States Visited- Laurel

With the Carolinas, Laurel has now visited 28 of the 50 United States:

 



A Wheelchair Guide Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Florida 

August 2014

 

We spent several afternoons at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge while we spent a week in south Florida. It was hot, but we still enjoyed a quick stroll along the nice accessible boardwalk. We saw one alligator and one snake in the wild. Both girls loved the interactive visitor center, especially the animal exhibits, virtual airboat ride and the nighttime sounds in the swamp dark room.  

 

(More pictures can be found here)



One of the Days I Almost Died

Somewhere in Georgia

 

Thanksgiving 2001

 

My Thanksgiving 2001 story actually starts back in July of that year. We were in Jacksonville for a few days to check out the housing market. We were living in Edgewater, FL and I had a job interview in Jacksonville. We had decided that we needed to live closer to a big city for Kellisa's health care. The night before the interview, I had severe pain and thought I had food poisoning. It got so bad that I drove myself to the emergency room. I spent most of the night at the hospital being diagnosed with an ulcer which made a lot of sense considering all the uncertainty and stress in our lives at the time.   (Read the rest of the story here)

 



A Wheelchair Guide to Daggerwing Nature Centure

Palm Beach County, FL

August 2014

 

 

 

 

The girls enjoyed an afternoon at the Daggerwing Nature Center in Boca Raton, FL learning about the native wildlife. The enjoyed the hands-on exhibits and live animals, including a snake presentation.

 
 
(More pictures from Daggerwing Nature Center)

 



A Wheelchair Guide to the Cathy Burdett Nature Trail

Daggerwing Nature Center

Palm Beach County, FL
August 2014

 
 
 

We managed to escape the congestion of Palm Beach County for a nice little hike at the Daggerwing Nature Center.  The Cathy Burdett Nature Trail was fully accessible and a pleasant walk. It was blistering hot with little shade, so we did not linger on the trail.