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...