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Category Archives: Florida
Daytona Beach/Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
We had started the day in Cape Canaveral, traveled to Merritt Island to revisit some of its areas of interest and then backtracked to The northern suburbs of Orlando where I played a few hours of badminton. With weather conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged accommodation, badminton, bicycle, Big DOg Motorcycles, Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Harley Davidson, cape canaveral, cycling, Daytona Beach Motorcycles, daytona beach shores, daytona beach shores florida, ducatis, ferris wheel, Florida, Harley Davidson, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Harley Motorcycle, harleys, image, Indian Motorcycle, memories, Motorcycle, motorcycle dealers, neon lights, neon signs, night photography, nightfall, photo, photograph, speedway, triumphs
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Cycling in Florida – Merritt Island Revisited
Another sunny day with reasonable temperatures. Began the day walking the beach in Cape Canaveral and then returned to walk the trails of Merritt Island while John did another loop on his bike. On the previous day’s visit to Merritt … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Agraulis vanillae, Atlantic Ocean, birds, Buckeye, butterfly, butterfly species, cactus pads, Clapper Rail, Clapper Rail - Rallus logirostris, cycling, Egretta thula, Egretta tricolor, exercise, fishing, Florida, grebe, Gulf Fritillary, gulls, heron, loon, merritt island, ocean, pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Precis coenia, rail, Ralus longirostris, Snowy Egret, sunny day, temperatures, Tri-colored Heron, Tricolored Heron
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
We stayed overnight at the Jetty Park Campgrounds. Nice locations for tents but their policy of charging $10 for each additional tent made the location rather pricey considering that we were traveling with one small tent each. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged bait fish, birds, Black Skimmer, Brown pelican, cape canaveral, cape canaveral florida, Common Loon, egret, Egretta caerulea, fishermen, Florida, Gavia immer, gull, heron, images, jetty park, Little Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), loon, Northern Diver, park campgrounds, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, photos, pictures, Royal Tern, Rynchops niger, Sandwich Tern, shorebird, shower buildings, skimmer, Sterna maxima, Sterna sandvicensis, sun bathing, sunshine, tent, tents, winter plumage
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Cycling in Florida – Merritt Island Vultures and Armadillos
The day started out nicely with a blue sky and cooing doves greeting us in the morning.
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligators, Ardea alba, armadillo, armadillos, bicycle, Black Vulture, black vultures, blue sky, cape canaveral, cooing doves, Coragyps atratus, cycling, doves, Florida, Great Egret, images, merritt island nwr, photography, photos, pictures, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, wild pig
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Cycling in Florida – Travel Day
Today was basically a traveling day as we moved over onto 1A and traveled toward Cape Canaveral. We stopped at the library in Ft. Pierce to get a bit of Internet time and when we came out and looked off … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Belted Kingfisher, Brevard County, brown pelicans, camping, camping area, camping site, campsite, cape canavaral, cape canaveral, cape canaveral area, Ceryle alcyon, cycling, egrets, Egretta thula, Egretta tricolor, Florida, florida travel, ft pierce, good fire, gull, images, Kingfisher, Long Point, mangroves, Oprey, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, pelicans, photographs, photos, sebastian inlet state park, setting sun, Snowy Egret, traveling day, Tri-colored Heron, warbler, warblers, wooden bridge
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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Today’s cycling brought us to the mainland portion of the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge on Hwy. 1 in Florida after crossing over the Jupiter Sound inlet on South Beach Road.
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Tagged beach, condominium, cycling, Florida, Gopher tortoise, hiking trails, Hobe Sound, hobe sound national wildlife refuge, hwy 1, images, jupiter sound, national wildlife refuge, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, parking lot, photgraphy, photos, pictures, pier, pine, sand pine, scenery, scrub jay, south beach road, sunshine, tortoise
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Blowing Rocks Preserve, Hobe Sound, Florida
As we headed south along South Beach Road (County Road 701), we took a rest at Blowing Rocks Preserve which is managed by The Nature Conservancy. What makes this section of the beach somewhat unique is that the shoreline is … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged blowing rocks preserve, Florida, high tide, high wind, Hobe Sound, hobe sound florida, images, Jupiter Island, limestone, mangroves, nature conservancy, photography, photos, pictures, plants, plumes, rocky shoreline, sea turtles, shoreline, south beach road, The Nature Conservancy, turtles, waves
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Florida Birds – Video
Florida Birds – Video Here is a video of some clips of birds which we saw while cycling around Florida. I was borrowing Graeme’s FLIP camera for these shots and hadn’t used it before this trip so these clips should … Continue reading
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Tagged Anhinga, birds, black vultures, camera, cycling, FLIP camera, Florida, florida birds, florida florida, Gallinule, heron, images, Limpkin, peacock, peahen, photo, purple gallinule, stork, Tricolored Heron, Vacation, video, White Ibis, Wood Stork
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Camping in Florida- St. Lucie Lock and Dam, Stuart, Florida
We were happy that we decided to go to a hotel last night. Lots of thunder, lightning and high winds overnight and a tornado was sighted west of where we would have been camping. Today, we would be setting up … Continue reading
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Tagged Bald Eagle, berry, bikes, Brown pelican, brown pelicans, butterfly, camping, camping in florida, campsite, corps of engineers, cycling, damselfly, drainage ditch, fence, ferns, flat tire, Florida, flower, Heliaeetus leucocephalus, hot showers, images, Kramer Highway, lake okeechobee, pelicans, phipps, photography, photos, pictures, Stuart, stuart florida, tent site, tents, wetland vegetation
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