November started out not so nice for us and the girls. I got up one night and found Daisy had experienced diarrhea in the living room. This was the start of what would last several days. For the next two nights I sat up with her so I could take her out the many, many times she would have to go out. After three days it was no better so I took her to a vet at Petsmart.
She had an intestinal bacterial infection. Fortunately the meds prescribed were very effective. Then a few days later Piper had the same thing. Had to take her to the Petsmart vet too for meds. They both have always been bad for eating trash and poop (pardon my French). We think, after discussion with the vets, they are or tasted some duck poop. There are lots of ducks living at the lake bordering our apartment complex. One of the side walks I had been using runs along the lake, and it is frequently quite covered in lots of duck poop. Well, enough of that... they are better now and I make sure we avoid the duck poop.
Time for another outing.
Lane is always so good about having us go out for day trips. When we head out I really have no idea where we are going, but she had secretly done the research and come up with ideas, and I am always pleasantly surprised. The first week in November was no different. We headed over to the A-1-A road which generally runs north-south right along the Atlantic beach. We picked it up in Pompano Beach and headed north. A lovely, slow drive meandering through many small communities or towns that just flow one into the other. They seem to alternate between places where po-folks like us might live, and places that look like the mansion the Beverly Hillbillies lived in, jammed up along the beach.
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| Part of the A-1-A |
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| One of the many, not-to-shabby houses or mansions along the way. |
Then as we are riding along a less developed section of the A-1-A, Lane suddenly tells me to turn here, this is where we were going all along...
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| The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, in Boca Raton. |
This place is a nature center focusing on sea turtles. They also have numerous tanks for a wide variety of fish and aquatic life as well, but their primary claim to fame is their sea turtle rehab program. Injured or otherwise endangered sea turtles are brought here for medical care and rehabilitation. If the turtle becomes well enough, it is eventually returned to the wild.
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| One of the buildings sheltering some tanks. |
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| A barracuda trolling among the other fish. |
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| You're gonna need a bigger boat. |
There are also many walking trails through the grounds, allowing visitors to see the many varieties of plants and trees in the area.
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| The board walk through the grounds. |
One of the walk ways leads to a three story high observation tower which gives great 360 degree views
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| We saw quite a few of these guys just hanging around, doing their thing. |
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| Back along the walk way. |
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| Many of the trees have this elevated root system connecting them to the marsh. |
One of the walk ways led to a small beach along the waterway. We were the only ones there.
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| Yes, every outing gets a pic of the Travel Nurse and her devoted House-Boy. |
By the time we got home it was dark and time to take care of the little ones. Another great day in our Florida adventure.
More of November to follow...
"You can't explore it if you haven't ever been there."
Brian Hallman
