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Brukner Nature Center – Troy, Ohio
We selected Brukner Nature Center for a Presidents’ Day outing as it is reported to have Skunk Cabbage along its Swamp Boardwalk Trail and we were entering Skunk Cabbage season. Skunk Cabbage is the first wildflower to bloom in the new year in the Ohio River Valley, but there is none accessible close to our…
Dry Tortugas National Park – Florida
I have written many times about how the photographer loves when an outing marries history with nature – this was one of those adventures. This was the photographer’s and my fourth trip to Key West and the first without kids, and we had long ago decided that this was the time that we would bite…
The Flamingos of the Salt Works – Peyriac de Mer, France
We were doing day trips from our home base at Le Somail in the South of France, and on this day headed toward the Mediterranean coast. One stop was to hopefully see the native Great Flamingos at Saline de Peyriac de Mer. Saline de Peyriac dates to the thirteenth century. Water from the Mediterranean Sea…