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Rosewood Plantation
July 14, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
So we had a pretty educational day. The Rosewood Plantation aka Mount Vernon (not sure how that works). 🤔
Anyway. Pretty cool to see 1st hand. It seemed like these people were at least decent to their slaves (If that is even possible) They let their slaves to become share croppers..
We seen a new kinda wasp that thankfully we don't have in Oregon. The Red Velvet Ant. Really amazing looking. The females can sting and don't have wings and the male's can't sting and have wings. Apparently their sting hurts so bad people say it could kill a cow. So it is also known as the cow killer (It has yet to do so).
Also seen a couple Mississippi Kite birds. They are a Rapture. Very pretty.
There are also some very amazing plants and flowers here.Read more
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Panama City
July 15, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Stayed at a Buddy's place for a couple of days. Swam in the Ocean. Enjoyed the 88° Water.
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Panama City
July 16, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Still at my buddy Robs in Florida. Still swimming 🏊‍♂️ not many pictures to share.
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Manatee Spring State Park
July 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Very Beautiful park. The water was amazing. About 75°. However we did not swim. Not sure if it was because of the Alligator signs or the cold water. 🤔
P.S. Seen our first alligator today!
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Manatee Lake State Park
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
This was a nice park but not near as beautiful as the last one.
Seen our first Tortoise. Very excited 😊
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Everglades National Park
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Spent a couple days in the Everglades. Took a bit to get there. Enjoyed some construction zone. Amazing the flaggers and work crew. No vest, no hard hat's. Crazy weird.
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Manatees YEEESSSS!
July 20, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Seen our first Manatee. Amazing animals.
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Everglades
July 21, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Everglades boat tour. Road 2 different airboats. 2 different locations. And a swanp buggy ride. Had a great time and learned a couple of things that I've already forgotten. 😌
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Everglades Day 2
July 22, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Everglades have amazing eco systems. Love to tell you about them but... 🤦
We seen Manatees, soft shell turtles 🐢, White Ibis and many more things..
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Everglade to the Keys
July 23, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
We left the Everglades after a morning boat trip and headed to the Keys. Floriday keys that is!
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Turtle 🐢 Hospital in the Keys
July 24, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Went to the Turtle 🐢 Hospital today. Very sad 😔.
FACEMASK are the #1 problem for Turtles today.
Learned quite a bit about Turtles. Never knew their spines were basically in their shell at the very top.
Decided to camp at the State Park were they let some of the Turtles go. Guess what we found, Turtle nests. Very cool 😎.
Also they use honey 🍯 for healing the wounds. Maybe Tony should donate some! LolRead more
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Heading to Crystal Springs
July 25, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
So we are leaving the Keys today. We stopped at Robbies and fed the Tarpon. I screwed up the Video of Jo and only got some crappy photos.
We stopped at the Blonde Giraffe 🦒 and got some Key Lime Pie 🥧 😋
We are going on a kayak tour on Wednesday with the Manatees... Can't wait!
P.S. We were going to go to Miami to visit our cousin Victor and his wife Lisa, but terrible news, they got Covid-19 😢 💔, you know what that means.... No visit 😔. Quite the bummer. We Face timed and that was fun, but so not the same.Read more
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Day of Sadness and traveling
July 26, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Making our way to 3 Sister's springs to go Kayaking. We traveled a good distance, got caught in horrible traffic, payed our Tolls to get through traffic faster, and to top it off we didn't get to see our cousin due to him and his wife (Lisa) getting Covid-19 😢. We were scheduled to see Victor Hyder aka "the golden child" but unfortunately that did not happen. We were truly saddened for many reasons.Read more
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Day of Shopping and Traveling
July 27, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Went shopping and they had a turtle 🐢 pond. Finished making our way to Crystal Springs for Kayaking at 3 sister's springs in the afternoon 😀.
Not much else.
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3 Sister's Springs Kayaking
July 28, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
So we had fun Kayaking. We didn't get the pleasure of seeing any Manatees, but had an amazing time. The Kayak Tour Guide seen one Manatee while holding our kayaks, while we went swimming in the springs. Just our luck!Read more
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Still at Maynards
July 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Stil at Rich and LeeLees. Not much to say but sad to say goodbye. Had an amazing time. Them southern people really know how to entertain! Love and miss them already 😢 💕
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The Great Smokey Mountains
August 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Left Maynards 😪 had a great time.
Heading to the Smokey Mountains. Stayed just outside the National Park and in the morning headed over the mountain and stopped at a flour mill. Then hit Pigeon Forge and road a single person roller-coaster. Pretty fun ended way to soon.Read more
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Bristol Caverns Tennessee
August 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
We made it I think!
Very confusing little park.
It is in bits and pieces and our map even though provided by the park was hard to figure out.
We had a great time and stayed the night at Babcock State Park. Seen more fireflies and starting to see wildlife again. Does and fawns and of course cotton tail bunnies.
On the way we stopped at Bristol Caverns. It was in Tennessee. Privately Owned. A young man "Tyler" was our guide. He had been working here for 2.5 years and still in high school. His brother worked there as well.Read more
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New River Gorge National Park
August 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
So we made it with a few snappy looks at each other as the maps and directions were so hard to figure out. We did have a good time. Not many pictures because we only seen 3 things, because it takes so long to get to each one. Bery crazy. This National Park has people living within the park. Kinda unusual. They lived in trailers and in groups. Kinda like a trailer park. Anyway off to Virginia. Can't wait to get out of West Virginia!Read more
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Heading to Virginia
August 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F
Leaving West Virginia and Heading to Virginia 🙏. Basically just drove all day. Made it to The Natural Bridge in Virginia and stayed at a KOA and swam and did some much needed laundry. We drove the Blue Ridge. Very pretty. Seen some fawns along the way. Only pictures I took...Read more
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Monticello and More storms
August 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
Went to Shenandoah National Park today. Storm blew in so we decided to leave and head to Thomas Jefferson home Monticello. We paid our dues and headed to the bus. Got to the house made the next tour and made it through the house. We had to hurry as we wanted to make it for the slavery tour. Got to that tour and we were told that it was being canceled for inclement weather 😒. We were ask/told to please go wait under the eave and wait. We found a bench and had a seat.
An hour later the weather was the same. We were 2 of the last 4 on the bus ride back down the hill. We had a little time left before the museum closed so we got to watch a 5 minute video about Thomas and how he ONLY FREED 10 SLAVE'S! VERY SAD 😔. Guess he truly was a hypocrite!
Forgot, we also went to the Natural Bridge and seen where George Washington ingraved his initials in the rock in "1883"Read more
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Traveling to Flintstone Maryland
August 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Traveling to a friend of Jo's, Who lives in Flintstone Maryland
She invited us to stay.
On the way we stopped and grabbed aome peanuts. (Nummy)
We went over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge through the tunnels. Paid $18 and sat in road 🚧 🥺😳 Took 2 hours, do to go across. It was windy, but enjoyed the trip. Stayed in a State Park on our way. Very pretty, as it was along the bay on the inlet side.Read more
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Friends House
August 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Made it to Allison's. ( Jo's Friend)
Had a great visit unfortunately no photos 😬
Found Cumberland Road on the way to Allison's home!
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Artisan Town
August 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Went to this little Artisans town. Seen and met some of the people. Truly amazing how much talent is hidden in the world.
We had a great time!
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Insane asylum
August 9, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
CRAZY DAY! We left Allison's and headed to Paducah. Figured it would take a couple days so we went ahead and stopped at an old insane asylum. Wow crazy 🤪! This Doctor did lobotomies on people loke it was nothing. I realize back in the day it took scientists to figure things out but seriously! They had actual footage of him doing these. Very hard to watch. It was to say the least disturbing! There was a 12 year old boy who's stepmother thought needed to be committed, the doctor did a lobotomy on him. He was lucky enough to survive. He currently lives in California living a normal life. Most died from this!Read more
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