Seal Team Museum, Ft. Pierce, Florida

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in Ft. Pierce, Florida a few times and each time is a little different. 

The life boat from the Maersk Alabama was outside before.  This time it was inside and open.  Those who saw the movie, "Captain Phillips" might recognize the hole in the window.

There was a mockup of Osama Bin Laden's last home, some steel from the Twin Towers and commemorations of Seal Team Medal of Honor Winners.  Notice Michael Murphy from "The Lone Survivor." 

This 82 foot, 4500 hp boat was a new addition to the museum.  I'll want one when they go on sale and are powered by solar power.  It was interesting to me that the steering mechanism was a joy stick.

Long Point Park, Melbourne Beach, Florida

Long Point Park was our home for two weeks in February and the weather cooperated one day allowing us to kayak around the island campground. 

Cleaning fish with an audience

A Pelican in  tree.

Nearly every water front site has a place to park a boat.

We saw a bottle nose dolphin and tried to get some pictures and tried to keep up with it.  These are the best pictures we got.  Look hard.

McKey Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, FL

We visited the McKey Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Florida because it was advertising a Mustang and Ford car show.  So we got the car show and the garden.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

We drove into the park sometime last year just to see if the RV would fit.  Its 54,000 acres about 25 miles from the nearest town, Okeechobee, and 12 miles from the nearest gas station.  After getting to the park gate its another 5 miles down a sand road to the campground.  The ranger told us the area can be 3-6 inches under water in the summer, but I notice the park is open year round.  During WWII the area was used form bomber training for B-17s.

Deer greeted us as we got to the campground.

A Red Shouldered Hawk flying off just above the deer.

We had a nice campsite in the equestrian campground, but there were no horses while we were there.  It was raining when we drove down the sand road and a layer of sand ended up on the truck.

Rocking chairs overlook the prairie.

We toured the prairie on a swamp buggy that was mostly high and dry, but gave us a better view of flora and wildlife.

Baby alligators

Our guide

Another Red Shouldered Hawk

We didn't see the wild hogs, but did see where they had been rooting.

A Caracara and a Meadowlark

Deer, Heron and Egrets

And alligators

There is a 90 degree bend about halfway into the campground.  The first picture is looking towards the campground, the other toward the park exit.

The explorers.