This is a lion topiary at the entrance to the park. The grounds are beautiful and they had many topiaries but I believe this is my favorite. They do such a wonderful job on their gardens, even this time of year.
Two butterfly topiaries in the Bird Gardens area.
Flamingo pond
A couple shots from the aviary. It's a very cool, large meshed in area where you can purchase nectar and feed the Lorikeets. They were out of nectar for the day so no birds landed on us.
We saw a 4-D movie called "Pirates" starring Leslie Nielsen and John Clease. Very cool. On on top of the images coming out of the screen to you, it also had water, wind, and movement to further the experience. Here's Diane, Dan & Jerry in the 4-D glasses.
This photo is for Diane. She likes to paint and wanted to do water so I took a couple for her to paint from.
That's my cousin! We though of some other funny poses but they didn't make the good taste cut, LOL.
A couple African masks that I thought were interesting. Having Dan & Diane with us was like having a guide or naturalist along. They've done big game hunting in Africa so they were identifying the animals for us.
More garden shots
Alligators, boy were they big!
Looks like Diane telling an interesting story to Jerr & Dan. It's early Monday morning now and I didn't finish editing this post in time to post it last night, We just returned from dropping Dan & Diane off at the airport. While short, it was a great visit. I'm gonna miss my Wii buddy.----- THE END -----
Dan buying a seashell for a pier vendor. Notice the merchant all dressed for winter and Dan in his summer shirt, LOL.
Dan & Jerry at Sand Key Beach
Lifeguard station at Sand Key
Vickie & Jerry in sand :)