Crystal River, FL

Here we are watching the manatees from a bridge in Crystal River. We saw quite a few as this is where they like to winter.
This is a mother and her baby.

Here is a family of four.

On the way to Crystal River we stopped at this shell shop. Talk about your giant crab!

They had all kinds of shells and some really big ones. Aren't they pretty!?

KANAPAHA BOTANICAL GARDENS

We went to Gainesville today to the botanical gardens. They were really neat! These pretty flowers were right at the entrance.

They had all kinds, sizes, and colors of bamboo. It was very dark inside the bamboo area.

These water lily pads looked like giant pie plates. They had different flowering lily pads, too, with little water falls around.

The camelias were gorgeous! This one had just a tinge of purple on the very edges. Can you see it?

Alan liked this flower and it is very different. We saw so much I may post more pictures tomorrow.

Way down upon the Suwanee River

There are lots of these green plants growing in the water on the Suwanee River. The trees look bad from all the floods.

We are in a state park at Manatee Springs and this is the boardwalk.

Alan said these are vultures in the trees. They looked just like the cartoons where they keep circling around you.

We saw a manatee where the springs empties into the Suwanee.

Way down upon the Suwanee River, far, far away. That's where my heart is turning ever. That's where these old folks stay.

Horseshoe Beach, FL

I think this little police car is all they will need in this small town.

Here is where we bought 5 pounds of shrimp for $20. The shrimp are from Apalachacola, FL.

This oak tree is estimated to be 300 years old. We ate at the cafe behind it and had the best shrimp dinner right here on the Gulf of Mexico.

Which patio would you rather be sitting at?

Saint George, Utah

This is where the owner of the RV park lives. It is quite a house and just up the hill from where we stayed. Here is the road into the park looking down on the town. We did not get any pictures of our cute little neices that live here. I am going to have to take some of my own pictures and not leave it up to Alan. We went to Michael's baseball game which he won.

We had a gorgeous view of palms and red rock but it was a little bit of a tight fit. Alan did great as he always does and parked it like a champ.

I think we were the biggest trailer in the park. We didn't get pictures of Cedar City probably because it snowed and somebody was really bummed out. We are home now and getting ready for our Caribbean Cruise. Hope to have some pictures for you of that. Adios for now.

AmariLLo, Texas

In AmariLLo (the L's are boots) we went to the Big Texan where if you eat the 72 oz. steak plus all the fixins in one hour you get it free. There were people trying to do it. The record is 8 minutes.

Alan is having the chicken fried steak and I had chicken fried chicken. They have live entertainment every night and everybody is dressed in western wear. It is very popular even with the locals. The food was very good and it was fun! See the little Texas flag in the jalapeno?