We have been here for two weeks now and the time is flying by. There has been an Ice Cream Social, a Christmas Eve gathering with a very talented entertainer and a dinner theatre on Christmas Day in Fort Meyers. We were on a bus at 7:45 am Christmas Day to take a three hour tour to Fort Meyers where we had a really great buffet lunch and watched a Christmas Show at the Broadway Palm Theatre. . We had excellent seats one row back from centre stage. I borrowed this picture from John as my camera battery died just as we arrived at the show.
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| Tom, Cheryl & Judy |
After the long ride home again we called and talked to all the kids and grandkids. It was great to have a good chat with everyone.
Today we headed over to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland. This is a 1267 acre wilderness that is home to the Polk's nature Discovery Centre as well as miles of nature trails. A beautiful spot with hundreds a majestic old oak trees that are hung with Spanish Moss. They are incredible. Reminds me of Gone With The Wind.
We saw lots of wildlife in the Reserve. Some of it not so wild. This is John & Judy, along with another Ontario couple Bill & Karen. Bill & Karen follow John's blog and when he had nothing but praise for this resort they decided to come down here and stay for a week of their vacation.
This reserve is a great spot to see a wide variety of birds.
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| Roseatte Spoonbill |
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| Great Egret |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Anhinga drying his wings |
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| Not sure - might be a Ibis |
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| Vulture |
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| Anhinga |
We also had alligators, turtles and armadillos.
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| A Young Alligator |
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| Three Softshell Turtles |
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| Armadillo having lunch |
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Armadillo heading north
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A great day in the wild. Until next time safe travels.
It was a great day and nice to be able to spend it with you and Tom and John and Judy..
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