“Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 as an overlay of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. Consisting of 140,000 acres, the Refuge provides a wide variety of habitats: coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks provide habitat for more than 1,500 species of plants and [...]
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Polly #2 was very excited when she found out that she’s be going on a jaunting car ride in Killarney. Jaunting cars are horse drawn carts that are open to the elements (unless there’s really bad weather), and are operated by local people called jarvies. The jarvies are knowledgeable about local folklore and other information, [...]
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We traveled down to Florida to view the final space shuttle launch, STS-135 space shuttle Atlantis, on July 8th. While here, we decided to check out the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which sits right next to the Kennedy Space Center. What an interesting mix–nature and technology! While at the visitor center, I struck up [...]
I was so excited to hop over to Kenya to go on my first safari! Did you know that ‘safari’ in the local Swahili language means ‘travel’? I also found out that word for frog in Swahili is ‘chura’ – it is a very nice word. The first place I went to was the Masai [...]
On my (Polly 12) last adventure I hopped around Ricketts Glenn State Park that is located about 30 minutes north of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. To continue my hiking adventure, we traveled about another 30 minutes north of Rickets Glenn to arrive at Worlds End State Park in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. This is another Pennsylvania State Park [...]
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Ricketts Glenn State Park is located between Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre in Central Pennsylvania. The park is comprised of over 13,000 acres and is spread across three counties. This state park is like a lot of other parks. There is a lake for fishing, boating and swimming and there are a ton of [...]
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When I look at this unique sculpture I have to wonder if there’s a giant ice cream sundae waiting just around the bend! Spoonbridge and Cherry is located in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and was created by Claes Oldenburg and his wife and collaborator, Coosje van Bruggen. Facts and figures: ~The spoon weighs [...]
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“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal….”. These are the opening words of the Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery [...]
Hong Kong!!! What a big city. We spent a few days here but the city was pretty expensive, and there were so many cars whizzing by in every direction it was a bit dangerous for a frog unless he had a keen eye and crossed carefully. Hong Kong sure was a change after traveling through [...]
We didn’t get to see a whole lot from the middle of Vietnam, where the DMZ is, until we got into Hong Kong as Scott came down with a bit of a travel bug (he’s much much better now though). We did manage to see some very interesting architecture and a very important area in [...]
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