Category: Florida

Zipping Over Florida Canyons

Within an old abandoned limestone quarry just north of Ocala, Florida near I-75 is an amazing adventure awaiting you. The Canyons Zip Line and Canopy Tour  has the longest, highest, and fastest zip lines in Florida. Boasting nine zip lines and two floating bridges with a fantastic finale of […]

I’m On My Way

It’s a long travel day for me on my return to Maryland. I did get a chance to stop by Gatorland on my way into Orlando but the images are still on my CF card. So borrowing an image from earlier in the week here is my photo […]

Where’s the Beach?

Today has been a busy day packing up the condo but I wanted to start the morning right. Setting the alarm before dawn I got up and grabbing my camera excitedly took the short walkway to the beach. Only to be rudely surprised by a chain on the […]

I’m Too Cute

Arriving at the beach at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge this Ruddy Turnstone was running in and out of the surf. A curious lad he was and came rather close to me. He then stopped and posed so that I could capture this shot. This little one winters […]

Got an Eye on You

It’s great to be a Florida Gator! One of many gators I found this morning on the La Cahua trail onto Paynes Prairie. At first I was excited to see my first gator. Then two more dozing on the bank. Then oh crap 7 more in the water. […]

Project 365 / Day 7

Two beautiful black swans in love. The Duckpond – Gainesville, Florida. Taken with Canon 7D, 100-400mm L, f/5.6, ISO 1000, 1/200 sec. Daylight WB handheld. Imported onto iPad 2 with CF card reader attached through Dlink USB powered hub. Edited in Camera awesome.

Jupiter Island Lighthouse

Our footsteps were last traveling along the paved walkway at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area in northern Palm Beach County, Florida. Just a hop-skip and a jump across the road, standing tall for all the world to see is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum. Built […]

Close to the Beach

A little known gem of a natural preserved area across from Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is the JILONA. This Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding National Area is one of just a few places in the country that have received this designation by the Bureau of Land Management. The only ONA […]

Ian’s Beachy Sunrise

  Everywhere around are masters of what they do. Finding those masters though can sometimes be a bit challenging. It is these masters that we can learn from and with that learning create something better than we would have imagined on our own. There is a master of […]