Back in Bradenton FL

     I know Laura went over that we are back on the road but it appears since she has turned 40 she is forgetting how to blog and how its supposed to be a daily thing, hehe. So to catch you up properly, we left Pine Island and spent a week in Bradenton FL at the apartment. While there, Laura found this great place on the Peace river where we could go and look for Megalodon and other fossilized teeth.

Fancy Tooth Finder

We traveled about 45 minutes due east of Bradenton and found a little campground and parking area right on the river outside Arcadia FL. The campground was ready for these eager tooth hunters as they sold us this wonderful sifter that you see here. While we didn't find any Megalodon teeth we did however come across several shark and ray teeth during our two hour excursion.

The Booty

This was a great half day trip and we recommend it to anyone coming to Florida on vacation, just watch out for the gators if you come in April/May.









Laura took the boys back to De Soto National Park because it was such a beautiful place.

How'd they get to be so sweet!!

   

     We also decided to watch another sunset on the Florida gulf coast before we headed west for the spring and summer. The thing I love about Florida, everyone near the beach stops and takes in the sunset every day that its visible. This is something that Laura and I have decided to do at least twice a week.

WOW!!

     Our last day before traveling west, Laura took Aiden to the Mott Aquarium, now Jacob was slated to go but he chose to be naughty and was stuck at home watching me work. Aiden was so excited to tell us about the Manatee's, Sharks and of course the Sea Turtles!

     This was a nice break before our long trek back west to see the wonders of New Orleans, San Antonio, Tuscon and of course the National Parks along the way.