February 2014 in pictures

Random stuff...LOST Relay...birds

Funny!

Bob, my friend and mentor, took me flying.

My bird was very hungry.

During an early morning run, I had the privilege of seeing Manta Rays in the Peace River.  So graceful and so beautiful.

LOST Relay

Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail 118 miles but I only did half

I changed up meds and had great success.  Success=feel good, stay up all night without falling asleep, no nausea.  Scott and I ran around Lake Okeechobee

Me actually running during the LOST Relay.

Scott, my relay partner, looking bad ass.

Lake Okeechobee

Sue Anger is amazing.  She organizes volunteers for lots of Florida races.  She's really good at it too.

It got cold during the LOST race.  

I amused myself by wearing this outfit to the finish.  

This was on the bike path during the LOST race.  It cracked me up.

BIRDS

CC, a moluccan cockatoo, the sweetest bird you can imagine.

I braved getting Sam out and as I walked by, he repaid me by sneak biting me

One of our Super Star volunteers and Schmutzy, a Quaker.

November 2013 in pictures

Happy holidays!

It was a month filled with 3:30 wake up calls and long runs.  I dreaded it and enjoyed it all at the same time.  It was all in preparation for Ancient Oaks in Titusville, Florida on December 21.

Beautiful, foggy morning.  Peace River

Downtown Punta Gorda, Florida.  I love Christmas decoration and palm trees

Awesome haul during a run.  Webbing, CD (it worked), 3 Visa gift cards (they did not work), money, 4 range balls, a socket and some fishing line

Ran past the Spring Training place for the Tampa Bay Rays

The way to Cheerful is definitely not via S. Access in my world

I ran to Manasota Key one day

The Gulf of Mexico at Manasota Key.  It was a high surf day and very windy

This street was named after Heather N and I

I went down to Bird Gardens of Naples, an exotic bird sanctuary.  All of the birds here are unadoptable or downright dangerous.  Some viciously attack humans and some are handicapped.  I was lucky enough to be in a flight with some of them.  Very cool!!  Keri does an amazing job with these unadoptable birds and has saved them from being euthanized.  She has about 250 birds on property

This is a Goffin Cockatoo named Al Qaeda.  He's vicious and dismantles every cage he's put in.  Here he is seen attempting to dig out of his flight.  Bird Gardens of Naples 

These guys took up residence for a few weeks in my rain gauge.  At first, I was shaking them out because I was afraid they would die.  They kept coming back.

Sunrise over the Peace River

Pelican, Peace River

This 50 yard strip of trail is my ONLY trail on the vast majority of my  runs.  I'll take what I can get!

Found near I-75 on the road

Swiss Franc found during a run

Messing with my bird.  I like to keep him on his toes.