Virginia to Florida
August 17th - December 20
2008
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The weather was great for a chance for Holly to swim in the ocean. She doesn't like to swim in waves, but there weren't any - it was like a lake. We found a dog-friendly beach off the end of the runways at the Naval Air Station on Boca Chica, the next key north of Key West.
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Our next stop, and our last with Georgia and Michael, was Fort Lauderdale, where we visited with Jim and Chris Guld. They took us out for an evening on a water taxi on the New River and the Intracoastal waterway.
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Chris is on the right, Michael and Jim below left, and Joy and Georgia below right.
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One gets to see how the "other half" lives, with the homes of the rich and famous, along with their yachts!
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More butterflies, this time at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek.
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Starting the long trek home we stopped in Homosassa, at an RV park we remembered from 2003. Holly got up-close and personal with a tortoise who wandered through our site.
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We also revisited the State Park at Homosassa Springs, where there are lots of Manatees and tropical birds. The snorkeler swimming with the Manatee is in the river outside the park.
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One more Butterfly exhibit, the last for this trip. This one is at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, in Gainesville.
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This is only a tiny percentage of their butterfly and moth collection, numbering in the millions!
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