St. Augustine jail:
Fountain of Youth:
Okeefenokee Swamp:
Marineland
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Pictures in November
By demand, I am inserting more pictures from the various places we visited during the first 2 weeks of November, 2010. Comments will be made where appropriate.
St. Augustine jail:
The Sheriff's Bedroom in the jail building,
The sheriff's daughter's room in the jail.
Fountain of Youth:
His dad said: "This is your heritage. Take off your shirt and pose by the fire so I can take your picture." He said "But Daaaad...this is embarassing." As you can see, it is a great picture and the old man won.
Okeefenokee Swamp:
Grand Prarrie off the boat
Almost a great shot
Heron want a cracker?
Mom guarding her young (to the right and striped)
Cyprus needles
Just another antelope (err, I mean cyprus)
Coming back in...do not fall into the water!
I got closer but wanted perspective. Glad he is not hungry.
Marineland
Another flyer
A young male with the Atlantic in the background.
This is in case you may have thought I lost interest in airplanes when I retired.
St. Augustine jail:
Fountain of Youth:
Okeefenokee Swamp:
Marineland
Saturday, November 13, 2010
What I did for Winter Vacatioin
It has been a while since my last post. Most days of retirement are pretty mundane, so it has taken a bit until we participated in events which required taking out the camera.
As it happens each year about this time, our good friend Dave comes to visit. He chooses the same time each year to extend his good weather. As it gets bitterly cold and begins snowing in Spokane, Washington; he travels to enjoy the not-so-hot Florida (formerly Maryland) weather. This year, we went back to some places to complete the journey and went to a few new ones that had been missed last year. We also had a delay in our adventures while a bitter cold front moved through the area. I actually had to put on socks and long pants for 3 days. Happiness prevailed though as I also got to wear my Seahawks windbreaker for the first time. (Well, actually I did not need to wear it, just that I could wear it). We also spent the first week waiting on the Space Shuttle to launch and was disappointed when it was postponed until the end of the month.
One of the places that never seems to get tiring is St. Augustine. We went to walk the city on several occasions and saw new historical places.
The old St. Augustine jail was funded by Henry Flagler so the old one next to his swank hotel would not carry the associated smells to his wealthy guests. Somehow, my lovely bride got herself in trouble and ended up in one of the 4-man cells (which housed more than 4 most times). As you can see, there was no space for all to be up and moving at the same time. The prisoners spent 16 hours a day on a chain gang, so this was only for sleeping. They got grits for breakfast, hard tack for lunch, and beans for supper. Meat was deemed too expensive for prisoners so none of thet. Hard tack for those who wonder how it is made consisted of flour, salt, and water. It was as hard as a new jaw breaker after baking. It was usually dropped into a cup of coffee for softening before trying to eat.
This is a picture of a Great Blue Heron perching on a branch with his webbed feet. One of the most memorable journies was a return to Okeefenokee Swamp and a guide boat into the swamp.The next 3 photographs show the next phot as the Heorn takes off from his perch, a Banded Kingfisher, and one of the hundreds of Alligators.
Note: Click picture to enlarge and then zoom in on Kingfisher in middle of shot.
Finally another shot of the swamp in its glorious fall colors. The trees are Cyprus and are one of only three conifers that color and frop their "leaves" for the winter.The other trees are Larch and hmmm, hmmm, ask Grumpy. He should have that filed somewhere after the great springboard conspiracy.
We also went to Marineland which is all about Dolphins. As far as I know, they do not do shows but allow visitors (for a fee) to interact with the dolphins both in and out of the water.
To wrap this up, I have one last picture to share that is in memory of when Susan and Steven were here. We have continued to monitor the long horn steers since their visit and is now on the regular tour for our guests.
And finally, the Armadillo which has remained elusive until last week:
As it happens each year about this time, our good friend Dave comes to visit. He chooses the same time each year to extend his good weather. As it gets bitterly cold and begins snowing in Spokane, Washington; he travels to enjoy the not-so-hot Florida (formerly Maryland) weather. This year, we went back to some places to complete the journey and went to a few new ones that had been missed last year. We also had a delay in our adventures while a bitter cold front moved through the area. I actually had to put on socks and long pants for 3 days. Happiness prevailed though as I also got to wear my Seahawks windbreaker for the first time. (Well, actually I did not need to wear it, just that I could wear it). We also spent the first week waiting on the Space Shuttle to launch and was disappointed when it was postponed until the end of the month.
One of the places that never seems to get tiring is St. Augustine. We went to walk the city on several occasions and saw new historical places.
The old St. Augustine jail was funded by Henry Flagler so the old one next to his swank hotel would not carry the associated smells to his wealthy guests. Somehow, my lovely bride got herself in trouble and ended up in one of the 4-man cells (which housed more than 4 most times). As you can see, there was no space for all to be up and moving at the same time. The prisoners spent 16 hours a day on a chain gang, so this was only for sleeping. They got grits for breakfast, hard tack for lunch, and beans for supper. Meat was deemed too expensive for prisoners so none of thet. Hard tack for those who wonder how it is made consisted of flour, salt, and water. It was as hard as a new jaw breaker after baking. It was usually dropped into a cup of coffee for softening before trying to eat.
This is a picture of a Great Blue Heron perching on a branch with his webbed feet. One of the most memorable journies was a return to Okeefenokee Swamp and a guide boat into the swamp.The next 3 photographs show the next phot as the Heorn takes off from his perch, a Banded Kingfisher, and one of the hundreds of Alligators.
We also went to Marineland which is all about Dolphins. As far as I know, they do not do shows but allow visitors (for a fee) to interact with the dolphins both in and out of the water.
To wrap this up, I have one last picture to share that is in memory of when Susan and Steven were here. We have continued to monitor the long horn steers since their visit and is now on the regular tour for our guests.
And finally, the Armadillo which has remained elusive until last week:
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