Hello everyone.....
I'm finally catching up with all my news!!! LOL I kind of got a bit behind with all the traveling- and being to tired at the end of the day to work on the website! *****Just a quick side note***** I was finally able to solve the picture problem for 10/15/06-I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Now onto what I saw on Wednesday...... Danny & Judy took me to the Homasassa Wildlife Center in Homasassa Springs, FLA. It was a privately owed park for many years, but now is run by the state. When you first get to the center there is a building that has a gift shop, restaurant, displays of local wild life, and other interesting displays. After you pay your admission you can either take a tram or a boat ride to the entrance of the park.
We started with the tram ride to the park. The entrance to the park has another building you go thru which has another gift shop and a snack bar. Then we entered the actual park. The 1st thing we did was make our way to the Manatee show. There are several females (they keep the different sexes in separate parks- so there will be no breeding) living here at park. They have a feeding demo 2x's per day. The park mostly is manned by volunteers. The man who did the feeding demo while we were there was one of those volunteers. He did a good job telling us all about these gentle sea cows. We then headed to the alligator & hippo exhibit. They had demo's for these animals too. Then we strolled around the rest of the park and looked at the exhibits they had on all the local wildlife. It was very interesting to see all the fine critters & birds. We were in the park from 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. This is a great place to come see if you ever find yourself in the area!!! Kids (or adults who are kids at heart) would especially love it. It was nice to see the animals in natural habitats. We headed back to the entrance.... this time we took the boat back. It was a nice,quiet (electric boats),peaceful ride back. We ended our visit to the park by having lunch at the restaurant located at the entrance. This restaurantwas done up in the 50's theme!! The waitress even had on a poodle skirt!!! LOL
It was a great day. I really enjoyed the whole experience. I hope all of you enjoy looking at the pictures of the critters & birds.
Until next time- take care of yourselves-With Love Always-Donna
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