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Gatorland!

I end up traveling for work quite a bit (on the weekdays, guys, don't worry!) and often find myself with big chunks of time to explore my surrounds. Orlando was no exception and this time I had a car! So I headed out, at the suggestion of my lovely aunt and uncle, to the place they call Gatorland. alligators in black and white

I was going to put interesting facts about alligators in this spot, but I've just realized that I learned absolutely nothing at Gatorland. Not sure if that is entirely my fault, but it is what it is. More pictures, then! alligators in detail

There really were just tons and tons of gators all over the place - really close, too - but they had some other animals you could scope out. The birds were remarkably plentiful. bird with eggs in a nest and python

(For feeding the alligators, I realized long after I took this photo.) black and white diptych of fern and bird

Seriously, how cute are these owls! owls at gatorland

Finally, plants. I took a little walk through their "real swamp" - very proud that it isn't cultivated, they are. It was swampy. The second photo is taro, of bubble tea fame. very green plants in the swamp

And that's what I did with my afternoon yesterday. In Chicago at David's house now. Hopefully I will bring you images from the windy city next!

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February 26, 2011 by Amber Categories: TravelTags: alligators, amusement park, florida, gatorland, orlando

Three images from Orlando

A series of unfortunate events, on top of the cold weather we always have this time of year, has prevented me from getting out and taking pictures. I've been in a bit of a funk lately and I asked my husband what he thought might be the problem. "Well, you haven't photographed anything in a while," he said. But that can't possibly be the issue, could it? In any case, I'm writing this from the Orlando airport en route to birthday celebrations in even-colder Chicago. But David always drags me around to see fun things so I'm hoping to get plenty of shutter clicks in there, too. Meanwhile, here are three random images from my travels. First up - shuttle launch. The planets (har, get it?) kind of aligned for me to go see Discovery's last launch. We drove for what seemed forever and got about 5 miles away. It was pretty seriously neat watching something launch that was headed for space. I didn't photograph the liftoff but wish I had now. Lesson learned: just take the damn picture. last Discovery shuttle launch

And two more - one in the hotel's bathroom as part of my hotel self-portrait project and another from the Orlando airport (on the way in). b&w self-portrait at buena vista palace resort