Stolen
My little mountain bike.
I even took off the seat post and it had 2 flat tires.
Terrible no good thieves.
I even took off the seat post and it had 2 flat tires.
Terrible no good thieves.
Leaving on a jet plane
Well, it's the last day. We headed down to the beach to take a walk during the sunrise. It's pretty amazing to watch the sun come up and be among the first in the nation to see it. It's hard to show how huge the sun looks when it comes up over the ocean (or any flat horizon) with a point and shoot camera, but I tried. In case you can't tell from the photos (you can't, but pretend) it looks like one of those African safari suns that you see in some nature documentary, all huge and red and shimmering.
When we first got there, I thought I had missed it because it looked like it was already up a little:
But then we saw more light coming. Yea! I love beach sunrises.
And here's the first glimpse. It was massive looking, but you'll have to deal with the smaller, Sony version:
Here's the rest of the rising of the sun and a lot of shots of whatever else I liked. And don't complain if they look too similar. It's my blog and I can post how ever many pictures of the sun as I want.
Clouds started rolling in a little here (we're getting a storm in today):
Man, I'll miss being here.
When we first got there, I thought I had missed it because it looked like it was already up a little:
But then we saw more light coming. Yea! I love beach sunrises.
And here's the first glimpse. It was massive looking, but you'll have to deal with the smaller, Sony version:
Here's the rest of the rising of the sun and a lot of shots of whatever else I liked. And don't complain if they look too similar. It's my blog and I can post how ever many pictures of the sun as I want.
Clouds started rolling in a little here (we're getting a storm in today):
Man, I'll miss being here.
"The most beautiful canoe ride I've ever taken"
Such were the words of my sister (in-law), Susi. Juniper "Run" (officially Juniper Springs Recreation Area) is located in the middle of the state by Ocala in the National Forest there. As a kid, we used to go canoeing on it but I hadn't done it since highschool, so I thought it would be fun for Susi to do with me. There are more springs in Florida than in any other state and most of them are in this area. The water throughout the whole canoe trip is crystal clear (the water I grew up with in my backyard is brackish (salt and fresh combined) and coffee-colored because of all the tree leaves that have dropped into it, which essentially makes tea out of the river. So this shallow and clear "river" is really beautiful. The surroundings are as well, even though it is winter and a lot of the vegetation in the area is dormant and brown.
It's hard to capture it in pictures, but we gave it a try. We had to dodge low branches (once having to position the canoe perfectly and then lean lay back on each other as we passed under a particularly low tree) and steer through very tight areas until the river opened up, so excuse the skewed pictures. They had to be taken at a moment's notice without letting go of the paddle, so we did the best we could. =)
A raccoon digging around in the water when we first put in:
It's hard to capture it in pictures, but we gave it a try. We had to dodge low branches (once having to position the canoe perfectly and then lean lay back on each other as we passed under a particularly low tree) and steer through very tight areas until the river opened up, so excuse the skewed pictures. They had to be taken at a moment's notice without letting go of the paddle, so we did the best we could. =)
A raccoon digging around in the water when we first put in:
St. Augustine Update (and a bird)
Here's a bird that hangs out in our yard everyday. He always makes his presence known with his amazingly loud calls.
Our trip to St. Augustine- the oldest city in the U.S. We've been there twice this trip- it's one of my favorites and not too far from Ormond where I'm from. The streets are narrow and houses are built right up next to them. Some of the houses go back to the 1700's, and some have walls around them that go back to the 1500's (when the Spanish settled there). Very cool city.
An old wall made from coquina rock (shells):
This is from the oldest Catholic church in the U.S.(thus, it's probably the oldest church in the US?):
This is is the oldest Protestant church in Florida:
Examples of some courtyards:
The oldest fort in America, built by the Spanish in the 1500's:
The harbor area (bay?) where the fort is situated:
Those don't look like enemy ships.
A giant truck (not too uncommon sight here in Florida). Look at the relation of it to the stop sign:
It could have eaten that car behind it.
The city at night:
Flagler college:
Our trip to St. Augustine- the oldest city in the U.S. We've been there twice this trip- it's one of my favorites and not too far from Ormond where I'm from. The streets are narrow and houses are built right up next to them. Some of the houses go back to the 1700's, and some have walls around them that go back to the 1500's (when the Spanish settled there). Very cool city.
An old wall made from coquina rock (shells):
This is from the oldest Catholic church in the U.S.(thus, it's probably the oldest church in the US?):
This is is the oldest Protestant church in Florida:
Examples of some courtyards:
The oldest fort in America, built by the Spanish in the 1500's:
The harbor area (bay?) where the fort is situated:
Those don't look like enemy ships.
A giant truck (not too uncommon sight here in Florida). Look at the relation of it to the stop sign:
It could have eaten that car behind it.
The city at night:
Flagler college:
