View Full Version : My trip to florida, lots of high resolution photos ( well, just a few )
5 am somewhere in TN
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then BAM we are at the gulf, siesta keys!
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Lisa playing in the incredibly soft/fine white sand
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She caught me taking the first picture and made this face, so I got her again
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Found this joint not far from the keys, lots of messages on the remains of the block house from surviving family members.
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We stopped at this SWEET ASS zoo-jungle thing, best 12 bucks I have EVER spent. We had a blast at this place, lots of birds and we both love those so BAM
On our way in, COOL
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tree, and me
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And we come across a jungle gym, so we had to play for a minute
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So we walk around the next curve and this African Grey starts staring me down:
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So we start playing with his buddy
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These two were too neat, and very camera friendly. The blue and golds are my favorite
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This little guy was in a few of the shots backgrounds I have on my computer, and he was staring at the camera in every one of them
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So enough of the parrots for now, we start walking through the reptile building ( no photography here ) and got to see some pretty cool gators. Baby ones are TINY. After that, we checked out the turtles. Nothing cool to take photos of there, although they were HUGE ASS TURTLES. Next we found flamingos and pelicans
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And turns out, they were hungry for some shrimp pellets
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but so were the ducks, this one nipped lisa's finger which resulted in this embarrassing photograph. Yes, I had to post it :laugh:
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And them coming back for seconds, single file-ish
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PELICAN!
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And this loner wood duck ( I think? ) found him plopping in for a swim
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Random photo of these lizards that are found damn near everywhere in Sarasota, Florida
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Close enough to kiss:
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PELICAN!
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More mingos
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And back to the parrots, too many to count at this place.
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03CVLX
11-27-2006, 07:43 PM
Wow, Pork.. Those are awesome pics. I hope to get down that way this spring. What was the name of that place and where in Florida is it.
Jungle Gardens, its located in Sarasota and worth the drive straight from Wisconsin if your into birds like Lisa and I
http://www.sarasotajunglegardens.com/flash.html
03CVLX
11-27-2006, 07:51 PM
Well, I have friends moving to Tampa in about a week, so I will be spending more time down there next year. Thanks for the Link I will work it into my plans it looks really cool.
Tampa is about an hour and a half - 2 hours north of sarasota, while you are there check out siesta keys and St Armonds. Oh yah, and get a gelato!
turboZ
11-27-2006, 08:05 PM
Sweet pics, I have some relatives down that way I've been meaning to visit, gonna have to check it out.
03CVLX
11-27-2006, 08:26 PM
Tampa is about an hour and a half - 2 hours north of sarasota, while you are there check out siesta keys and St Armonds. Oh yah, and get a gelato!
Will Definitely do that,
What the heck is a Gelato.:)
BOSS LX
11-27-2006, 08:41 PM
Man you are goofy looking!
Will Definitely do that,
What the heck is a Gelato.:)
Its a gourmet ice cream type deal, italian. Theres a joint right on the keys that sells it, superb! There is a few local places that sell gelato as well, not as good though.
Man you are goofy looking!
So true
03CVLX
11-27-2006, 10:21 PM
Its a gourmet ice cream type deal, italian. Theres a joint right on the keys that sells it, superb! There is a few local places that sell gelato as well, not as good though.
Oh those sound good. Another thing to try when I get down there.
Cleveland Dave
11-28-2006, 09:14 AM
i just get a bunch of red boxes for some reason
mike90lxII
11-28-2006, 09:32 AM
siesta key beach is awesome although the last time I was there was 17 years ago lol. has it changed much?
Brandon W.
11-28-2006, 08:36 PM
all i see is red X's lame...
server is down till tomorrow ish
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