This years Easter party was great.
The croquet game was fierce but everyone seamed to survive.
Food, Fun and even time to catch some world class fish with Ross.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Fruit and Spice Garden-- Homestead, FL
jaboticaba fruits
Nate with a sausage tree
The Fruit and Spice Park in Redlands, Homestead (SW 248th St)
“Monkey’s fist”Monkeys grab the nuts inside
and will not let go, thus becoming trapped.
Let go, little monkey…just let go.
Let go, little monkey…just let go.
Flamingo-- eastern Everglades
a very bold cormorant
on the Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm Visitor Center
an anhinga sitting on her nest (double click to enlarge-- she's neat looking!)
Blythe, birdwatcher extraordinaire, captures an elusive blue jay on film!
Nate and I enjoyed world-famous key lime milkshakes from "Robert is Here!" fruitstand.
some kind of salamander we found under a pile of leaves
on the Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm Visitor Center
an anhinga sitting on her nest (double click to enlarge-- she's neat looking!)
Blythe, birdwatcher extraordinaire, captures an elusive blue jay on film!
Nate and I enjoyed world-famous key lime milkshakes from "Robert is Here!" fruitstand.
some kind of salamander we found under a pile of leaves
Shark Valley
Pictures from Shark Valley area
<-- corn snake with lunch in his belly!
This is Grover-- the FIU electrical engineering professor we picked up in the middle of the Everglades-- 17 miles away from civilization! NOT a good place for an electrical failure in your Ford... unless you're lucky enough to run across Good Samaritans like us (who are crazy enough to pick up a could-be ax- wielding psycho). Nate sat on a 10" Bowie knife for the remainder of the ride... just in case.
Luckily, Grover was a friendly! And thanks to him, we got clued in on the BEST Mexican food ever... Thanks, Grover!
<-- corn snake with lunch in his belly!
This is Grover-- the FIU electrical engineering professor we picked up in the middle of the Everglades-- 17 miles away from civilization! NOT a good place for an electrical failure in your Ford... unless you're lucky enough to run across Good Samaritans like us (who are crazy enough to pick up a could-be ax- wielding psycho). Nate sat on a 10" Bowie knife for the remainder of the ride... just in case.
Luckily, Grover was a friendly! And thanks to him, we got clued in on the BEST Mexican food ever... Thanks, Grover!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
So... we decided to create a blog so we have somewhere to post pictures from trips, etc. We'll see how it goes and how good we are at keeping it updated. We've been in Everglades City for the past two days. So far highlights have been biking Fakahatchee Strand, going on a ranger-led boat trip out through the 10,000 Islands, and enjoying some fresh stone crab at the height of the season. Tomorrow we head across Tamiami Trail to Florida City and Flamingo-- the heart of the swamp. We'll post more pics then. Most of these photos were either taken on Jane's Scenic Drive (Fakahatchee Strand St. Preserve) and the 1/2 mile boardwalk right near Ochopee. ~Blythe
sunset on Chokoloskee Island
boardwalk west of Ochopee and Monroe station
cuz it's stone crab season!!
boardwalk
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