29TfhtuhflEry8jkcRvnlVjwDXSzS5Jvhioti52qEDqBjczrnqcVufZ2963/s1600/100_8212.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615119409352784050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEoGyiKgxkEF05K2KBaqjAR6ATIrAv7nFAOhHWMOkvV81aZC2rma-v36LtIusr_7KTkRXoykHP2ZhxhVyH29TfhtuhflEry8jkcRvnlVjwDXSzS5Jvhioti52qEDqBjczrnqcVufZ2963/s320/100_8212.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />While staying at the KOA, we enjoyed free tickets to Lion Country Safari. Lion Country Safari opened in 1967 and is Florida's only drive-thru safari adventure.<br /><br />Brazilian tapirs are excellent swimmers and their closest relatives are the horse and the rhinoceros.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKz8vxU_1ZaauMr0sPnuxjV7J4-q5b2QcjCxLPxVqqsC24Mrn8uLRJv6fJlMJIQIqn9FS3h2EGNGK_8WllB84n-GlcXVc3gvD97kPSJIZEkNTmOq2E9sIdOhlUY32WULryWzuEACCX6WA/s1600/100_8219.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615119405316833682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKz8vxU_1ZaauMr0sPnuxjV7J4-q5b2QcjCxLPxVqqsC24Mrn8uLRJv6fJlMJIQIqn9FS3h2EGNGK_8WllB84n-GlcXVc3gvD97kPSJIZEkNTmOq2E9sIdOhlUY32WULryWzuEACCX6WA/s320/100_8219.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />The Aldabra tortoise can live to be 150 years old and grow a shell up to five feet long. They enjoy hanging out with the birds.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1jNUIoMMCkkmtrdDJFsJEG3vvhq-7zX-GeeYmqOaWk6Lt4Mc7iR3Bc4f8ygMb2o989TN5LnuxQUVJVb6tQtg3j-DbDBfq_mQZ5qFRNuSlHNpf9vxVHxqfLnibsnFtt7Oa1bKmEfxIGy4/s1600/100_8225.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615117756627078754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1jNUIoMMCkkmtrdDJFsJEG3vvhq-7zX-GeeYmqOaWk6Lt4Mc7iR3Bc4f8ygMb2o989TN5LnuxQUVJVb6tQtg3j-DbDBfq_mQZ5qFRNuSlHNpf9vxVHxqfLnibsnFtt7Oa1bKmEfxIGy4/s320/100_8225.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />Kudus are a variety of antelope who live on leaves and shoots from a variety of plants, as well as whatever goodies the safari keepers bring their way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMfqeeHHUVk6ULWsm8DCu7-oMeqddYDUdcS0YCXGaALLK_NYXclcdZv5QlaNqxxgyYeLXDNo9-V-WegW4D4CU6MpQRAMGgWwT6k3EPezonSEKU-GtJaqpel1qMc6Io2Kr9_tMDmjDEqOs/s1600/100_8237.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615117746444099730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMfqeeHHUVk6ULWsm8DCu7-oMeqddYDUdcS0YCXGaALLK_NYXclcdZv5QlaNqxxgyYeLXDNo9-V-WegW4D4CU6MpQRAMGgWwT6k3EPezonSEKU-GtJaqpel1qMc6Io2Kr9_tMDmjDEqOs/s320/100_8237.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />The park is divided into several different regions with electronic gates providing extra protection in lion country.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R-CDotDEcxYCbBLzVjyIN-Yc57C3fwqtpeN8Ss6NHtctHAUirf_Hgsh8ZeuMBDfe79lSyO1CSNMrsJBisRlAc6eb7-8w4UNdV414qR5wUSCi1x8La2XGBzBkQqAlY23afQDupCtPbJwu/s1600/100_8252.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615117737931556114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R-CDotDEcxYCbBLzVjyIN-Yc57C3fwqtpeN8Ss6NHtctHAUirf_Hgsh8ZeuMBDfe79lSyO1CSNMrsJBisRlAc6eb7-8w4UNdV414qR5wUSCi1x8La2XGBzBkQqAlY23afQDupCtPbJwu/s320/100_8252.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />The lions' Gorongosa Preserve provide them with ample room to exercise and play, as well as lounge. KOA visitors will be able to go to sleep and wake up to the roars of the lions.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzsgteCtqN6qqI8SFZH0vvApYydMsyKXwrVihyphenhyphenrcCKrWlsT-QtD1m7K6pruIIrkODxo6Fvyj0InB3RbDK62WyP3Q4ofqIRhXvBOeRN5d63xVrOHwtgGlDIdckcbYmVVhG4rNNfJwFFvKg/s1600/100_8260.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615117734386267858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzsgteCtqN6qqI8SFZH0vvApYydMsyKXwrVihyphenhyphenrcCKrWlsT-QtD1m7K6pruIIrkODxo6Fvyj0InB3RbDK62WyP3Q4ofqIRhXvBOeRN5d63xVrOHwtgGlDIdckcbYmVVhG4rNNfJwFFvKg/s320/100_8260.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />You don't want to get between this guy's horns and his grass!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTT3b2Wmtuba60I-OG7R9uKRVWD4fTHNFd116bI9wR2SXlmJp27GuXlrVDlzyg1frXAbCqwGsB-Ygo8_JbIi56KQtp2CnRJT9AYalf055q6CF0G53unI79e0nvGZmqL7XPkngrZH0kHL_/s1600/100_8281.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615117726743494962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTT3b2Wmtuba60I-OG7R9uKRVWD4fTHNFd116bI9wR2SXlmJp27GuXlrVDlzyg1frXAbCqwGsB-Ygo8_JbIi56KQtp2CnRJT9AYalf055q6CF0G53unI79e0nvGZmqL7XPkngrZH0kHL_/s320/100_8281.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />Same goes for the white rhinoceros which in actuality are stone-gray.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2XznIys4LYleWbiB_lEwvi3rsFak-ZM-44WOBkpWNtsNlinrt0zdSg8KSl91AnUsCtG2pBDJOdwcua5LGvKtA9dXVwLkc3BGNDg8AQXUo31SMZ-TtR-KdOYLy_r6vbtun9Uid3P-GmJe/s1600/100_8288.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615115262503314482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2XznIys4LYleWbiB_lEwvi3rsFak-ZM-44WOBkpWNtsNlinrt0zdSg8KSl91AnUsCtG2pBDJOdwcua5LGvKtA9dXVwLkc3BGNDg8AQXUo31SMZ-TtR-KdOYLy_r6vbtun9Uid3P-GmJe/s320/100_8288.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />Like fingerprints, the stripes of each zebra are unique.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7oJ9kw39xtjLM0yeQ3W7-LTPL0lDmDfmEvaV0uMJq32xZ8wz_rdj8odLvnL4jZL-GIoeXGNe-BxrmtqUWPKT1oDjHBbQ1kJaDhyjzJq-pFu8vaDhR3Nuftbz0Gnh59GlGFSYYBdu2szG/s1600/100_8299.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615115258938968002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7oJ9kw39xtjLM0yeQ3W7-LTPL0lDmDfmEvaV0uMJq32xZ8wz_rdj8odLvnL4jZL-GIoeXGNe-BxrmtqUWPKT1oDjHBbQ1kJaDhyjzJq-pFu8vaDhR3Nuftbz0Gnh59GlGFSYYBdu2szG/s320/100_8299.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />After driving through the park, visitors can take a walk through Safari World. This additional feature of the park includes more animal exhibits, boat rides, amusement rides and animal shows.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQO-dVl5lOfZ7uAEK2iEqYesabzMXQ_TujyEfA8fgI8GltdvUidfcKv10koJBLhdIipjydseIffRWdY4ulG2jMvNpQY0mfjLVfCXqGRPN6iaTPtb77gSdu2AqnVGg2SlpIWxaTXjwcLrv/s1600/100_8307.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615115246612861890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQO-dVl5lOfZ7uAEK2iEqYesabzMXQ_TujyEfA8fgI8GltdvUidfcKv10koJBLhdIipjydseIffRWdY4ulG2jMvNpQY0mfjLVfCXqGRPN6iaTPtb77gSdu2AqnVGg2SlpIWxaTXjwcLrv/s320/100_8307.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />You can also feed the budgies...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-P2Bii3oE6hoygj-32GsOLGQSQYesM7P-pWF0ldzpMHWug3ClFR7lygE8yznH_EuiKC_iDpVoCIAb0Wm5r69T7G2kxfeRTzwsW3O8p80SsZHwiaU380aqfMe52T3rTM5gqbdjP3G9YzwL/s1600/100_8326.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615115246259211666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-P2Bii3oE6hoygj-32GsOLGQSQYesM7P-pWF0ldzpMHWug3ClFR7lygE8yznH_EuiKC_iDpVoCIAb0Wm5r69T7G2kxfeRTzwsW3O8p80SsZHwiaU380aqfMe52T3rTM5gqbdjP3G9YzwL/s320/100_8326.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />and the giraffes who are only too eager to chow down on lettuce, broccoli and carrots.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuO7DChP-xC_Z8_qgGKsmX5D2HZouSKZnS2fYAQkov9cEYEtRsMhumfYtdtTjIfxXH5EW6NTWCqFP1KhbdJ7Vw0aJUQoeNH-12mf2LELHWio_y0ETSa2KgcGR7hjx5Qixy0Aesoa7GiW5/s1600/100_8369.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615115234382938226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuO7DChP-xC_Z8_qgGKsmX5D2HZouSKZnS2fYAQkov9cEYEtRsMhumfYtdtTjIfxXH5EW6NTWCqFP1KhbdJ7Vw0aJUQoeNH-12mf2LELHWio_y0ETSa2KgcGR7hjx5Qixy0Aesoa7GiW5/s320/100_8369.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />Watch some budgie feeding and Arnold, the trained parrot, in this short video.<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VbLcCb5q0Dg" width="320" youtube-src-id="VbLcCb5q0Dg"></iframe><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">To be continued...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459403244040181477.post-2929254769155779872011-05-30T23:11:00.000-07:002011-06-12T20:31:48.781-07:00Ponce Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, Ponce Inlet, Florida<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Today we visited the tallest lighthouse in Florida located in Ponce Inlet. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvCFGSBLRnCNQH-7XVvN7FpoZrerOoX6JcBP2-QrY_xPAHuH_wQTa9DkmtLEO4YtE6Ze8U1ZnCYZCsLwYHQRHoYR9L2SxNQ6Igtznoce14DrMBkbaHKC6LaJUW0cKAzKeswKa6Kdh-_5g/s1600/100_8192.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614776201544024818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvCFGSBLRnCNQH-7XVvN7FpoZrerOoX6JcBP2-QrY_xPAHuH_wQTa9DkmtLEO4YtE6Ze8U1ZnCYZCsLwYHQRHoYR9L2SxNQ6Igtznoce14DrMBkbaHKC6LaJUW0cKAzKeswKa6Kdh-_5g/s320/100_8192.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Museum includes several original residences used by the families of the principal, first assistant and second assistant lighthouse keepers. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">This building, while not built until 1992, is based on plans drawn in 1883 for a multiple family residence at the lighthouse. The plan was scrapped to give the families more privacy by building separate houses instead. This building serves as the museum's entrance and gift shop. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNXicKVeMfzhu6nQr3ZP7VZ9CdWvfLWjzrdj_eFksEvubwBNInxxbepzuKg1WdKjsn7wBXYApnEbrBJg4xW_LkJz50T4YQ0X-JtKNT3_7ZMe2J3bp98H-mSS7lBJpNfS79CCksEH_v2p/s1600/100_8141.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614776194437074850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNXicKVeMfzhu6nQr3ZP7VZ9CdWvfLWjzrdj_eFksEvubwBNInxxbepzuKg1WdKjsn7wBXYApnEbrBJg4xW_LkJz50T4YQ0X-JtKNT3_7ZMe2J3bp98H-mSS7lBJpNfS79CCksEH_v2p/s320/100_8141.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Doug pauses before starting the 175 foot climb up 203 steps. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsdIpkimyz-M5HZUEA2pbjhkYD0jEKYE0T-q_egf9xS2HJr0SqjTnC6qbIvqJav4KdepqAZHYaFX473SgKCT5HRJKcVSCRoewR8yLanQwuaXRr3XsFN5sUIteA7Tg5BODy0BoXl0-TU2K/s1600/100_8143.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614776185590535458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsdIpkimyz-M5HZUEA2pbjhkYD0jEKYE0T-q_egf9xS2HJr0SqjTnC6qbIvqJav4KdepqAZHYaFX473SgKCT5HRJKcVSCRoewR8yLanQwuaXRr3XsFN5sUIteA7Tg5BODy0BoXl0-TU2K/s320/100_8143.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Is this where we are going or where we have been? Or both? </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46t4Otka2djVJzzv971xiebw5fsmtnEjQTQqoc3rmmg3niQyJApUrrJIL_dND37aCkT4jbkuLps90LiohaW3is9jWb5usAQe87WO6RWLUipusAqLVPapJghGLVUkRGKenIkRjBxC3yvhH/s1600/100_8146.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614776178556426066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46t4Otka2djVJzzv971xiebw5fsmtnEjQTQqoc3rmmg3niQyJApUrrJIL_dND37aCkT4jbkuLps90LiohaW3is9jWb5usAQe87WO6RWLUipusAqLVPapJghGLVUkRGKenIkRjBxC3yvhH/s320/100_8146.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The panoramic view at the top of the lighthouse includes Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, the Halifax River and the Atlantic Ocean. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNWPjLJhDCyRT5O3tLNp3XoSawbw2D-Dwj4esBscPyUXaUfiRAdg1dETIhgIjFk52F-pkmzOPd3VlL15L8k_2tQD_tkhGqEPlED50NKwvocuXCeUU1ZfkdfLyE1ESDfdE1QJvE54oyuFb/s1600/100_8152.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614774928341283730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNWPjLJhDCyRT5O3tLNp3XoSawbw2D-Dwj4esBscPyUXaUfiRAdg1dETIhgIjFk52F-pkmzOPd3VlL15L8k_2tQD_tkhGqEPlED50NKwvocuXCeUU1ZfkdfLyE1ESDfdE1QJvE54oyuFb/s320/100_8152.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">This is the First Assistant Keeper's Dwelling where he lived with his family. Built in 1887, it is furnished the way it would have been in 1900. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_J556GiTgeCnYh2lMcFM3MXKGrt-wMwlUwmBa-IskvLk2pfrowMcDW6rRvjyQ8xo6PDbjgzyjT1wZCKYNS7fd_1A8ECBPX4qu0SEzlDCMZSXekZuG66IMyFTApL1uKuE-gbDcsu_KyY-2/s1600/100_8170.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614774915270902482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_J556GiTgeCnYh2lMcFM3MXKGrt-wMwlUwmBa-IskvLk2pfrowMcDW6rRvjyQ8xo6PDbjgzyjT1wZCKYNS7fd_1A8ECBPX4qu0SEzlDCMZSXekZuG66IMyFTApL1uKuE-gbDcsu_KyY-2/s320/100_8170.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The Lens Exhibit Building was built in 1995 to house the museum's collection of skillfully restored Fresnel lenses and other lighthouse artifacts. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ05efx3g_p02XOBc1IwLcLxVTyWNi7Dp9-e05e2egpSHixgB8A7IxGD3U5jcEnPJ8zlHr8BPZrA_ry7Iztf0hXrfcKHlZfhBo4eVomOcI3DdXA3pat7F-SUtaIOPajkwqIt_ew8SWo85/s1600/100_8181.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614774900951694498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ05efx3g_p02XOBc1IwLcLxVTyWNi7Dp9-e05e2egpSHixgB8A7IxGD3U5jcEnPJ8zlHr8BPZrA_ry7Iztf0hXrfcKHlZfhBo4eVomOcI3DdXA3pat7F-SUtaIOPajkwqIt_ew8SWo85/s320/100_8181.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">This Cuban refugee boat washed up on the beach in Volusia County in 1989. The orange life preserver tied to the mast indicates that the occupants were rescued by the Coast Guard while at sea. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGrQ-UplOaELjKKmrUzmF0v4t9httLMM7fP0Q2ntdqiqnNTtMtM0OYErQxOVRnOEFr1r_3LZS7sytdCeMeGjj10Ga6IhkuzoMtUp8QhNyK3J2aOMqgFQ6tqN46NI9rzzOSpVeGHPjGW6y/s1600/100_8186.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614774895407367330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGrQ-UplOaELjKKmrUzmF0v4t9httLMM7fP0Q2ntdqiqnNTtMtM0OYErQxOVRnOEFr1r_3LZS7sytdCeMeGjj10Ga6IhkuzoMtUp8QhNyK3J2aOMqgFQ6tqN46NI9rzzOSpVeGHPjGW6y/s320/100_8186.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Watch this video for a quick 360 degree view from the top of the lighthouse.</span><br /><iframe style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KH1-OIbX20k" frameborder="0" width="400" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Looking out over the crowd at a Volusia County Beach from the boardwalk late afternoon on Memorial Day. </span><br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsdpnnUnt2eHhy6PcNBQXge8VMjT5fRHfBV5raXwkJTKWbsv1NCRp_6upyf6DooXLwzhOGRB2gbW_Hd8qy6auFAkyRD7vHG9_IuMNCQhUKSyXkycGceuFPIRBz2xnlivL8szTYVE8zki-/s1600/100_8200.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614774885065556786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsdpnnUnt2eHhy6PcNBQXge8VMjT5fRHfBV5raXwkJTKWbsv1NCRp_6upyf6DooXLwzhOGRB2gbW_Hd8qy6auFAkyRD7vHG9_IuMNCQhUKSyXkycGceuFPIRBz2xnlivL8szTYVE8zki-/s320/100_8200.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For more pictures, click </span><a style="FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande" href="http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2011/may/ponce-inlet-lightho/">here</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> .</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">To be continued...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0