We went with our friends Scott and Rachel on the Chassahowitzka River.
We visited Seven Sisters Spring and “The Crack.” Trav and I went through the longer cave for the first time today… it was fun!
To the right, you can kind of see the entrance to the bigger cave. It’s about a ten foot swim to the other side.
I feel bad when we have to remove stuff from the yard, even though it’s so we can have nice things. I take some solace that our changes will make different opportunities for wildlife in our yard. Maybe a bunny or a snake will come live in the brush pile!
Thanks, Dad! You and Michael are my best and most faithful readers.
We saw otters and lots of birds… anhinga, cormorant, swallow-tailed kite, ibis, heron, limpkin, and some I’ve never seen before. The river is spectacular and I can’t wait to go back.
They cut down some trees out front today, as part of power line maintenance, and it inspired us to do a little trimming of our own.
One of the things I like about it is “microscope mode.” I thought my pressed penny from Kitt Peak was no good. But look!!
I love going on a trip, but it’s hard when Trav stays here and I go. I miss him, and our kitty, and our bed. Everything, really. I usually get very homesick around the 4th or 5th day, and this trip was no exception. But it was taken away by talking with Trav on the phone and then seeing my family.
I was in Tucson for a week, and I got to spend lots of quality time with my relatives. We went bowling, celebrated Father’s Day, visited Kitt Peak, and did some shopping at interesting stores. I also had breakfast with my high school pal. It was very satisfying and I’m glad I made the trip. <3
He recently went to a game development conference in Boston, to help his son promote a new online game. They made some sales!
We had Kathy & Steve over, to celebrate Kathy’s 51st birthday.
My friend shared this list of inexpensive attractions in Florida. Most of them sound good! Some may require an overnight trip and ideally would be combined with a kayak ride. Florida Caverns and Blue Springs is a possibility…
I’m very lucky to have a good partner who tries hard to understand me and to make our lives better every day.
5th/24th Anniversary trip up the Weeki Wachee! We started at Rogers Park and went all the way up to the springs, then back down. It was a blast. Paddling upstream is a little challenging in places, and I learned a lot about steering and paddling on this trip. Lunch was chipotle chicken lettuce wraps and jicama sticks, with Dove chocolates for dessert. We saw two snakes, a raccoon, slider turtles, a snook, and lots of other fish which I’m working on identifying. The birds were plentiful with anhinga, cormorant, duck, ibis, herons, a grebe, and George the bald eagle. We saw a pair of great blue herons fly gracefully into their nest, calling to their babies all the while. Plus I got a new bird to mark in my book, the Louisiana heron.
It’s new to me, anyway. I got Trav’s phone after he upgraded. Now I don’t have to worry about space for a long while and it has some really nice features. My wallpapers are pictures from the Hubble telescope and just beautiful to look at.
She’s been scratching around her head and the vet gave her some steroids to see if it helps, and it did! Now to try and eliminate seafood from her diet. It seems to be in just about every cat food!
He’s graduating from Marine boot camp and will have 10 days home before he has to go back for training. Yipee!