Saturday

Today we took a picnic lunch to Sawgrass Lake Park.  After lunch we walked the boardwalk to see if we could find any alligators or birds.  We saw a 4' alligator guarding his area from a large soft-shelled turtle.  Pretty cool!  You could see the alligator had an attitude of a 10' one - he just didn't have the jaws for a large turtle like that.

It was too cool and windy for many animals, but we had a good walk regardless!


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Loved today!

First of all, it was a gorgeous day out!  Mid 70's and plentiful sunshine!  Plus, I got to sleep a little later than usual because Dave went to church to work on the grounds.  When he came home, we decided to take off for Sawgrass Lake Park and we had a wonderful day!  We saw lots of wildlife - a momma alligator and 8 of her babies, several small alligators, herons, ibis, flowers, beautiful vegetation, and NO snakes...even though others were posting pix of many snakes!  I consider that a very successful day!  We also saw raccoons and armadillos and ducks and a big turtle or tortoise, I don't know which.

What a fun day!!

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Funday!

What a fun day!  We went to Myakka State Park today - met Sudi, Howard, Becky, and Jim.  We rode the air boat and saw a whole bunch of alligators!

Beautiful park!

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Gorgeous Day

We had a beautiful day today!  It was warm enough to be outside without a jacket!  Yay!!  We  took Clarabelle to Largo Nature Park for a "hike".  That was really, really nice!  We were able to see lots of wildlife - a huge alligator and several different birds!  We even took the big hike - around to the observation deck...it was great not having to limp around!

Here's a picture of the gator.

Yes, it is real,,,and large - probably 6-7 feet long!

Here I am on CB!

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Beautiful day

Yesterday we saw dolphins and today we saw alligators!  When I got up this morning, Dave said he'd like to go to Myakka River State Park to take an airboat ride to see the alligators.   Unfortunately it was very windy and alligators don't like the wind.  So, we saw some alligators, but not bunches like we would have if it hadn't been windy.  We also saw some of the birds around the park, but again because it was windy, they weren't out in the numbers they usually are.

After we left the park, we stopped at the Sarasota National Cemetery.  Beautiful, serene place.  People were among the stones reading or sitting in meditation.  I was amazed at the symmetry of the stones.  Any way you looked, they were in straight rows.

It was a wonderful day.  Thank you, God, for all this beauty.

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Fun day today

Today was a really fun day.  After breakfast we took the girls to play miniature golf at Smuggler's Cove in Madeira Beach.

 They also tried to feed the alligators, but none of them were interested in eating.

It was a fun time even if the alligators wanted to sleep instead of eat!  Dave won, then Kelly, then Megan, then me...I guess I was a loser again!!

When we left the Cove, we stopped at the Largo Nature Preserve to see the alligator there.  He's a whole lot bigger than the ones we saw at Smuggler's Cove!

After lunch we went for a bike ride and then rested for a bit before we went for another ride!  It was too cool today to go swimming.  This evening the girls and Dave ate supper while I played cards.  By the way, I won tonight!!  Now they're watching War Horse.

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