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27 avril 2018
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- jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 20:20
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- États Unis Christmas 28.53667, -81.0183328°32’12” N 81°1’6” W
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Christmas!
26 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Arrived in Florida finally, picked up the car and driving to the first hotel... but on the way it was Christmas!
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Wanda Johns Santa. Really!!
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- Jour 1
- vendredi 27 avril 2018 à 07:51
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- États Unis April Estates Mobile Home Park 28.55, -80.8533328°33’0” N 80°51’12” W
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Motel and IHOP
27 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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Wanda Johns Still on 4 sausages then Hywel. Pancakes look amazing
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- Jour 1
- vendredi 27 avril 2018 à 11:24
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- États Unis Cow Pen Creek 28.67667, -80.7716728°40’36” N 80°46’18” W
Blackpoint Wildlife drive
27 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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, lizards, and even a bobcat.En savoir plus
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- Jour 1
- vendredi 27 avril 2018 à 11:53
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- États Unis Cow Pen Creek 28.675, -80.7666728°40’30” N 80°46’0” W
Blackpoint Wildlife drive 2
27 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
More pictures of animals...
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- Jour 1
- vendredi 27 avril 2018 à 12:41
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- États Unis Haulover Canal 28.73667, -80.75528°44’12” N 80°45’18” W
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Manatee viewing
27 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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, where breathing every couple of minutes sound like too much effort. Then splashing around with each other. Was really good getting to see them.En savoir plus
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Wanda Johns These are ugly but beautiful too
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- Jour 1
- vendredi 27 avril 2018 à 15:52
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- États Unis Castillo de San Marcos National Monument 29.89667, -81.3116729°53’48” N 81°18’42” W
St Augustine
27 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Arrived at St Augustine ahead of schedule, so we had time to visit the fort and walk around town for a while.
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- samedi 28 avril 2018 à 10:30
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- États Unis Saint Augustine Town Plan Historic District 29.89667, -81.3166729°53’48” N 81°19’0” W
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St Auguastine 2
28 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Spent the morning walking around St Augustine and visited the Pirate and Treasure Museum yarrr....
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Voyageur Looks like he's keeping the ship steady in a Hywel-ing gale.
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- samedi 28 avril 2018 à 13:38
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- États Unis Florida Museum of Natural History 29.635, -82.3729°38’6” N 82°22’12” W
Butterfly Rainforest
28 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 being surrounded by kids...En savoir plus
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- Jour 2
- samedi 28 avril 2018 à 16:12
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- États Unis Micanopy 29.505, -82.2829°30’18” N 82°16’48” W
Antique shopping in Micanopy
28 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 sent people to jail or worse...En savoir plus
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VoyageurFor great justice!
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- Jour 3
- dimanche 29 avril 2018 à 11:16
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- États Unis Weeki Wachee Springs State Park 28.51833, -82.5733328°31’6” N 82°34’24” W
The only city of live mermaids
29 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 a Jamaican turtle for starters, not a crab.En savoir plus
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- dimanche 29 avril 2018 à 15:33
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- États Unis Weeki Wachee Hills 28.52833, -82.6016728°31’42” N 82°36’6” W
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Kayaking Weeki Watchee
29 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 snake and a manatee on the way.... oh, and a shark-dog.En savoir plus
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Voyageur You could make this into a movie... Paws. >.<
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- Jour 3
- dimanche 29 avril 2018 à 19:42
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- États Unis Trinity Lutheran Church 27.77667, -82.6427°46’36” N 82°38’24” W
St Petersburg
29 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 really good.En savoir plus
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- Jour 4
- lundi 30 avril 2018 à 11:30
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- États Unis Albert Whitted Park 27.76667, -82.6327°46’0” N 82°37’48” W
Dali museum
30 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 of the names of the paintings were just as impressive, including 'Fountain of milk spreading itself uselessly on three shoes' (the fifth picture), and 'Dionysus spitting the complete image of Cadaques on the tip of the tongue of a three-storied Gaudinian woman' (the sixth picture). Say what you see I guess.En savoir plus
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- lundi 30 avril 2018 à 16:36
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- États Unis Tyrone Railroad Station 27.8, -82.73527°48’0” N 82°44’6” W
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Rest of the day...
30 avril 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 did an escape room with some randoms. We escaped with 30 seconds left. Busy day but fun.En savoir plus
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Voyageur OMG - its one thing going earlier than everyone else to the states, but getting a new Escape room team. That is beyond the pale!
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Alex Murphy Haha well you could have come with us ;)
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Alex Murphy Also we didn’t know they were going to pair us with other people
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Voyageur Alas, I really couldn't have. Also the "I didn't know" defence is pretty weak.
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- Jour 5
- mardi 1 mai 2018 à 11:39
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- États Unis Stephens Point 27.38333, -82.56527°22’60” N 82°33’54” W
Ringling Museum
1 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 would guess. Then the museum had things like walking the tight rope, a clown car, and the train carriages they used to carry animals from back in the day.

It was fun, they had nice gardens too, although Alex quietly dissaproved at their use of animals back then.En savoir plus
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- Jour 5
- mardi 1 mai 2018 à 14:41
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- États Unis City Beach Park 26.91, -82.0966726°54’36” N 82°5’48” W
Peace River Wildlife Center
1 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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 these guys. There were bald eagles including one who was born with one wing and had never flown for example.

There were also visitors who are healthy but just wanted some free food.En savoir plus
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- mardi 1 mai 2018 à 19:24
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- États Unis City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin 26.64667, -81.8716726°38’48” N 81°52’18” W
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Fort Myers
1 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 nice sunset going on.En savoir plus
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Voyageur I'm struggling to judge the scale of things in this picture
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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!
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- Jour 6
- mercredi 2 mai 2018 à 10:45
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- États Unis Royal Palm Yacht Club Marina 26.63333, -81.8816726°37’60” N 81°52’54” W
Edison and Ford winter estates
2 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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' (only like 100 years old) and lots of it was about the houses. I even flipped an original Edison light switch.

It was interesting and we could have spent more time there in the museum, but we had to leave.

Side Note: Fort Myers water tasted and smelt almost fishy, like the seaweed smell. Meant we didn't drink much in the restaurants.En savoir plus
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- mercredi 2 mai 2018 à 14:01
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- États Unis Ochopee 25.90167, -81.2966725°54’6” N 81°17’48” W
Skunkape and Post Office
2 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 bit of a boring job though...

Then went on to the 'Skunkape Research Center'. Expecting to learn more about Skunkape (the Bigfoot of the Everglades) and the sightings, we were a bit disappointed to find that there was just a shop and a small area of animals. Highlight for me being the Parrot that said hello. Alex found a cat.En savoir plus
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- mercredi 2 mai 2018 à 17:05
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- États Unis Shark Valley Lookout Tower 25.65667, -80.7666725°39’24” N 80°46’0” W
Shark Valley
2 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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. We really enjoyed it. They really do have great national parks in the USA.En savoir plus
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- mercredi 2 mai 2018 à 17:30
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- États Unis Shark Valley Lookout Tower 25.65667, -80.7666725°39’24” N 80°46’0” W
Shark Valley 2
2 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
More pictures from Shark Valley...
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- Jour 7
- jeudi 3 mai 2018 à 10:28
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- États Unis Modello Wayside Park 25.5, -80.44525°30’0” N 80°26’42” W
Coral Castle
3 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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 night only, dedicated to her.

He was also a really clever bloke based on how he built it (some people figure aliens helped).En savoir plus
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- jeudi 3 mai 2018 à 15:17
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- États Unis South Beach 25.78, -80.1283325°46’48” N 80°7’42” W
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Miami Beach
3 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 looking at the Art-Deco buildings and strolled along the beach. Then visited one of the museums which had an exhibition on Soviet propaganda. Unfortunately it was more about the graphic design rather than the propaganda.

Long drive north after Miami and then tomorrow to get back to Orlando to start Disney. Feeling very tired from all the driving. Be nice to relax when we get to Disney...En savoir plus
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Voyageur ...a bit more up market than 'love shack' I suppose
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- Jour 8
- vendredi 4 mai 2018 à 19:11
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- États Unis Boggy Creek 28.355, -81.6033328°21’18” N 81°36’12” W
Disney!
4 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 Kingdom and the rides here are very good, only did a couple of them, so many more to do over the next two weeks...En savoir plus
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- samedi 5 mai 2018 à 12:59
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- États Unis Bay Lake 28.38631, -81.5597528°23’11” N 81°33’35” W
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Disney - Magic Kingdom
5 mai 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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) had the brilliant idea that we should drive - I forgot the car park isn't outside the park so we had to wait ages for a ferry - whoops, but we got there!

We managed to do a few things before lunch : Meet Belle (where Hywel got chosen to play a knight!), meet Ariel and a few smaller rides.

Lunch time we all met up and tried "Be our guest" which is dining in Belle's castle. It was awesome on the inside but it was actually a quick service meal which meant people were walking around a lot. Hywel also purchased a fancy cup (cause he's fancy).En savoir plus
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Love the ears Alex
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Alex Murphy Thank you :)
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