Florida Day 6

Florida Day 6

On day 6 of our Florida vacation we decided to return to the Circle B Bar Preserve in Lakeland Florida.  It is a huge place and we did not cover much of the preserve during our first visit. The following are various scenes from our hike on the preserve.

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There was some early morning fog when we first arrived.

The spanish moss covering the trees is gorgeous.

One of the ponds with the fog and sunlight.

A gator swimming in the lake.

I loved the shape of the trees and the pretty spanish moss. If you are ever in the area I would highly recommend visiting the Circle B Bar Preserve. 

Eileen's Random Travels

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Yellowstone National Park is my favorite national park to visit.  This is a view of Yellowstone's Grand Canyon from Lower Falls.

Rainbow near the Lower Falls and Canyon.

A view of the Lower Falls at Yellowstone.


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Florida Day 5

I am sharing some photos taken during our Florida trip, this is Day 5.  Due to another morning activity we just had the afternoon at Gatorland in Kissimmee.

Do not worry the gators do not eat tourists.

 A few of Gatorland's alligators.

The Breeding Marsh is all about the Herons, Egrets, Wood Storks and Anhinga.

A view of the rookery and the lookout tower.

Egrets at the breeding area of Gatorland.

A view of the breeding marsh from the top of the tower. Gatorland is a popular tourist attraction in Kissimmee.  My main reason for visiting there was to see all the birds and their nest..  I hope you enjoyed this quick look at Gatorland. 

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This is a view of the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica seen from the National Park.

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Florida Day 4

This post continues with our Florida vacation day 4.

On this day we did a lot of driving to the Viera Wetlands near Melbourne Florida  and then back to the Cape Canaveral National Seashore.

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The first three photos are from the Viera Wetlands, the marshland, an American Bittern and a gator.

The next few photos are back at the Cape Canaveral National Seashore

The Turtle Mound composed of oyster shells, the tallest shell mound in Florida.

The view from the top of the mound.

Me and my shadow on the Cape Canaveral beach.

A dolphin seen from the Turtle mound trail.

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Raystown Lake & Trough Creek State Park

 Back in June, hubby and I took a daytrip to Trough Creek State Park and the Raystown Lake and Dam in Pennsylvania.

At the park we took the hike to the Suspension Bridge, Rainbow Falls and the Balance Rock.

It felt a little shaky while crossing, but is was fun.  And while crossing the bridge I saw a  Great Blue Heron flying down stream. During this outing I heard more birds than I actually saw.

Here is the Rainbow Falls, I was hoping for a little more water on the falls.  I assume there had not been enough rain in this area at the right time.

We saw a lot of butterflies while at the Balance Rock. One Tawny Emperor was attracted to my hand.

Silly hubby laying under the balance rock, if it fell it would go the other way.

More butterflies were seen around our picnic area.

This is the Red-spotted Purple, a weird name for a butterfly.

Raystown Lake and some wildflowers.

A pretty view of the Raystown Lake and some of the wildflowers.

A few Killdeer were seen at the lookout at the Raystown Dam . I have a lot more images from our visit to this area I may do another post.  I hope you enjoyed our visit to the park. As always thank you for visiting my post and for the nice comments.

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Looking back at the road to Hana, Maui Hawaii. This was a very scenic drive with lovely views of the gorgeous ocean views.