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| Walking at the Blue Run |
We were excited to have family visit last week and tried to show them our favorite parts of Florida in a whirlwind tour.
My young nephew, "Blaze", got to taste honeysuckle, see a couple baby alligators and a racoon, walk much longer than any three-year-old could ever want, and eat two bites of a hamburger at a restaurant by the Rainbow River. Food is so boring, and there are always better things to do.
We went to I-TEC and visited Aaron, who is busy training some missionaries with the UAV's. They did flight tests on a few new ones yesterday, and there were no crashes, which is always a big relief. Every crash teaches them something new about what works well and what shouldn't be replicated, but it's still hard to watch all that time and effort crash into a tree or, worse, get lost forever in the Cross-Florida Greenway.
After lunch we swam at the headsprings of the Rainbow River. The water there is a brisk 72 degrees year round, which means this Mama just watches from the dock while the kids do their imitations of polar seals. They have fun; I have fun. It's a win-win. Blaze enjoyed it, but the cold was finally too much, and his parents wisely pulled him out when his teeth were chattering too much to carry on a coherent conversation.
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| Honeysuckle! |
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| Look at the bottom center for the baby gator. |
The moral of the story is: Come to central Florida! We have cool stuff to show you, and we like visitors!
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| Best water for goggles ever! |
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| A bandit checks out his next mark. |
