Geocaching down the Key

We decided to go geocaching as we drove down Longboat Key.  We are glad we did, as we stopped at neat places, that we would not of found just driving through. 

The town of Anna Marie was a busy beach town, but we found a cache there in a park and hardly anyone was around. It was a nice place to walk the dogs!

See the coconut hanging from the tree? Nice cache. 

No geocache here, but lots of places to hide one!

We loved the beautiful blue Gulf waters.

Nice little restaurant by the water, there was a cache close by that we couldn't find. Rats!

Driving down the Key.

We found another beautiful city park that had a couple of caches hidden. The hibiscus were blooming and there were tons of little lizards running around. We took the dogs for another walk and they went crazy hunting for the lizards and squirrels, of course. 

It had been another Great day of geocaching!

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Moving

We have left our winter spot and are now traveling again. We decide to go south for a bit to check out the area by Tampa. 

We are at a park, where we can put our kayaks in the water right outside our door. Very nice!

We plan on hanging out a little longer in Florida.... Hopefully by the time we head North, the weather will warm up!!!  Later-M

Kayaking in Crystal River

A week ago, a group of us headed down to Crystal River to Kayak at Three Sisters Spring and out to Kings Bay.  We were hoping the manatees were still hanging around the spring, and there were a few!  The springs are a constant 73 degrees, so when it gets cold, the manatees head for the springs area. Since it was a warmish day (70s) we weren't sure that they would be there. The springs are a very pretty aqua blue, as you can see.  We couldn't of asked for a nicer day!  At the beginning of Kings bay we stopped and had a little lunch, then headed to the Marina and tootled around.  By then we decided it was time to head back to the launch. We had a single manatee swimming along with us, towards the end of the canal. Maybe she/he was just saying...see ya later. 

Vel paddling in the springs area

Dark spots are the manatees

Manatee between kayak and snorkler

Lunch Break

Pelican

Manatee following us out

Manatee and Vel

                     Bottle tree (below)

Carriage ride through a Florida Forest.

Florida isn't all Beaches and Palm Trees in this area. We met someone at the RV Park, that winters by the Goethe State Forest. They have friends with horses and Carriages. So, they invited some of us over for a Carriage ride through the Forest and neighboring area, along with supper. It was a lot of Fun!  Here are some pictures of that day.

Starting out.

Heading up the trail.

Along a paved road. The last one is going the other way.  They are in training.

The gals on the ride.

One of the Carriages

A stop along the way...... Tall horse!! I think it's a Percheron....  17 hands. I'll have to check on that.

On the trail.........

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Happy Groundhogs Day!!

Surprise!!! I am blogging!! Not a lot, just a little. We are in Florida, for the winter. We only have 2 months left, out of our 6 here.  Time is going soooo fast!!! Here are a few pics that I have taken. 

Three Sisters Spring

See the Manatees

Until Later.....M