Hampton Inn Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda

Travel Blogs from Port Charlotte

Birds, animals and plants! Oh no!

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... more. I have encountered Albatross on past adventures and expect they will be 'ship followers' in this environment too.

Plant life: Do
you remember learning the mnemonic "Andy alga met Minney Moss and
they produced Lucy Lichen" to recall the players in this particular symbiosis. (Who taught me this recently? Feel free to correct with a comment.!) These three plus fungus ...

Armchair reading and viewing

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

I love to research before the journey. I feel better prepared to embed myself in the adventure itself. These are some of the titles I want to remember and do recommend to those who want just a taste of the only 200 year of history since man first encountered this 'last continent'.

Steger and Bowermaster 1991. Crossing Antarctica. Modern adventurers
complete ...

Once upon a time....

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... could move from one to another. Eons of time passed and the masses drifted apart so their species became localized and distinct. Actually the restless continents are still moving and mashing into one another..India's movement northward is raising the Himalayas!

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Michelin mode

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

Well, I knew THIS day had to come. I simply couldn't put if off any longer, so TODAY was the day. The day I tried on all the layers that would become my cold weather ensemble while in the Antarctic. And I took photos. Un-believable. I wondered if I looked as Frankenstein-ish as felt? Yep, I think so.
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Happy New Year!!!

A travel blog entry by europeadventure

... safe at home and celebrated watching the television until 2012 came in and then went outside to the front yard and watched fireworks. After fireworks we came back in the house and the Party Rock Anthem was playing so we all began dancing together in the living room! Soon after Dad returned home from playing in the band.

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