Homosassa Park

ANIME PICTURE OF THE DAY!

                                                                  HI chicken butt! :P

We all just got back from having a wonderful day! We all woke up this morning at 8:00am and prepared for our big day, making sandwiches, filling the cooler with two bags of ice and 2 drinks per person, as well as putting on sunscreen, i even brought along my sun hat just in case! We all got in the car at about 10:40 am, excited about the upcoming events that day had in store for us! We drove to Tarpon Springs which is a two hour drive there and back! Along the way Moses, Noah, and I talked about random stuff, like anime, weather, and video games, everyone was trying their best to keep my mind off of the fact that today marked my one week till departure to Washington, where I am to live with parents for the next two years plus attending college and seeking employment, i'm going to help my dad on dive jobs, yard work and stuff while I am living there as a way to repay him for taking me into his home and paying for my college and supplies while I live there! Anyways back on today's events, after two hours of driving we reached a wildlife reserve called, Homosasa Park, we found a shady parking space and headed the entrance to the park, before entering Moses, and I had Noah take a picture of us by cool mail box that had two manatees under it a mama manatee and a baby manatee! I think the picture turned out really well, after we had finished getting our picture taken we walked in the front entrance which was a information center/gift shop, we grabbed a map of the park and then went up to a desk to pay for tickets, after paying the person behind the desk gave up a stamp on our hands, and then we carried on into the park it was so cool they had all kinds of animals such ask, manatee, red foxes, gray wolves, a black bear, a reptile habitat that was full of snakes found in Florida and other states in the south. There was even a rattlesnake.... it freaked me out, i'm not a fan of snakes, but they did have turtles so that was good! We also saw barn owls, deer, a cougar, flamingos, swans, pelicans, a hippo, and alligators!!! It was so awesome and it was also my first time seeing a flamingo in person so that was pretty sweet! At about 3:00pm we were all really hungry so we went back to the car and took out our packed lunches and found a shady bench and ate up :3! After lunch we went back into the the informational center/gift shop and looked around the gift shop for a little bit. Then we all headed back to the car and  drove until we saw a sign for the sponge docks where fishermen sell their sponges to people! It is a pretty cool small town with neat little gift shops and Greek restaurants, as well as a hand made soap shop, and a Greek Bakery! We looked around at the cool shops for a while then Moses' mom told me to look for a farewell gift that will make me think of them when i'm back in Washington! It took me a while to find the right thing, but I did end up finding it and it was a breakable replica of two manatees swimming together it was so cute and I knew both of them adored manatees so I think it just fit  :)! I'm happy with my decision! Once Moses' mom had purchased my gift we all went to go find a restaurant to eat at and we found one with food we actually recognized so we went there and I got a chicken strip wrapped in Pitta bread and tomatoes, with some cheese fries while Moses and Noah got hamburgers and fries! It was a very special day that I will always remember with a big smile!!! Now here are some pictures of some of the things we saw/did today!!!