Another day at the zoo seeing animals we missed on our last visit.
Manatees
We’re staying in Manatee County, FL so we thought we should see Manatees. Fortunately, the Tampa Electric Power Company provides a viewing center. It seems that in winter, the Manatees like the warm water the plant discharges.
Raptor
Sometimes you just get lucky. On Christmas Day 2014 we were visiting the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. I was standing in just the right spot for the raptor fly by:
Oakland
To Oakland with Alex and Kay to see the Oakland A’s play the Baltimore Orioles play. Arriving in Oakland early we visited the Oakland Museum of California. There are three museums in one: natural history, history, and art. We only…
California Academy of Sciences
I did not leave my heart in San Francisco; just some cash to visit the California Academy of Sciences. (I think Saint Francisco is the patron saint of perpetual mist. Did not see the sun there.) The museum is really…
Butterfly Aquarium
On the rez is Butterfly Wonderland to which we have Lifetime Passes and OdySea Aquarium to which we have no passes. Click photo to enlarge and start slideshow. There were butterflies, of course: The featured exhibit at Butterfly Wonderland is…
The Petrified Desert
Actually it’s the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park. First stop: Painted Desert (love the iPhone panoramic capability): Second stop: Petrified Forest: Not to forget Newspaper Rock and the (now sealed off) fertility cave: In…