Thursday, November 18, 2010

Fun Times...



What to do with a BEAUTIFUL Florida fall day, no work, and a daughter who also has the day off???
Why head to the middle of the state, of course! 
After picking up Christa and Lexie in Gainesville,


we jumped on I-75 and got off on the next exit south to visit
 lovely, historic Micanopy, where they have dog friendly cafes
 and wide covered porches to have a leisurely lunch.
 
 

Somebody wants some ice cream (guess which one?).....





I then suggested to Christa that we stop by Paynes Prairie
as I was hoping to see some... 


but her reaction was...
WHAT?!?
Gators + Lexie = Don't go Together


 But I explained we'll go to the South entrance,
 and I had checked and dogs were allowed,
so it must be alright (fingers-crossed).
So to the prairie we headed...
 

where she happily took a nature walk with me


although with Lexie we were limited to one trail which went to the observation tower,
which was where we wanted to go anyway.  To observe.


We had some laughs...

And Christa and Lexie relaxed ... 


while I Bison hunted (to no avail).... 


We then decided to make a stop at Lake Wauburg


and I'm so glad we did,
as I got to see this....


but at the end of the day,
Lexie was the one who had a pretty good idea too...


2 comments:

Mallard Nest said...

What a fun day!!!!! I wish I was there! I want to live in Micanopy! It looks beautiful! Did you see any bison? Have you ever? I don't know if I have ever seen them. The picture of the paddle surfers reminds me of Hawaii! We need four one way tickets to the islands!

Leslie said...

Lexie looks like she could be a basenji-mix. I didn't know there were bison on Paines Prairie! You really had an adventurous day!