Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 12

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 12 I honestly cannot be sure that this is number twelve in this series... but I really didn't think you would mind if I got the number wrong.

What this is... is another shot of the trail on Honeymoon Island. The hiking trail, or nature trail, has various turn around points so you can enjoy it a little longer if you'd like, or get back to your car sooner if you'd like. Honeymoon Island State Park.
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Friday, September 12, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 11

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 11 I have been feeling the urge to get outside a bit more lately. But I have been stymied by work. So, since I can't get there in person, I decided to post some pictures of the kinds of places I would like to be. Why? Because I like to share these beautiful places with you all, so you can enjoy them too!

This photograph was taken out on Honeymoon Island, also known as Honeymoon Island State Park, while hiking the Nature Trail. It's a really awesome place, that gives you a deeply natural feeling. It's easy to get out there, the trail is easy to get to and easy to hike. Definitely a thumbs up recommendation on this trail!
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Hiking Trail Flashback

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Hiking Trail Flashback I have been thinking about Honeymoon Island lately, and the wonderful hiking trails they have out there. This is a shot from one of those trails. I love hiking out there, even though I don't go nearly as often as I would like to. It's a wonderful place to get away from the 'madding crowd' for a while, and forget you live in the city.

If you get the chance, I heartily recommend you get out to Honeymoon Island and get your feet on the trails, and your head out of your work for a while. There are lots of wonderful reasons to live in this area. Honeymoon Island is one of the best!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike Bridge

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Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike Bridge Ah yes, we all have our bridges to cross, don't we? Well, I crossed this one happily, lost in the dense 'forests' of Hammock Park. No, it was not difficult, it barely qualifies as a bridge, but I certainly enjoyed getting to the other side.

What about you? How goes the bridge crossing? I guess, depending on what is going on in your life, there are plenty of bridges to represent the varying degrees of difficulty or triumph of your endeavor. This one might stand for just getting to work on time, and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, that spans the mouth of Tampa Bay, might represent beating breast cancer. How about you, what's your latest bridge look like?
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike 2

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Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike 2 This is just the thing that makes me long for more time in my life. Not just an extra hour or two, although I would gladly take them. But hours and hours of free time, time that I could spend however I want without penalty or price.

Then I would find a little spot in the woods like this, and sit there with my camera, or without it, and just wait. I would sit there and wait and watch and observe. I would let the forest sounds play to my ear, and I would seek out each different sound as I sat. Then I could truly hear what was being said. I could get to know the world so much better. Not the human world, the fabricated, manufactured world, but the real, natural world... That would be a wonderful thing.
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Monday, April 28, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park: Nature Trail Getaway

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Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park: Nature Trail Getaway If you are on a nature trail in Florida, don't forget to look UP too! You never know when there might be a delicious harvest of juicy citrus fruits dangling just overhead. I saw ample evidence of the local fauna enjoying these citrus fruits, with small piles of peels on the ground beneath the trees.

It's been some nice days of lower humidity lately, and we are still not into the truly hot months yet. So it's been very enjoyable walking the shady trails of Hammock Park lately. I imagine it will still be nice as the summer reaches its peak, as long as you can dress in shorts and a light shirt.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail: The Little Things

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Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail: The Little Things Look down! Yes, don't forget to look down! That's were I found this little fiddle head, at about knee level. What an incredible thing, nature and life... this little fiddle head will grow and uncurl and expand to become a beautiful fern.

Are you familiar with Fractals? That's what this reminds me of. Nature's own fractals. I love to be able to get away from work during the day and enjoy some of the amazement that is nature and the natural world around us.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike

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Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Trail Lunchtime Hike Here is a little bit more of what Dunedin probably looked like before all the houses were built and streets paved. In fact, this might be what a lot of it still looked like when the Fenway Hotel opened, in 1925! Yesterday, we first started on the Vivian Skinner Grant Trail N. But that is a large, wide open trail, and we are looking for something more intimate, a trail that will get us closer to nature.

So we take a sharp right turn, and start on a much smaller trail. The map is a little confusing. We are on either the Oak Trail W. or the Cline Trail. Either way, it is smaller, more quiet, and takes us deep into the woods (for just a little while). This picture makes me think of Robinson Crusoe. What do you think?
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 10

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 10 Ah yes, and here we are... back to the parking lot. Now for that... HEY! WAIT! What are you all doing running away to your cars now? What's that all about?? Helllooooo???? Where'd they go? I can't believe they all just ran to their cars and left! I don't understand...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 9

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 9 Good luck, my friends, that clearing ahead means we are getting very close to the parking lot, where we started. We'll be back to man-made restrooms and water fountains soon! But I have a surprise for you... once we get back to the picnic area at the parking lot.

As it is getting on toward dusk, I know some of you are feeling just a little chilly. We'll take care of that right soon! Hey now, to hear all that grumbling back there, it's enough to make a Nature Trail Guide think you might be tired of hiking this trail with me!

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 8: Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 8: Happy St. Patrick's Day I seem to be hearing a lot of whining coming from that group in the back, so we'll take a break. While we are breaking, let's all have a wee swig of me Green Wonder Juice out of me little green flask, to celebrate the day! And keep in mind... hey, are you listening? You there, you pack of wheezing slaggards, are you hearing me? Good!

As I was saying, keep in mind it is St. Patrick's Day, so there is a very good chance that we might run into some Leprechauns out here on the Island, looking for some mischief. Don't you listen to nothing they be wanting to whisper in yer ears! I mean it! They'll turn you green and laugh while you sit crying!

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 7

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 7 Look down! The other thing I learned, from another smart person, is to look down! When walking on a nature trail like this, with so much to see, one really must look up, and look down, and look all around! Otherwise, we might have missed these raccoon tracks.

Ahhh, I remember when my dear Grandparents would take me on walks in the woods, teaching me all about nature and bird watching and being quiet so I could see the wild things. It was magical!

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 6

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 6 Look up! That's what a smart person I know once told me. Look up! People forget this all the time. We tend to observe in a cone somewhere around eye level. But don't forget to look up. That's where eagles fly! That's where clouds go drifting by. That's where woodpeckers and owls are found in trees. That where you'll see nests of hummingbirds and bees.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 5

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 5 Meet Frank and Ethel, they came out to walk the nature trail 13 years ago, and they loved it so much, they never left! That's right. People come out and bring them food, and rumor has it, Frank has a fishing pole stashed somewhere, so he can fish at night. During the day they hunt for the illusive Ivory Billed Woodpecker. I've heard him out there, but never seen him.

Just one note, when we catch up to them and make the introductions... if you are holding a candy bar or energy bar or other such snack in your hand, be ready to give it up. Face it people, those two are probably HUNGRY!

Pssst... just between you and me... I would LOVE to run away and live out there on the island. What an awesome place!
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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 4

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 4 Look, look, look!!! (much gesticulating and pointing of hands in an upward motion) Ahhhh, there you go, that's why we're here. Well, except for the guy who had to taste the berries. Look at that beautiful view, what a picture indeed.

What you see before you is a nesting pair of Osprey. The one on the branch to the left is obvious, but if you look closely at the nest (click the image above to see a larger version, or click here to see a REALLY big picture), you can see the head of another just above the edge of the sticks.

At this point I would like to remind you all that the Osprey's main food source is fish. So whoever it is that I have been smelling since we met in the parking lot, you know who you are, the one who smells like a bait shack, I recommend you keep a low profile. Don't wiggle too much, eh?

ps: IS IT FRIDAY YET????
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 3

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 3 Now... please, please, please, don't go all Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory on me, OKAY?!?! We've already lost one hiker who could not resist tasting the pretty white berries. But know this: There are no Oompa-Loompas here to save you! Alright now, ready to move on then? Good.

When you see scrub areas like this one, enjoy them sensibly. We are quite safe on the path, for the most part, so please stay on the path. When you go off the trail, you intrude into the area that is preserved for the wildlife here. You may be tempted to strike out into the scrub for a closer look at an armadillo, but you may also end up with a way-too-close look at a rattlesnake. Yes, they do live out here on the island. So let's respect their space, and I assure you, they will respect ours.


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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 2

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail 2 Alright everyone, let's stick together, shall we? You there! Stop that! No!

"Ack.. phhllppphhh... ack... aassssspppppllllttthhhhhh..."

Oh bother! Does anyone know the number for nine-one-one? As I was going to say... NO EATING THE BERRIES! I'm afraid our little hike on the Honeymoon Island Nature Trail is off to a sad start, and shall be delayed slightly. (Sorry, no refunds for eating the berries!)
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Monday, March 10, 2008

Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail

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Dunedin, Florida: Honeymoon Island Nature Trail Ready to go for a walk? It's a nice walk, not much of a hike, but enough to stretch your legs and get some fresh air.

Come with me, c'mon, I'm going to show you a piece of Dunedin that a lot of people don't see. This is the Nature Trail on Honeymoon Island. It's only something like a mile long. Don't worry, we won't do it all in one day. We have plenty of time. Just get some good walking or hiking shoes on, grab your camera if you have one. A little water and a snack, and we're ready.
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