Hi Everyone- I'm back LOL
I wanted everyone to know I made it safely to Texas, yesterday at 12:00am.
I left the New Orleans area around 11:30am on Thursday. Ended up driving straight thru cause there were no rest areas in except for when you 1st cross over the state line at the information center!
I'm staying in Killeen with LeeAnn. I will use her home as a home base for the month- while I see the sights.
But my first order of business is going to be updating this site!!! I've fallen so far behind LOL- between the computer being down and traveling!!
The pictures above were taken on Tuesday 12/5/06 in the afternoon. Sue & I had planned on doing the harbor cruise in the morning, but LeBarge told us they don't go out unless they have 15 or more people!! So Sue & I went and found the clowns in downtown Sarasota (pictures are on previous page), and we went out to lunch at Dutch Heritage- an Armish run restaurant. We were trying to kill some time before we went back to LeBarge to see if there were enough people for the 2pm cruise.
When we arrived back we found out that there was enough people and that we were going out on the harbor. The Sarasota area has a lot of very well to do families living here. Many choose to have homes on the water front. On this cruise we were to view some of these homes and we hoped to see some of the native- year round dolphin population.
As we left the harbor we saw many "house boats" moored out in the harbor. Our guide explained that this was because Sarasota has a law that you can anchor your boats for free year round out there. So some take advantage of this- they don't have to pay rent or taxes, and are not required to have insurance. So basically they live in Florida for free!! Not a bad deal if you don't mind living on the water 24/7-365days/yr!
In the above pictures you'll see some of the high risecondos and office buildings in the harbor area. There are the expensive waterfront homes around there- including some on the key- Bird Key- this key is where some very rich and famous people live- which include the Smothers Brothers, a member of rock band AC/DC and also Areosmith, and a couple of oil executives.....
Sue & I also were able to see some dolphins. Unfortunately dolphins in the wild - do not make a point of being very visible for picture taking like the ones in captivity!!! LOL So taking pictures of them is tricky!! But I did manage to get some finally. If you look closely to pictures # 19 - # 23 (using the view larger option) you too should be able to see the dolphins !!! LOL
This harbor cruise was very fun and informative- I would highly recommend it. It last for 2hrs and you get to see quite a bit.
Well I'm off for now- need to get the next batch of pictures ready. Take care until then-Love Donna
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #45:http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
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