Visit with The Fedors.

WOW!!! I can't believe that I haven't posted in a month! I am really bad about doing this. Our time down here is flying by!!! Here are some pictures of our visit with the Fedors. Again we had a great time with them, just what we needed!

Sheren, Taylor and Sam

Taylor and Syd at Caladesi Island

Taylor and Syd... Doesn't it look like they don't have anything on :).

The Queen....Sam



Syd ,Taylor and Sam

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Matt's New Friends

Matt and Sydney went out for a ride and came promptly back to the camper and told Sam and I to get in the truck now! I was in my PJ's and they said it doesn't matter, get the camera and get in the truck. We drove down the road by the dog park (about 1 mile). And....they were gone.....what was gone? The peacocks. Apparently there was a male and two females, very disappointed we continued on and then Sam Y-E-l-l-S, there it is. There sitting on the rock is this beautiful male peacock. The pose was like something out of a book. So here he is:

The pelicans are like ants...they are everywhere. We were at some docks watching fisherman cut up their fresh catch. This pelican was about on the fisherman's cutting board. The fisherman would throw him his scraps, the pelican just sits there and waits.

At the "sponge docks".

This is my favorite. From the time we started talking about going to Florida Matt's great love of Alligators has consumed his every thought. When I told him I found a campground for us to stay at and he say the pictures, he said "I'm not staying there. It's on a river, there are crocagators in there!" (he was completely serious.) I assured him there aren't any crocagators in the river. The day we arrived the campground greeting party(mostly retired old men) told us about all the alligators in the river. I thought we were headed home right then and there. So as the weeks have passed I have reassured Matt that we will not see any gators. On the way back from the beach the other day Matt just about rear ended the car in front of us because there sitting basking in the sun at the golf course was a ALLIGATOR. We had to turn around to get a picture of it. (It was just a baby I don't really see the big deal).
Stay tuned for My favorite of Matt's friends.

Bald Eagles

There are two bald eagle nests about 1 mile from our park. We drive by one of them on the way to the dog park. One nest has babies, the other does not.

We can see them very clearly, my camera does not do them justice. They are truly beautiful, amazing birds. The female is usually in the nest or gone for food for a short time. The male is always keeping eye on the nest, usually perched right next to it.

This is the male, the nest is just to the right out of the frame.

If you look to the left of the nest, you can see the silhouettes of the male and female sitting side by side.

Mandy

As most of you know our "puppy" Mandy has come with us on our adventure. We have been taking her to a dog park just about everyday. I have included some of her dog park friends.

This pic is of two dogs that make Mandy look like a minature. The white dog is 148 lbs and the black one is 100lbs.

Mandy "helping" the girls do their school work.

This is one of her favorite "perches". She can look out the window at the dog and C-A-T that live next door . The C-A-T sits outside our window meowing, Mandy would love to EAT her.

Mandy and Cherokee. Look at how small Mandy looks next to him.

Mandy and another friend.

Annex Continued

This is standing in front of our camper looking right. Check out the bus on the left. It is a 350,000.00 dollar bus. We have not seent he inside of it but we are told it has Cherry cabinets, ceramic tile floors with heated floors. It is a couple from Quebec. The have a Jeep and motorcycle. Everything he owns is polished to a fine shine. He puts Matt to shame with the cleanliness of his vehicels.

The "main road" in front of the campground looking north, Anclote Road. On the right side of the pic is a fence, that is the horse farm.

Anclote Road looking south.

More campgound pics.

Some of the permenant trailers.

The Annex

Here are pictures of The North Forty Farm Annex:

This is the Anclote river, view from the campground dock.

The tide is almost high in this picture. The birds are pelicans, there was about 12 flying around.

The docks that the campground owns. If we had a boat, for an extra reasonable fee we could dock here. As you can see no one really has a boat. The boat launch was just repaired, apparently that will increase the number of boats that will be docked.

Here is the "Annex" complete with screen house. Notice Matthew had to park the truck so you could see how nice and clean it is. (He washes it daily)

The other side of "Annex".

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First pics of The North Forty "Annex"

Finally some Florida pics.

This is the beach very close to our camper. It takes maybe 2 minutes to bike to. The palm tree below is what Matt claimed as "his" spot. We arrived on a Saturday and the pics below were taken on Monday. People thought the girls were crazy for swimming...not for these Adirondackers, the creek water never gets this warm.

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