Hi All,
We had two pretty busy days in the park. Last night we ate out, enjoying some great Mayport shrimp.
After work today it was back to "leftovers" but few meals can beat Thanksgiving leftovers-Yum.
Hi All,
This was a week full of wonderful celebrations.
Tuesday evening we joined Tara, the boys and her mom to watch Scott blow out one candle on lieu of 44. Still not sure how our son got older faster than we did😉.
Hi All,
Astrophotography is all about collecting light. To photograph more details you either get a larger telescope or make longer exposures. How about a 212 hour total exposure! Fourteen hundred separate images taken over two years shows extraordinary detail in the Orion Nebula.
Hi All,
We walked the park trails today with Rangers Craig and Heather to refresh our memory on the local trees and plants.
We spotted this young tree frog on a saw palmetto.
Hi All,
We are now settled in at Fort Caroline. The anole have come to visit
Hi All,
Near the state park is a huge garden with beautiful plantings and a magnificent collection of over 1,400 American sculptures.
The Live Oak Alley leads us into the gardens.
Hi All,
A long drive on Monday brought us to this beautiful state park on the ocean just south of Myrtle Beach, SC.
Walking along the causeway we spotted our first alligator of the season.
Hi All,
"Our" bears that were relocated to the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, SD are in the news again.
A Sioux Falls news outlet released the following report:
The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls had a little scare Monday morning.
According to a spokesperson at the zoo, two black bears climbed a tree and was a little higher than zookeepers were comfortable with. However, the bears were never out of their exhibit.
Zoo officials say as a precaution, they escorted visitors into the zoo lobby and other areas of the zoo that were more secure. They took about an hour for zookeepers to coax the bears down with treats.
Due to a long history of nuisance behavior, the zoo acquired two Black Bears from the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The 12-year-old and her cub joined a 16-year-old black bear, Charles, that has been at the zoo since 2009."
Hi All,
Friday we drove from Chincoteague to Virginia Beach. First Landing is a great State Park campground right on the beach at the mouth of the Chesepeake.
