Leu Gardens with Mom and Jacob

April 7, 2013 Hard to tell in the photo, but this bird is holding a fish.  Jacob took this one – not bad! For more photos of our day at Leu Gardens, please visit my Flickr album.

Wekiva River Kayaking

Last Saturday I had a fantastic time Kayaking down the Wekiva River – plenty of wildlife, perfect weather, and great company. We started at King’s Landing and ended at Wekiva Island, which was about 8 1/2 miles. It was 2 miles farther than Continue reading Wekiva River Kayaking→

Little Big Econ State Forest

These sunglasses were on this random tree in the forest. We first saw them from the side and thought it was a huge pink spider, haha!

Lake Mirror, December 2012

December 2, 2012 the boys and I rode an Amtrak train for the first time. We took a trip to Lakeland where we met our friends Joni and Cole for lunch and fun at Mirror Lake. We watched the sunset Continue reading Lake Mirror, December 2012→

St. John’s River trip

Today I headed out to Blue Springs State Park for some much-needed time on the St. Johns River. I was going to bring my own kayak but decided to just rent one instead and save the hassle of loading and Continue reading St. John’s River trip→