What’s Up? – Back from Vacation
Back from Vacation…
My family and I are back from a wonderful vacation in Florida. This vacation has been one of the best we’ve had in long time. While at we were enjoying warm and sunny week, here, at home in Georgia it had rained buckets every day!
HJ & Tyler – Clearwater, FL
We went to Clearwater first, we went to the beach where Tyler had a ball! He loves the beach and the pools. We went to Sandy Key Island also, while my wife went to the beach with Tyler, I shot pictures at the salt marsh nearby.
We continued our trip south, across Tampa Bay and reached Bradenton where we visited the beach, the place was in excellent conditions, properly renewed infrastructure and the weather in optimum conditions.
We then moved to Sarasota, where we stayed a bit longer. From there, we went to Ackerman Park, Sarasota Audubon Natural Center, Celery Fields. (See photos). My assistant is showing the signs in reference.
After being to those places, we drove south again, to reach Audubon Corkscrew Swamp in Naples where we had a long hike on the boardwalk. Tyler was happy, looking for anything that moved within the swamp. It was very interesting, not so many birds at that time.
One of the Audubon’s guides answered some of Tyler’s questions and the man gave him a photograph of a baby aligator hitching a ride on mama aligator’s back. Tyler is very excited with the photo and he’ll be taking it to School on Monday to do show and tale.
We returned to Sarasota and stayed a bit more, enjoyed the lovely sunsets in the Gulf of Mexico.
In general, my wife and Tyler were very happy and satisfied with our wonderful vacation, so was I.
Photo Gallery
Eating Lunch With…
Brown – headed Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Preziose e vaiegate immagini, che ho molto apprezzato
Buona settimana,silvia
Grazie Silvia. Buona settimana anche a te. 🙂
Good to hear you and your family had fun, HJ. Welcome back !
Thank you Chris. Enjoy the company of your family too, especially your father’s. 🙂
Looks and sounds like you had a most memorable time!
You’re right D.! I had a great time! Thank you very much. 🙂
That is great…all rejuvenated! 😀
Ha,ha! Let’s not push it that far! Thanks Indira. 🙂 (You’re funny)
Glad you,had such a good time. I loved the pictures you shot.
Thanks so much Susan. I appreciate it. 🙂
A very well chosen holiday HJ. A holiday is always better when it is raining at home. 🙂
I agree with that 100%! Thanks Tom. 🙂
Lovely shots, HJ! I’m so pleased you had a great time. 🙂
Yes, I did! Thank you very much dear Clare. 🙂
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I am glad all of you enjoyed your Florida vacation, H.J. Your photos make me want to visit, too.
Thank you Tanja. Tropical weather will recharge your batteries! 🙂
Lovely that you all had a wonderful vacation.
We try to reward Tyler for his good work in School and I think we deserved some R & R ourselves. Thank you Ashley. 🙂
Wonderful vacation photos! Sounds like your family’s vacation adventure was a success, HJ! 🙂 I am so glad you had wonderful weather while away.
Yes it was unbelievable pleasant weather and bright days. Thank you Donna. 🙂
That sounded like an ideal vacation and lots of fun. The photos are very nice. I have never been to FL so it was nice to see some of it in your photos.
Florida is a beautiful State with tropical climate, It has many wonderful places to visit and feel relaxed. The beaches are fantastic. I’m sure you would like it Mags. 🙂
I would love to see the trees, flowers and birds in person.