Paynes Prairie State Preserve
Travel Blogs from Micanopy
American Elections... (American Lifestyle 2)
... is good, or which candidate to elect! Because I am not an American.
310 million people: 2 parties
At the moment there are elections in the Netherlands as well. And unlike the United States where you basically have the choice of 2 parties; the democrats (http://www.democrats.org/) and the Republicans (http://www.republicans.org/), we have 12 parties to choose from. It always baffles me that a country with roughly 310 million citizens ...
Sunday on the lazy river... the Amazon?
... that problem is still there. The parc is a bit: 'past it's time', but we didn't care because we didn't go into the park, we were on the river. The water around the spring is crystal-clear and you really want to swim in it, but you are not allowed, and a ranger is patroling the area. The ranger, we were told is a special guy who basically has more juristiction than the sheriff and a normal policeman.
Movie Trivia
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Weather, Beach and Goodbye
... br> In the distance, a bit south to Daytona the weather was turning bad, with lightning and rain, and at some time the weather came our way, which caused the beach patrol to evacuate the beach, and looking at the clouds, I didn't blame them. It was looking very grim. In the end not much happened and we just had some rain. But the weather can't be trusted in these parts so it was a good call.
We stopped at a well known fishshop to get shrimps and tuna and later ...
This is the last straw... (American Lifestyle 1)
... anyone at the management of panera, or almost any other coffeeshop or hotel, motel has ever had any sugar in their coffee. Because if you put sugar in your coffee... you need to STIR!!!!
The Americans have found a solution for that that I don't get. It's a black straw, about 15 centimeters (5.9 inch) in length and it's a tube with an extreme small diameter. What do I do with that. Physics proofs ...
Isaac is coming close and we HAVE to know!
... sold to Arab nations. Therefore the airport is 'international' and has a much longer airstrip than necessary.
The plane was parked, and we headed home to have some dinner and meet the other part of the family in Ocala. Julie was originally trained as a pilot and would love to fly with Maarten, so the two of them went back to the airport to fly around Ocala for a couple of hours.
We'll keep you posted about the weather...
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