Good view of the territory. That's an Anhinga in the tree.
He has to spread his wings to dry after about 2-3 dives for
fish. He has no sudface oil on his wings, and needs to
dry them for the dives.
Had camera trouble sorta, and the next pictures are black and white
BobD

Same manatee, different view, the antenna stivking p ao the tail is for keeping track
of the animal.

a full grown manatee swimming alongside the boat.

Place was lousy with alligators, manatees,turtles, and birds.
look closely and you'll see a gator

View of he river as we left dock

Boat dock, Waculla Springs.

a very nice trip

Marge and Debbie

Waculla festival

Just got a call from my friend Herman McCrae. Herman is a black activist I met at a
PTA meeting when I first arrived in Florida in 1969. I early on got involved in local politics,
and found out we could work together.
Sure enough, we became good friends, and we still are.
Wish the whole world would work that way.
RHD

This past weekend, Mar20-21, we took a trip to White Springs, fl. about 100 miles East of
Tallahassee. There was a Spring festival devoted to Azaleas. It featured singing,eating,
and lots to see in The Steven Foster Park. It was most enjoyable, and the dogs were
well behaved.
It was a good diversion for Marge, who is slipping farther away very slowly. from her Alzheimers.
It get's a little more difficult to keep her occupied, but we are doing pretty well.
It would be impossible for me without my daughter's help, but of course that's
the main reason we came to Tallahassee. Also, of course, we are in a superior
retirement village, Westminster Oaks.
RHD

This is the porch of the Bed and Breakfast where we styed.
Marge and Deb, and the two dogs. The black one is our Hobo,
and he other one is Deb's Trixie

This is where the "Birds of prey" exhibit is on display.

Our land lady's very pretty, very big,very gentle dog

The most spectacular bird in the display

A barn owl in the display

An Eagle in the display

One of the birds in the display

A typically beautiful live oak. The park is full of them

One of many beautiful Azalea [sp] plantings, they're in full bloom
now all through lthis part of Florida, these are in the park.

A good shot of the Gazebo

Ann Thomas was a friend of our daughter, Deb.

The beautiful vell tower in the park.

One of the signs in the park

A short history of the Suwannee

The Suwannee from the gazebol The dock is a floating dock
sed by kyakers etc.

this is a shot of the Suwannee from the gazebo

This is at the Suwannee . Look closely at the pole with marks. The marks are high water marks in
prior year floods, over 40 feet above the river's normal height!