Christmas!
26. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Arrived in Florida finally, picked up the car and driving to the first hotel... but on the way it was Christmas!
Motel and IHOP
27. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Spent the first night in a motel on the way towards the space coast.
Alex wanted to try IHOP for breakfast. It was tasty but way too much food for that time of morning.
Blackpoint Wildlife drive
27. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Went for a really nice hike, but being in America we did it from the comfort of our air conditioned car.
It was really pretty and we saw so many things, lots of cool birds, alligators, snake,Weiterlesen
Blackpoint Wildlife drive 2
27. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
More pictures of animals...
Manatee viewing
27. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
On to the next animal we were hoping to see today, Manatees.
We were worried there may not be many here due to the time of year, but they were here. Sea cows doing pretty much nothing, whereWeiterlesen
St Augustine
27. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Arrived at St Augustine ahead of schedule, so we had time to visit the fort and walk around town for a while.
St Auguastine 2
28. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Spent the morning walking around St Augustine and visited the Pirate and Treasure Museum yarrr....
Butterfly Rainforest
28. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Needed to visit somewhere on the way over to the west coast of Florida so we headed to Gainesville to visit the Butterfly Rainforest. It was cool being surrounded by butterflies. Less cool beingWeiterlesen
Antique shopping in Micanopy
28. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Visited Micanopy which is famous for its antique shops. It was pretty there, antiques are not really our thing, but Judgy McJudgeAlex found something to buy. It's from the 1920's and probably sentWeiterlesen
The only city of live mermaids
29. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Visited Weeki Watchee state park and watched the mermaids show.
They did Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid. It totally wasn't a Disney version rip-off at all. The Little Mermaid's friend was aWeiterlesen
Kayaking Weeki Watchee
29. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The real reason for visiting was to kayak down the river.
It was a beautiful place, although very busy. Casually kayaked following the flow of the river for about three hours. Saw another water snakeWeiterlesen
St Petersburg
29. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Staying in St Petersburg tonight. Went out for food to a vegetarian/vegan restaurant called meze. The first time this holiday that Alex has had any options when looking at a menu. Food was reallyWeiterlesen
Dali museum
30. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Visited the Dali museum today. Don't usually enjoy art that much, but we like Dali and the museum was done well, showing some of his early work and how he progressed towards his surrealism.
Some ofWeiterlesen
Rest of the day...
30. April 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
So for the rest of the day we had food at the local airport, walked along the seafront to the beach, visited a mall for Alex to do some shopping including getting a 'Pokemon Go Frappuccino', and didWeiterlesen
Ringling Museum
1. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Headed south to the Ringling circus museum today. They also had some fine art there too but skipped that...
There was an impressive mini circus model made by one man, one very obsessed man I wouldWeiterlesen
Peace River Wildlife Center
1. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Next animal destination for the trip was a treatment and rehabilitation center mainly for birds and owls.
It wasn't huge, but there were plenty of birds that would have likely died if not for theseWeiterlesen
Fort Myers
1. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Ended the day in Fort Myers.
Had food including a vegan burger for Alex and a key lime pie which was just stupid big.
Took a walk around the downtown area and along the seafront which had a niceWeiterlesen
Alex Murphy
It was like 3/4 slices worth >.< We only wanted a small slice to say we tried it. Next time we shall ask how big it is!
Edison and Ford winter estates
2. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
First stop today was Thomas Edison and Henry Ford's winter estates.
It was all about how they became friends and helped each other with inventions. Americans love when things are 'original' (onlyWeiterlesen
Skunkape and Post Office
2. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Drove down to the Everglades to see more animals, mainly alligators...
On the way we stopped at the smallest Post Office in the USA. There was a happy friendly man in the tiny building. Must be a bitWeiterlesen
Shark Valley
2. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Highlight of the day was a visit to Shark Valley (no sharks and not a valley).
We took a two hour tram ride into the Everglades with a really good guide and saw so many alligators and birds. WeWeiterlesen
Shark Valley 2
2. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
More pictures from Shark Valley...
Coral Castle
3. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The last day of the week long tour of Florida before Disney.
First stop was Coral Castle. Something about a Latvian man who had his heart broken, moved to America and secretly built a castle at nightWeiterlesen
Miami Beach
3. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Next stop was Miami!
Visited Miami Beach, so much traffic, so many people. Meant we didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped. Despite listening to Will Smith on the drive in.
We walked around lookingWeiterlesen
Disney!
4. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We are here and everything is great!
The room is really nice and our view is out on to the Savannah where we can sit on the balcony watching giraffes and zebras walking past.
Visited Animal KingdomWeiterlesen
Disney - Magic Kingdom
5. Mai 2018 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
So today was our first real day in Disney and it was time to meet up with the Bowen Party. So we used some of our snack credits (there are so many of them!) and off we went to Magic kingdom. I (Alex)Weiterlesen
Wanda Johns
Santa. Really!!