International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008

Ahoy! For all of you land lubbers out there that aren't aware, September 19 each year is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. You bilge rats know what today is? The following set of photos are of various pirates or pirate themed locations throughout Florida. Arrr...



Here is a pirate carved out of wood on the dock belonging to the Down the Hatch restaurant in Ponce Inlet, FL.


Pirates at the Pirate's Cove Miniature Golf Course on International Drive in Orlando, FL.






The Ghost Pirate Ride at the Seminole County Fair in Sanford, FL.



More pirates at another miniature golf course. I believe this is the Pirate's Island on 192 in Kissimmee.



More pirates carved out of wood. These two are in the Tin City shopping area in Naples, FL.



Perhaps some of Florida's most popular pirates are at Disney.

Arr...

Ducks at Lake Lily

These ducks were hanging out at Lake Lily in Maitland, FL. Ducks are funny birds...




This duck found himself a plastic lizard/fishing lure that he was very proud of. He probably ended up chocking on it later...

Then there was this family of ducks with some rather large ducklings...



And in closing, here are two angry old ducks at the lake...

Eating Seafood in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

I climbed the lighthouse and then I ate seafood while at the Bill Baggs Cafe Florida State Park on Key Biscayne...

Flooding In Downtown Sanford

After Tropical Storm Fay dumped huge amounts of rain over Florida, there was lots of flooding. Little lakes in city parks overflowed to very high levels, so you can imagine how high a large body of water overflowed. For example, along the St. Johns River. The flooding was seems to be the worst where the river opens up into Lake Monroe. These pictures were taken on September 1, 2008 in Downtown Sanford along the shore of the lake:









Wood Storks were exploring their new watery shoreline.


The road leading into the Sanford Marina was completely underwater. That didn't seem to stop people from driving to the restaurants at the end of the road or riding bicycles to their favorite fishing spots.









There was a news truck there covering the flooding.

At the time that these pictures were taken, the St. Johns River still hadn't crested. It would still be another week before the river reached it's highest point and the water would start to recede.

Weeki Wachee Springs

These pictures were taken several years ago at Weeki Wachee Springs, located in Spring Hill, FL. No mermaids are in these pictures, but there are some manatees, wood storks, pelicans, fish, and raccoons along the park's boat tour going up the river...