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It’s Dinner Time in the Backyard.
I am very fortunate to be able to come home from work and watch the many critters who visit my yard for some corn or bird seed. In the Summer it is mainly the various species of birds at he feeder, a few squirrels, turkeys, rabbits or the annoying bear. Not many deer visit in…
Orange Walk, Belize, a quick drive through tour. February 15, 2015
And before we headed back to the Bird’s Eye view lodge, our driver, denver gave us a quick drive through tour of the agricultural town of Orange Walk. a sleepy town, with brightly painted houses. We then drove back the 30 some miles and got back just in time to catch a sunset. We drove…
Sugar and fuel from the same plant, sugar cane. Orange Walk Belize. February 15, 2015
After our boat ride, our driver gave us a tour of a local sugar cane plant where the not only process the cane into sugar products but also use the by products to produce fuel. Not a bad idea as long as they don’t cut down the jungles to raise more sugar cane. Learned a…
Pennsylvania Amish in Belize? No just their cousins, the Mennonites of Belize. February 15 2015
After our visit to Lamani we returned by boat down the New River. Although are return was much faster , we still got to take in the sights of the river including the Mennonite children who were happy to see us. The Mennonite community in Belize fled from Mexico and not contributes a great deal…
Lamanai Belize, learned and saw a lot of cool nature stuff at the Mayan ruins. 2/15/2015
Sorry no blog posts these past few days but been working on my photographs page. Still not finished but you can not comment on or share the photos with this post. I have been sharing my experiences from my recent visit to Belize. In my prior posts I shared our boat ride up the beautiful…
Lamanai Mayan Ruins Belize 2/15/2015
Some more thoughts on my visit to the ancient Mayan site of Lamanai. After an exciting boat ride up the New River we disembarked and had a nice lunch. We then toured the museum and learned a lot of the history of the Mayans who inhabited this area over 3500 years ago. Our guide introduced…
Lamanai, Belize getting there, a wonderful drive and boat ride up the New River. February 15 2015.
Can’t believe it’s already a week since I visited the Mayan ruins at Lamanai. Couldn’t upload a lot of photos in Belize so wanted to share them, and a little bit of my adventure to this ancient site. Lamanai means “submerged crocodile’ in Mayan and an appropriate name for this site located on a lagoon…
There’s no place to go, with all of the Snow.
Was a lot milder today in Northeastern Pennsylvania but still a lot of snow cover on the ground. We got another three inches yesterday and there were some higher drifts making walking anywhere in the woods very difficult. I really get cabin fever this time of year since I can’t just roam where ever feel…
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