Wacodahachee Wetlands & Museums

This morning Mary,Sandy, Andrea, Helaine & I went for a walk at Wacodahachee Wetlands in Delray Beach.

Great Egret guarding it's eggs while a Wood Stork flies in.

Purple Martin Sanctuary

Great Egret mom with her chicks.

Great Blue Herons

 

This Green Iguana was huge!

Wood Stork chick

 

Andrea & Helaine outside the A.E. Backus Museum in Ft. Pierce.

 

There was an Agama camouflaged in a palm tree.

 

In the afternoon, Mary, Helaine, Andrea & I went to The Elliott Museum in Stuart. First we saw the Wheels of Change exhibit.

 

1931 Ford Model AA School Bus

 

 

1961 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Nine-Passenger Sedan

 

 

There was a full scale replica of the Pelican Hydro-Aeroplane designed by Hugh Willougby in 1910.

It's our Game: Baseball & The Captain's Corner: Derek Jeter's Journey from Kalamazoo to The Elliott.

 

 

 

Part of the history exhibit ...

Andrea at Blue Door Coffee Bar in Stuart

Death By Pizza West

Dinner with Mary, Larry, Sandy, Helaine, Andrea & Hank at the new location of Death by Pizza in West Delray. Yum!

Monarch Caterpillars

Mary planted milkweed in her front yard garden & there are Monarch butterflies everywhere! 5 caterpillars are crawling all over the plant.

Backyard Baby Deer & Owl

There was a cute baby deer hanging out in the backyard across the pond.

 

Mary & I had dinner at the Athenian Owl for the first time. Flaming Saganaki for our appetizer.

 

 

Baklava Cheesecake & Galaktoboureko for dessert.

Osprey Nest

There's a big osprey nest across the street from my house.

My Birthday at Peace Love & Vans

We LOVE this VW hippy bus!

 

Google is digging the fan ... okay, not really digging, but loving it!

Google loves relaxing in the screenhouse.

Hanging with some of our Embassy friends.

Live music on the Swingin' Stage all day & night.

Sunset at Withlacoochee River Park.

Peace Love & Vans Day 2

Great logo!

Mary & Google got interviewed for Peace Love & Vans social media.

 

Terry gave a great Embassy presentation under the giant Talking Tree.

Cheri's sunglasses

 

Lauren, Mike & Poe came to visit us.

Poe & Google

Peace Love & Vans Day 1

There was a LONG line to get in the gate at Withlacoochee River Park in Dade City, FL!

 Mary is so excited ...

... but we can't get set up until the line starts moving. They estimate 500 vans are expected.

Busy weekend schedule!

There was a giant inflatable panther at the Live Wildly booth.

We got a great spot for our campsite & set up our new Clam Venture screen tent.

All of our fellow Embassy campers also parked in the Birds of a Feather section.

Road Trip to Peace Love & Vans

All packed up & heading to Peace Love & Vans.

Eating an AMAZING Super Meier Birthday Cookie!

Richloam General Store in Webster, FL.

We passed lots of cows eating cabbage.

 

Sunset at our campsite at Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, FL.

New Gutters

Crazy sky this morning!

Brothers Gutters replaced all of my aging gutters today.

I love watching gutters being made. It's so cool!

 

Google the Hippie Bus

Google tried on Stella's first Halloween costume. It's a hippie bus! He's gonna be a hit at Peace, Love & Vans this weekend!

Washing the Embassy is a BIG job!

Giant Birthday Donut

Piper & I celebrated our birthday together. Nine of us shared this gigantic donut & there were plenty of leftovers! It was about 18+ inches in diameter!!!