Botanical Gardens & Biodome

Last month, I spent a weekend at Jared & Shanna's and we went to the Botanical Gardens and the Biodome (we also watched a bunch of movies and all that other sibling bonding stuff!).

The topiary gardens were gorgeous. This one was based on Hachi. :)

The fall colors were also really gorgeous.

Olympic Stadium. Sadly nothing really goes on there anymore.

One of the many greenhouses!

They had Bonsai trees up to 100 years old!

The Japanese lanterns! We saw them at night last year. :)

This one called "The Tree of Life" was the biggest. The detail was incredible.

The next day we were off to the Biodome!

Turkey vulture!

I love the flamingos.

We actually saw a beaver there! Every single time I've gone, they were hiding.

Pretty lynx!

Puffins!!!

The penguins are always my favorite part. Best for last.

It was a great weekend!

The December Photo Project starts tomorrow.. See you then! :)

(P.S. This was my 200th post!)

Off Cruising Day 3 - Turks & Caicos

Monday we stopped at our first port: Grand Turk!

Before we had breakfast and got off the ship, we watched the sunrise from our balcony.

Capturing the sunrise with my dad.

After breakfast, we got off the ship for a day by the beach!

The ship was directly in front of us when we docked.

This is when we left my dad to sunbathe while Wendy and I went on our excursion haha.

While Wendy and I were waiting to go on our excursion, we walked around looking at the shops and all the touristy stuff. :)

After a few minutes, we were off on our stingray excursion on a boat to Gibbs Cay!

The water was so unbelievably turquoise there - it was just gorgeous.

Stingray! Wendy and I got to hold and kiss them, and we even got a back massage from them. It was definitely an experience. We got pictures taken.... but bright me decided to forget about picking those up. You know when I remembered about them? When the ship was on its way to the next port... yeah, a bit too late to be running back. Or swim, rather.

Wendy and I! Definitely a favorite picture of mine. :)

The conch shell display was pretty cool.

Cool looking rocks near the shore.

Seagulls! I love photographing these guys.

I had fun capturing the waves hitting the rocks, let me tell you.

When we got back to our cabin after dinner, this little guy was waiting for us! I still have yet to figure out what animal he is... any guesses? Either way, he's pretty cute with his cruising hat and sunglasses.
Well. That concludes day 3! Day 4 is the Dominican Republic, which I will be blogging about next!