by Dana | Feb 5, 2019 | florida fish and wildlife, Florida hiking, Maritime Hammock Sanctuary
February in Florida… day temperatures in the 70s make for some great “winter” hiking.Today we wandered off to Maritime Hammock Sanctuary, about a half hour drive from where we currently live in Palm Bay Florida. Sure wish I was quick... by Dana | Nov 24, 2018 | florida fish and wildlife, manatees, Turkey Creek
The same Thanksgiving day I about sh– in my pants (and thanks to startling a ‘gator, it looked like the whole river did just that on me and my kayak) was also the same day I got to enjoy watching some of the gentlest of large estuary critters —... by GWTAdmin | Jan 21, 2015 | cruiser destinations, dry tortugas, florida fish and wildlife
Dry Tortugas labeled arial view.Credit to Baseketslife.files.wordpress.comPonce de Leon and crew refreshed themselves, gorging on turtle at the land they claimed and named the Tortugas (turtles) in the 1500s. We know it today as the Dry Tortugas, off the coast... by GWTAdmin | Oct 18, 2013 | alligators. gator hunting, florida, florida fish and wildlife, gator fans, gators, liveaboard, marina, West Marine
Alligator in boat next to my car at Lochloosa Park.“Gators” (pronounced “GAY-turs”, rhyming with “TAT-turs”).That’s the one-word answer I got when I asked “Whatcha gonna use that rope for?” – a standard question “my” rope-buying West Marine customers.Not the...