Show us what you see!!!

[Thermobrett]

Made it to Gatorland today with the kids. I skipped zip lining this time as I already did it twice but the kids did it. Saw some pretty big water lizards. Have to say I HATE Orlando in the winter…

 

[BigN8]

curious if you tracked your stats with the epic pass gps tracking app? or if you used ski tracks? i saw a pic or two last year from ski tracks app. i can't tell if the epic app shows speed?

Ski tracks. It shows and tracks a lot more than Epic. But I think Epic still runs somehow in the background because it shows my total vert feet

 

[Thermobrett]

Hit the Florida Aquarium yesterday with the kids. Tarpon is on my bucket list to catch and they were taunting me.

 

[2kwik4u]

Buddies took me out to celebrate the new position and life changes.......One of them wore this.....we tried, but not sure we succeeded.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Hit the Florida Aquarium yesterday with the kids. Tarpon is on my bucket list to catch and they were taunting me.
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This must have been you!

 

[Thermobrett]

This must have been you!

Only in florida…

 

[Coult45]

Pretty good luck spotting some eagles on Onondaga Lake this afternoon. Should get some better shots if the sun ever comes out. And eventually most of the lake will freeze over, and the eagles will fish in the limited open water at the south end of the lake near a great lookout point.

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

@Coult45, I truely enjoy seeing your pictures of bald eagles. They really are majestic birds of prey. I sometimes forget, however, that they are also scavenger. Saw a pair myself the other day while out drIrving and they were chowing down on a deer carcass in a field. The same carcass I saw some vultures feeding on the day before.

Jim

 

[Coult45]

You got that right, @Jim_in_Delaware …and Ben Franklin tried to warn us…

The story about Benjamin Franklin wanting the National Bird to be a turkey is just a myth. This false story began due to a letter Franklin wrote to his daughter criticizing the original eagle design for the Great Seal, saying that it looked more like a turkey. In the letter, Franklin wrote that the “Bald Eagle...is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly…[he] is too lazy to fish for himself.”

About the turkey, Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.” So, although Benjamin Franklin defended the honor of the turkey against the bald eagle, he did not propose it become one of America’s most important symbols.

They are beautiful, though. Great photography subjects. And patient. They’ll wait for someone else to do the hard work, then move in to take what they can. Here are a couple of cool pics I’ve taken that demonstrate that, although I’ve probably posted both before. To be fair, they’re great fishermen when they feel like it.

Out on the ice last February…



And on a nearby lake a few years ago…

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

You got that right, @Jim_in_Delaware …and Ben Franklin tried to warn us…

The story about Benjamin Franklin wanting the National Bird to be a turkey is just a myth. This false story began due to a letter Franklin wrote to his daughter criticizing the original eagle design for the Great Seal, saying that it looked more like a turkey. In the letter, Franklin wrote that the “Bald Eagle...is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly…[he] is too lazy to fish for himself.”

About the turkey, Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.” So, although Benjamin Franklin defended the honor of the turkey against the bald eagle, he did not propose it become one of America’s most important symbols.

They are beautiful, though. Great photography subjects. And patient. They’ll wait for someone else to do the hard work, then move in to take what they can. Here are a couple of cool pics I’ve taken that demonstrate that, although I’ve probably posted both before. To be fair, they’re great fishermen when they feel like it.

Out on the ice last February…

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And on a nearby lake a few years ago…

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Great pictures as always! Interesting clarification about Ben Franklins views on these two birds!

I watched a bald Eagle sit atop a very tall dead tree next to the lake watching an Osprey as it flew back and forth over the lake hunting for fish, once Osprey had caught a fish the bald Eagle dove off of its perch and harangued the Osprey until it dropped the fish then the bald Eagle swooped down and grabbed the fish… reminds me of certain people and governmental confiscatory taxation policies that prey on the fruits of others peoples labor and pick at the dead carcasses of past contributors.

 

[BigN8]

Holy Jet Wash Batman!!!

Woman dies from 'genital rupture' after falling off a jet-ski driven by her husband and being hit by a powerful blast of water as he accelerated away | Daily Mail Online

 

[Neutron]

Holy Jet Wash Batman!!!

Woman dies from 'genital rupture' after falling off a jet-ski driven by her husband and being hit by a powerful blast of water as he accelerated away | Daily Mail Online

Thats why there are warning lables on the back of jet powered watercraft

 

[BigN8]

Thats why there are warning lables on the back of jet powered watercraft

Thanks Mr. Coach Obvious...

 

[TommyMcK]

26N vs 39N Jan 24

 

[drewkaree]

Just gonna leave this right here... ‍

 

[zipper]

26N vs 39N Jan 24
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Nice place to park a catamaran!

 

[zipper]

Took the big chainsaw, a Husky 575XP w/ 24" bar, for a walk in the woods yesterday to cut deadfalls off the mains, laying on the ground from the last storm, before they get burried and frozen to the ground. You can see the main down, at the top of ridge, above the saw.



A dead butternut tree


A pretty decent buck rubbed here.


I took out the bridge that the squirrel and coyote were using to get over a wet area.

Anyway, just trying to get my lines up before they get burried.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

26N vs 39N Jan 24
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Been living at 26N 81W for 20 some years......ain't going anywhere

 

[Babin Farms]

I’m no electrician but I’ll occasionally play the part. Trying to find an intermittent gremlin in here.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I’m no electrician but I’ll occasionally play the part. Trying to find an intermittent gremlin in here.
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I’m going to bet that is one of those relays….. what is your intermittent problem?