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Every spring, my parents and other relative join the migration to Florida
from the cold northern climates. Here they take on some color and enjoy our warm
Florida winter weather. Mom and Dad were down this year and stayed for a
bit. Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary joined us for a nice few days as all. As always,
it was a nice time and we did some touristy things...but not the run of the mill
"theme park" thing. Here is some of the evidence:
Note: click on the thumbnail (small
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Fair is fair! Mom's always feeding me when I go up there, so I fed
them when they were here....or at least tried to. Here we are just after
they arrived, settling down to a nice dinner. And just for the record,
Mom still cooked more than I did when they were here. But then again,
there is just nothing on this earth as good as your mom's home cooking! |
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Easter Sunday, and a group of us gathered at my house for
dinner. The feast was made all the better because, though I did the
majority of the cooking, I had a sous chef -- Mom! From
left to right, Laura (Rick's mom), Mom, Dave, Dad, David, Me, and
(hiding to get out of the picture--and succeeding), Creighton. |
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Easter Sunday, a nice picture of Marcelo, Rick, and Laura,
Rick's mom. |
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Easter Sunday, Dave, Dad, Creighton, and Marcelo on the
porch, enjoying a beautiful Florida spring day. |
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Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill, posing for a picture. They had been on the
west coast of Florida for a month, then stopped over here for a few
days. We all had a nice visit. Sure glad they stopped in and stayed a
few days! |
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Mom and Dad at the Riverwalk in Sanford, along Lake Monroe. Lake
Monroe is more of a very wide point in the St. John's River, the same
river where we later took and airboat ride (see below). |
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Again, Mom and Dad along the Sanford Riverwalk. |
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We had a beautiful airboat ride on the St. John's River, near
Christmas, east of Orlando. Here we are on the boat. It is not true that
Dad wanted to keep those ear-protectors for use at home! |
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Literally yards away, we saw a lot of alligators along the St.
Johns, sunning themselves and eyeing us warily. |
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One of the best shots I got, a little island of cypress trees along
the St. Johns. If you look carefully, you can see that the bottom 3 feet
or so of the trees are dark--that is how high the water was last fall
after our three hurricanes. It has gone down quite a bit from that! |
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Hard to see, maybe (and we're glad we had binoculars along), but the
bird in the center is an American Bald Eagle. We were fortunate to
see it take off and fly away. Very impressive and a rare site. |
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Mom and Dad, posing for a picture just before taking off to return
to the northern climate. I suppose there should have been some
tear here, because they were leaving our warm weather. But take
heart, spring will come to Wisconsin, though a bit later than down here
in sunny Florida! |
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