Blue Spring State Park

A couple of years ago, the family took a spring break trip to Florida.  One of the places that we stopped and enjoyed was Blue Spring State Park.  This is one of the places that manatees winter due to the warm water that stays at a constant 73 degrees year round.  During the coldest part of the winter, they are packed in there nose to tail.  There weren't quite that many when we were there, but there were a few, as well as, several alligators, turtles, lots of birds and some really huge fish.  Check out the slideshow from the trip.

The GPS coordinates for the park are 28.948935,-81.340318
More information about the park can be found at https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Blue-Spring

An Island Vacation

A couple of years back, the family took a vacation trip to Put-in-Bay, Ohio located on South Bass Island on the western basin of Lake Erie.  In spite of seeing more golf carts in any one location than anywhere else on earth, it was a great getaway.  We camped at the South Bass Island State Park and lucked into a site right on the water's edge where we got some excellent pictures.  Check out the slideshow on my Youtube channel.

The GPS coordinates for the park are 41°38'39.1"N 82°50'18.8"W and more information about Put-in-Bay and South Bass Island can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put-in-Bay,_Ohio

Kinzua Dam Video Slideshow

A Trip to Kinzua Dam

The family and I hit the road for a weekend trip to Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania last fall.  While we were there we found a really cool place that lets you see Kinzua Lake from a different perspective.  It took two side roads, a dirt road and a bit of hiking to reach it, but the view was well worth it.

More information about Kinzua Dam can be found at Wikipedia.

The GPS coordinates of the overlook are 41.850891, -78.982258 and the location is known as Jake's Rocks.  The rest of the photos from the trip can be found on the Kinzua Dam page.

Don't Mess with Mother Nature

Well, the "Witches of November" are blowing us around here in Northeastern Ohio.  This is the kind of weather that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald.  Here is a video that shows the majesty and power of Mother Nature.

Give a girl a camera....

and who knows what will happen.  My 14 year old daughter loves to take pictures and she is developing quiet an eye.  I've put together a video of some of her work.  Check it out!

I've also posted some of her pictures on her own page here on the blog - Jenna's Work.

Welcome!

Hello, everyone!  Welcome to my blog.  I hope to share my love of nature and photography with you by posting pictures and info on the places that my family and I find in our travels.  We love to find cool, out-of-the-way hidden places and share them with others.

This picture was taken on the shore of the Conneaut Creek, not too far from our home in Ohio.  My son and I were on a Boy Scout camp out and this was the scene that greeted us when we woke up.