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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

... pages related the Serengeti plain of Tanzania to the parched, icy surface of Antarctica. Exploring the relationship between man and animals in this
remote and splendid place. ( Since I visited the former 2 years ago, you can imagine I am fascinated with the contrast!)

Michael Parfit. 1985. South Light. Author blends science, adventure and lyrical
prose ...

Once upon a time....

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... there are some colonies which hope to change that . By more or less mutual agreement, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined together in treaty ...

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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Nokomis Beach and Pelican Alley

A travel blog entry by billandbarb

... say I got a nice sunburn!
Went to the Pelican Alley restaurant after for lunch. It's a little hole in the wall restaurant but one of our FAVORITE to go to. It's on a coastal alley and there are lots of pelicans there sunning. Well, there was this one bird that decided to visit our outside table. What a hoot! Stayed there quite a while waiting for something to eat. I was afraid he was going to steal our food!
Nice day over ...