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2 dimensional Astronaut Stan Love, his sister Jennifer and Basil Clough, the night before the space shuttle didn't launch
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As we leave Titusville, one last neat bird . . .
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Checking in for the Holidays at 1000 Trails Orlando
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Big surprise - Sandhill Cranes in our RV site!
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There were four cranes in between our RV and the one next door
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They were not afraid, and did take bread crusts from the folks next door
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A few yards behind our motorhome, a large tortoise comes home
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The tortoise is about 18 inches long, and can move quite fast when it wants to
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And then, a small flock of wild turkeys came thru . .
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Cranes don't get excited about turkeys
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We, however, were quite impressed
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Not sure why these Florida sunsets are so neat, but they almost always are
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Getting started with the Christmas Dinner at 1000 Trails
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Lots of appetizers and desserts brought pot-luck. Mmmmmm
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Lots of people put hats on their mirrors, but Judy made the only Santa face . . .
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A garland and a string of lights ornamented the front of the motorhome
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Some people decorated much more than we . . .
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Building a holding tank drain hose holder . . .
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South Lake Presbyterian Church, Clermont, on Christmas Eve
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At the entrance to Cypress Gardens - our only "attraction" outing . .
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Entering the animal area of the Gardens
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Judy says the water was dyed blue. Even so . . .
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These are nile crocodiles - one wet, one dry
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Even if not a huge animal, those teeth are still impressive . .
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A couple of colorful parrots
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Grooming? Fighting? Courting? Who knows?
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Neat head . .
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Breadfruit and a ring-tail lemur . . .
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That's one impressive tail, and he knows it
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Never saw a duck that color before.
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Soft-shell turtle . . .
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Coatimundi (plural)
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Kind of like a raccoon, but different
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Gorgeous plants
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This fellow was very noisy, and also very pretty
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Tortoise butt . . .
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Macaws are very striking . . .
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Small gator . . .
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Smallish gator - about 4 ft long
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People are surprised how quickly these gators can move . . .
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A gaggle of gators in the grass . . .
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Kids like to feed the goats
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Is there food out here?
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Now the Nile Croc is showing his teeth. Impressive
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And it was . . .
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Lots of bad jokes and ham actors, but fun
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Power . . .
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These full-size gators are really impressive
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An albino Wallaby. . . not your everyday animal
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Check out the lashes . . .
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These little deer are about 18 inches high
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They say it's one of the smallest deer in the world
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Don't know why they have to have pelicans in their zoo with all of them in the adjoining lake, but they did
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Yep - definitely a Rodent Of Unusual Size
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Inside the aviary, more cool birds
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Messy eater
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Beautiful pheasant . .
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Not sure how much camouflage those colors give
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He talks and he dances! Neither very well . . .
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Now he dances . . .
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He doesn't look nearly as serious as the colorful macaws
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Very nice
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These great egrets are spectacular
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Amazing colors
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Awww
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Let me in! - No, wait . . .let me out!
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Yes, I am prettier than you are . . .
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Bad feather day?
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In the Topiary Garden, a BIG catapillar . .
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About 20 ft tall, and needing a hair transplant
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Not true topiary, but very nice
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Cool . . .
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Cypress Gardens is best known for their Water Ski Shows
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Pretty girls on the water
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Some skillful skiers
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Dancing on the water
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Even a hang glider . . .
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Yes, there were ski jumpers"
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And the Cypress Gardens signature triple-decker
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Judy likes to frame her pictures
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Decorations stayed up after the actual day
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Pruning ... or preening . . . a topiary duck
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Big escargot
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Swan . . .
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World's largest lady bug
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This was the best one - a cardinal
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Hair Club for Big Rabbits!
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Have we told you how much we like butterflies?
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Beautiful Orchids
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Spectacular blooms
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Spectacular color - the inside of a Morpho's wings
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A view of the gardens from 150 feet up
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We didn't go into the amusement park - it was mostly non-operational
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Inside that glass building are the butterfies
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Oohh - a big Polynesian wooden boogaloo
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That's the classic, signature Cypress Gardens picture
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In the original Cypress Gardens, lots of knees
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That's the lifter that got us up 150 ft over the park
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We spotted this nesting stork . . .
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And this one on another tree
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Impressive bird
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Lots of moss
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Cypress trees - the park's namesake
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These flowers are amazing . .
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There was nothing to tell us what they were, but they were BIG
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Bamboo is neat
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In the Japanese garden
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The sidewalk pattern is just like water
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Resurrection Ferns that have resurrected
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Now that's a very impressive Banyan tree
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If these roots land on soil, they form new trunks
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That's called a "Walking Tree" because of those root "legs"
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The famed Cypress Gardens gazebo - scene of many, many weddings
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Never saw a banana flower before
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Sculpture as we exit the gardens
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One morning over the RV park . . .
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There were four balloons that morning
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Joanna, John and Jan - Judy's sibs in their Luella's Shirts
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Judy has a Luella's shirt, too . . ."