This last weekend we visited a park about 45 minutes outside of Miami in a rural part of southern Florida. The Fruit & Spice Park is the only tropical botanical garden of its kind in the United States. The unique 35-acre public facility is owned and operated by the Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Department. The Park's tropical climate can be found nowhere else in the continental U.S. and hosts over 500 varieties of fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, and nuts, and other commercially important plant specimens from around the world. The Park showcases 125 varieties of mango, 75 varieties of bananas, 70 bamboo varieties, and numerous other exotic edibles. I plagiarized this paragraph from their website in case their are people that check for this stuff on blogger, yes I plagiarized.
Curtis and daddy goofing around. Curtis loves riding on Tony's shoulders, his new thing is licking Tony's ear and face as you can see on the left.
They had beautiful ponds around the park. The pond served as a perfect backdrop for a reflection picture of Curtis and Tony.
Family picture in the banana groves
Curtis just going with the flow of traffic
Grabbing a bite to eat before heading home
8 comments:
I can't believe how big Curtis is getting! So cute. Looks like a fun adventure- great you're out seeing the state.
Looks like fun! Can't wait for you guys to be back on the better coast :)
Tiffany, what's your email address?
How fun to explore Florida. Those bananas look amazing- cool pic. Its fun to see your pictures of Florida!
Hey Tiff- sorry that was Candace, I guess I published from my mom's blogger account =).
Tiff, you guys are always exploring (and with your little guy)! Commendable! Life to the fullest. Thanks for the vino suggestions on my blog too. The new hobby of mine "wine tasting" gives me a "niche" in my house now with Mike's going to school to be a chef. You know? Well...miss ya!
i love checking in on you guys this way. i'm glad you're enjoying florida but will you hurry up and come back? we miss you dearly. micah keeps saying "i wish tiff and tony were back." we can't wait for curtis to show jonas the ropes!
Tiffany have your considered a career in photography? Seriously? You're pictures are so great! I'm not just saying that to be nice, you have an eye! When do you come back, soon I thought?
i am loving your photos as well. very
interesting shots and makes me want to reach out and grab one of those bananas! wish we could be there to soak up some tropic but of course we
are also eager for you all to return to the northwest! the trees are starting to blossom! yahoo! can't beat the true seasons out here.
jode
Post a Comment