Unger Squad: In the Wild....

(late post! This was from Thanksgiving)
Love our ventures when we come down to Gainesville to visit the Barnett-Pratts:) We go on hikes and search for creatures all over. From the lizards on the neighborhood walk to the horses on Paines Prairie to the gators at Alice Lake on campus. Ok so we were most successful with the lizards and gators. Not so lucky with the wild horses this year. Not for lack of trying or distance covered. Max was way disappointed about the horses but we picked up his spirits with gator sightings. The prairie was beautiful though. We saw a plethora of banana spiders, crickets, butterflies, even horse tracks-but no horses. After the prairie we went to the University of Florida campus. We had hoped to get on the football field and the track but everything was locked up tight. So we headed over to Alice Lake, a preserve on campus and found some huge turtles, lots of fish, cranes, and several alligators! Max didn't want to leave the gators. He was fascinated by their eye sockets and the fact that one was missing an arm. He made up stories about how that must have happened. On Saturday we visited the retired horse farm. Not wild horses, but horses just the same. Max's favorite was, Sly a blind retired police horse. My favorite was a 2000 lb retired police horse named, Graystoke who kept nudging me in the behind! So funny! The holiday would not have been complete without drama...in this case a visit to the ER by one Ms. Keelin, after falling onto her wrist while riding on a ripstick. This is not deterred her desire for said ripstick....and she promptly put it on the top of her Christmas List. Enjoy the venture pics....

xo~M