In October we spent about 3 weeks in Lone Pine and Lee Vining. We also camped at Tuttle Creek. We made a trip over to Grass Valley to celebrate our good friend Zella's 90th birthday. It was a very special occasion; Roberta planned a wonderful party. My mom drove up with Vicki and Larry. It was so wonderful that mom and Zella could spend time together. We stayed overnight; had fun playing Balderdash and had a nice breakfast the next morning before heading back to Lee Vining.
We enjoyed the trip very much; it was relaxing. Great weather. Not much in the way of birding for some reason, but still enjoyable. I did see thousands of Grebes on Mono Lake; such an interesting and beautiful place.
Florida - the C's Wedding - November 12-19, 2013
We traveled to Florida for Christina and Chris's wedding (Wade's niece and her husband). This was a destination wedding held at DisneyWorld in Orlando. We enjoyed ourselves very much. DisneyWorld was a kick (and one day was enough!) and it was very special being with family and catching up with everyone. Our nephews and niece have definitely grown up and we enjoyed spending this time with them.
In the middle of the week we made a whirlwind trip to the Everglades. It was a lot of driving for one day, but of course I couldn't pass up the opportunity to bird in the Everglades. It was totally worth it. I saw several new birds, the highlights being the Anhinga, Tricolored Heron and Roseate Spoonbill (we actually saw the Spoonbill at the Space Center a few days later).
The day before we left a group of us visited the Kennedy Space Center and observed the Maven rocket launch to Mars. That was amazing!
Thanks again to Chris and Christina for sharing this time with us, organizing such a fun trip and for help with travel arrangements.
Now we are HOME for a few months. We've enjoyed all our traveling, but it is nice to be home for a while and catch up on things around the house.
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| Anhinga in Everglades |
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| Chris and Christina |
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