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The beach is so beautiful and it looks thoroughly relaxing. I can't believe the weather might get bad as the sky is such a gorgeous blue in your photos. Can't wait for more pictures of the gardens.
Finally caught up again! I visited West Palm Beach when I was a teen, but I had no input on what we saw, so I missed most of what you did! Sorry you lost some of your photos. I'm always worried that I'll lose my photos. Love your pictures of the Flagler Museum, that's my favorite of what you've seen so far, but everything is terrific (except for the snobs ). Ready for more!
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Beautiful pictures of the beach and gardens. Look so beautiful. I hope it didn't start raining while you were at the gardens. Looking foward to more of your pictures of the gardens.
I am all caught up again, boy did I miss alot! I have loved traveling with you in this TR and so very glad DH1 has chimed in. Can't wait to hear more from the both of you!
Just caught up on all 16 pages whew! Too many things to mention but as always an enjoyable TR. Looking forward to the garden photos. I loved the photo of the red flowers with the little white centres. Not something we have in our northern climate.
As we walked, we kept hearing what sounded like the buzz of power lines. We finally saw a gardener at the rock garden, who was raking it perfectly and asked her about it. She explained that the noise we could hear was crickets, which was interesting and something I have never heard before
I have heard that same sound since I was a kid and always thought it was the power lines surging with electricity. you like an "electrical flush" a surge of power usage. I was surprised to find out later in life that it was some type of Insect that makes that sound. But even though I know that now, I still think its electricity.
Love all your Photos and seeing where you have been, can't wait to see more.
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Wednesday 16 December – part two: exploring the Japanese gardens of Florida
The tour takes you through lots of different types of Japanese gardens. They’re not specifically styled after anything in Japan itself, they’re more representative of types of gardens. It was fascinating to see all of them and we took our time, getting lots of photos and especially of the two of us, thanks to our tripod. That was a great purchase and proved to be really useful this vacation.
At the entrance to the gardens tour A turtle sighting Looking back at the entrance complex The Shinden Garden from the Heian Period, around the 9th to the 12th centuries Bamboo Grove Taking a much-needed break The Paradise Garden, from the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods, the 13th and 14th centuries Shishi Odoshi – this is known as the “deer chaser”, as the sound produced when the bamboo strikes together is meant to startle wild animals away from the garden The early rock garden, from the early Muromachi period, the 14th century The late rock garden, from the late Muromachi to the early Edo period, 16th to 17th centuries Hiraniwa Flat Garden, from the Edo period, 17th to 18th centuries Modern romantic garden, Meiji Period, late 19th to early 20th centuries The Nelson Family Memorial Garden, which was designed by Norman Nelson in memory of his son Dan. They both worked on the Morikami Gardens in its early years. The Morikami Memorial to George Sukeji, donor of Morikami Park
Beautiful pictures Cheryl. Those pictures of you and Mark are great and I love the Rock Garden shots. I've never been there before. I'll have to ask my mom if she's ever been there as it's beautiful and she loves flowers. More please.
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They are about $25 -$30 a day. I've seen people get all set up only to get kicked out when the cabana boy comes along asking for money 
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