Tallahassee, Florida with Mom

Mommy and I went up to Tallahassee for 4H Day at the Capital. We had a fun car ride up and then went to the Tallahassee Museum for some fun. We hiked a nature trail full of native Florida animals.

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I was fascinated with this flight simulator. You ran your arms along the bars and it showed how a birds wings fly forward and backwards during flight.

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I loved the black bear. Just as Mom went to take a picture it curled up to take a nap. It is by the second tree on the right by the top of my head.

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My absolute favorite thing in the park was the white squirrels! They were awesome.

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This area can be completely flooded parts of the year. You can see the water line on the trees.

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There were really neat dinosaur sculptures made from old car parts all over the park.

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We checked out the snakes.

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I liked being a bat!

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After the nature park we went to a video arcade. I didn’t want to play any games but they mad a mining sleuth.

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I like looking for fossils and gems.

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The next day we walked to the state capital. I was one of the youngest people there.

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We enjoyed a long tour of the capital and area. This was the Florida Vietnam Memorial.

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We visited the Florida History Museum. This was my favorite part of the day. I loved the old typewriter.

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We had lunch in the courtyard of the capital.

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I opted to hunt for bugs versus listening to the speakers.

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There were over 600 people at the event.

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I am in the bottom right hand corner.

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They had activities that we could do while we waited around. I loved making a garden in a glove.

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We went to the top of the capital building. It was 22 floors up.

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I took a seat in the old senate and decided that I would not want to sit in the room long. It was boring and the chairs were very uncomfortable.

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We had a great time in Tallahassee.

Photos for 4-H

I took these photos a few weeks ago at Brooker Creek Preserve before one of our 4-H club meetings. Dad played tripod while I framed the shot and took the picture (it was Dad’s big camera so I needed help with its weight). I’ve mounted these and am showing them at the 4-H Night of the Arts.

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