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Here we are, sleeping on the floor in front of the fire,
our last night in Massachusetts.
"Jerrold Patz" Jerrold Patz & Naimah Zakaria sleeping on the
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This is some of the detritus from
the housecleaning; a 5 cubic yard dumpster containing over 3 US tons (2,730
kilos) of stuff. |
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Florida - The Sunshine State.
This commemorative marker was in St. Augustine Florida. It marks the site of
the first permanent European settlement in the
United States in 1565. |
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Florida welcomed us with our own, customized
directions. |
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This is the Jacksonville skyline as seen from the museum on the south bank
of the river. The Jacksonville Landing, a city mall, is in front of the
taller buildings. |
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This is a close-up of the Modis Building's odd base
architecture, and the Main Street Bridge on the far right. The Jacksonville
Landing is the red-roofed building on the left. |
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This is the townhouse that we bought when we came to Florida, an end unit, bordering the trees. It is a three bedroom, three
bathroom, up/down house. That's our northern kitchen and dining room windows.
That's also our Subaru Outback.
Pictures of our new Florida
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This is a picture of our living room with furniture taken from the
2nd Floor balcony and us in the living room. |
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Jerrold Patz in his new office in
the upstairs of the townhouse. Notice the two flat panel
monitors.
"Jerrold Patz" |
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This is a view of the compound's pond, fountain, and
clubhouse. You can just make out the pool between the fountain and
clubhouse. |
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This is the lighthouse on TYBEE
ISLAND, a barrier island off the coast of Savannah Georgia. (see history
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This plaque outlines some of the history of the Tybee
Lighthouse. |
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Naimah at the top of the Tybee Lighthouse, the
Atlantic Ocean is behind her. |
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Who would have thought that Florida had a small town
named "HAVANA"? |
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This is the beginning of a beautiful sunset into
the Gulf of Mexico, at Indian Rocks Beach, Clearwater . |
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The Wonderworks Museum in Orlando (where Disney, Sea World, and Universal
are) makes one stop and think. The building appears to be completely
inverted.
picture upside-down
building inverted building |
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On our visit to Busch Gardens
in Tampa we saw scimitar oryxes, rhinos, and, look carefully, a hippo
swimming underwater.
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hippopotamus (hippopotamous) rhinoceros oryx flamingo
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The University of Tampa provides an unusual skyline
item with its Moorish revival architecture featuring minarets, domes, and
cupolas. This main building was the former Tampa Bay Hotel built in 1891.
picture onion dome moorish
dome, minaret |

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Naimah riding a carousel (Merry-go-Round) in Busch
Gardens. |
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