Day Eight ~ HOME!!!!

Nehemiah snoozin' on the way Home,
Joseph watching Toy Story, or something like that! :-)

And this post completes Our Vacation to Orlando!!!!
I hope ya'll enjoyed it!!

Day Six ~ The Wycliffe Museum

Here is a little bit about Wycliffe:

"Wycliffe USA is part of an international association of organizations dedicated to seeing God's Word become accessible to all people in the language that speaks to their heart. Wycliffe’s staff is passionate about the glory of God through the translation of His Word for all peoples of the earth in the language they understand best. Consider this an invitation to check us out. If you’re just getting to know us, consider digging into our core values and reading through our mission statement. You can learn about our history , meet our leaders, or view global Bible translation statistics . For further exploration you may want to visit our inspiring WordSpring Discovery Center in Orlando.
Listen to our stories; hear our hearts. Relationships take time, so we invite you to explore and then decide for yourself if we really are who we say we are. But more than that, we hope that you will discover that God is who He says He is in His Word—that He is alive and involved in the world, bringing transformation and joy to those who trust Him."

And here are the pictures that I took while we were there:

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After we left the Wycliffe Museum, we drove to a little town near Tampa to visit with our friends the Graves.

The little ones had a lot of fun jumping on the trampoline!!

Liberty and Stacy Graves,
Steven Graves,
Stacy and Joseph,
Elijah and Isaac, they literally 'crashed' after

we got back that night!!

Day Five ~ Blue Springs State Park

Warning!

Long post, with lots of pictures, 39 to be exact!!

A pretty sunrise to wake-up to! (picture taken by Daddy)

First we walked around a bit while we waited for the time to come for the boat ride. While we were on the boat ride we saw LOTS of Birds, Turtles, and we saw...

56 Alligators in all!!!! :-).

Here is a little bit about Blue Springs State Park:

“Blue springs is designated an official state natural feature.
It is the largest spring on the St. John’s river.
Each day, about 100 million gallons flow from the spring to the river between the evergreen banks of Blue Springs Run.
In winter, manatees move out of the cold St. John’s into the warm 72 F water of the Run.
The clarity of the spring water allows people to view, without disturbing this unique gathering of endangered species.”
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After the boat ride we ate our picnic lunch (sandwiches and chips :-))

after we ate we walked around some more.

Then we watched a short movie about Manatees, then we left.

A bunch of Anhingas

(aka 'The Snake Birds' 'cause they swim under water to catch there fish and when they stick there heads up out if the water they look like snakes)

The Manatees (it was not a very good day for manatees though, we only saw about 10 or so) This is a female Anhinga, Alligators, Birds, and Turtles on the other hand were VERY abundant! :-)

A small flock of White Ibis,

A young Great Blue Heron,

A large fallen tree,

A young gator,

Three young gators,

A male Anhinga,

A Great Blue Heron,

Another small flock of Ibis,

A Wood Stork, they are a endangered

species, and we saw 2 or 3 of them ;-),

2 young gators taking a

nap together :-),
Another Great Blue Heron,
A Snowy Egret,

And this big fella weighs 700 to 800 lbs and is around 14 feet long!

(he is the biggest gator they have right now, they did have one that was about 16 feet long!)

The water line on the trees,

A friendly Squirrel, eating lunch with us :-)

A Great Cormorant.

Photography by Me :-)