Birds, Turtles, Alligators, and Monkeys

Of course, sunrise at our home in Maryland is pretty impressive.

With sunsets like this, how can you NOT miss Florida.

The best times we have are with our friends, with

"Master" Grillmaster Mike at the top of the list.

After a long, hot day in the boat, we decided to cool off with the fish. Lucky for us we did not see any gators in the area.

AND even monkeys, YES I SAID MONKEYS. They are ancestors of the monkeys the film industry brought to Silver Springs, Florida in the 1930s to film the original Tarzan movie. They failed to catch them all after they filmed the movie!

and turtles, and YES that is an alligator back there...

We took a rubber boat and went to Silver Springs River and saw birds,

While Bill is hard at work. Bill worked the train at Animal Kingdom and I worked Soarin at Epcot. We had a great time working for DisneyWorld. When we weren't working, we enjoyed our time at the park.


Once we got to Florida, we went to work for Walt DisneyWorld part time. Here is a picture of Sue, Jimmy Cricket, Carol, and Marcia hanging out.


As soon as Bill retired, we planned to head for Florida. A few weeks before we headed out, our plans changed (you can do that when you are retired). My cousin, Juanita, and her husband, Ralph, and grandkids invited us to camp with them in the hills of North Carolina. So we took a side trip with our grandson, Shane, on the way to Florida and tubed down the Tow River. We enjoyed ourselves and can't wait to camp with them again. Here is a picture of Shane tubing.