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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
Posted in Florida, USA
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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Cycling in Florida – Anhinga Trail Revisited
Monday – After the longer ride to Flamingo the day before, we decided on a shorter trip for today’s outing and cycled over the Nike missile silo area and then went around to the Anhinga Trail again. There were plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligators, Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhinga trail, anhingas, Aramus guarauna, Ardea herodias, birders, Black Vulture, boardwalk, bushes, camping, Coragyps atratus, cycling, Egretta caerulea, Everglades national park, feathers, Florida, florida everglades national park, great blue heron, Limpkin, Littel Blue Heron, long necks, missile silo, Mycteria americana, nike, nike missile, Nike silo, oil gland, photos, Porphyrio martinica, purple gallinule, silo, sunset, vultures, wading birds, willow, Wood Stork
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Everglades National Park – Nike Missile Site
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960’s, a portion of the Everglades National Park was used by the U.S. Army as a missile site for the defensive installation of Nike missiles in three bunkers.
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged 1960's, alligators, anhinga trail, black vultures, bunkers, camping, Cuban Missile Crisis, cycling, Everglades national park, Florida, missile, nike, nike missile site, Nike Missiles, photography, tour, u s army, weather
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Anhinga Trail, Florida – An Alligator or Two
Once we tore ourselves away from the sight of Black Vultures attacking the cars in the parking lot, we began our walk along the Anhinga Trail and its boardwalks. An interesting experience with Vultures all along the trail, alligators only … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, alligators, American Alligator, anhinga trail, black vultures, boardwalks, camping, Everglades, Everglades national park, Florida, gator, images, photography, photos
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Season’s Greetings
Season’s Greetings Starting up a website. www.megapixeltravel.com, with my son, Graeme, was one of the major milestones for the year. Graeme had been prodding me to think about a blog format for my photo postings for quite some time so … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal People's Television Network, Adirondacks, ADK, Algonquin, APTN, Argiope Spider, Blue Rodeo, Boxing Day, Breeding Bird Survey, butterfly, camping, Canada Day, Cascade Mountain, cheetah, Chickadee feeding, Christmas, Crocuses, David Usher, Digging Roots, Don Kelly, Dubreuilville, Elliot Brood, Fire, fireworks, High Peaks Region, Ice carving, ice sculpture, icicles, Inez, Insensitivity Training, Jack Pine Trail, Jennifer Podemski, Kanata, Kinnie Starr, Lilac-breasted Roller, lion, lioness, Lower Ninth Ward, Lucie Idlout, Mairin Peck, Medieval, Monkey Junk, Mt. Tremblant, Museum of Civilization, Museum of Nature, New Orleans, New Year's, New York State, Obatanga Provincial Park, Osgoode, Osgoode medieval Festival, Ottawa, Ottawa Flickr group, Ottawa Fringe Festival, Quebec, safari, Season's Greetings, serengeti, Sloan, Stonehaven, sunrise, sunset, tent, The Duck Wife, Wakefield, Westfest, William Commanda, winterlude, Xmas
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MacGregor Point Provincial Park
MacGregor Point Provincial Park The night had arrived with a meteor like sunset through a thin slit in the clouds. It didn’t rain overnight though and there were no threatened storms or high winds so sleeping in the tent was … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Ontario
Tagged Ardea alba, Betony, blossoms, Blue Jay, blue violets, butterfly, camping, Canada Goose, celastrina ladon, cherry blossoms, clouds, Colaptes auratus, creatures, Cyanocitta cristata, cypripedeum acaule. moccasin flower, Cypripedium pubescens, dragonfly, dwarf lake, Dwarf Lake Iris, egret, flowers and insects, Forget-Me-Not, fresh air, Gaywings, golings, grass, gravel, Great Egret, great white egret, iris lacustris, lake iris, line ups, MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Marsh Marigold, Moccasin Flower, Myosotis, northern flicker, Ontario, Polygala paucifolia, Provincial Park, provincial parks, Prunus pumila, Rabbit, red-breasted nuthatch, Robin, Sand Cherry, sanity, Sitta canadensis, Spring Azure, Star Flower, sunset, tent, Trientalis borealis, Turdus migratorius, violets, White egret, Yellow Lady Slipper, Yellow Moccasin Flower, yellow-shafted flicker
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