Shark Valley Entrance – Everglades National Park

January 30, 2010
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Shark Valley has alligators and turtles and birds, but no sharks.  There is a freshwater canal that runs along the road, and during the dry season it is teeming with wildlife.  The entire biking/walking trail is twelve miles, and I think I went in about 2 1/2 miles, then turned around [...]

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Everglades National Park: Main Entrance To Flamingo

January 22, 2010
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The southern main entrance to the Everglades National Park is around twenty miles from the campground.  We left around 11:00 am, and spent the whole day at the park.  It is $10.00 per vehicle, but that covers seven consecutive days of entry.  Many parts of the Everglades are only accessible by boat, so we [...]

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New Car

January 16, 2010
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We bought a new car, but, oops we forgot to trade in the other one so now we have 2 cars.
2009 Honda Element EX with all options. 16k miles.

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Frost on the Grass This Morning

January 11, 2010
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We worked the early shift this morning, and we, along with everyone else, were very surprised to see frost on the grass and the car windows this morning.  Yesterday morning was cold, but this morning it was clear, cold, and less windy so we got frost.  It is supposed to warm up by the [...]

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Everglades National Park – Chekika

January 8, 2010
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Took a trip into the closest entrance to the everglades – the Chekika Entrance.  It is only about nine miles from the campground, so I thought it might be a good place to start.  The gatehouse was all closed and boarded up, so there was no entrance fee.  The drive leads into the parking area, [...]

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Yeah I Know It’s Been Over A Week..

January 4, 2010
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…but nothing exciting has happened since I last posted.  We worked our normal shifts all week, then we had Thursday and Friday off.  We did some grocery shopping on Thursday, then after we got home, I decided I wanted to do some after Christmas shopping.  I went up to the outlet mall, and I did [...]

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Christmas Lights in the Campground

December 25, 2009
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Christmas lights from around the campground.

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