Finally! A warm day here in the panhandle of Florida. After all those freezing temperatures, the 60′s today seemed downright hot. And that made it a good day for an outing….in the outdoors. One of the best places to go is the Tallahassee Museum, aka, Junior Museum. Most of the time when we go to the museum, seeing the animals is hit or miss ; some are in hiding, either from the heat or sun or just from the people. And of course we expect that and have a great time at the museum anyway since there are others things to do. But today, I guess the temperatures were just right because the animals were all out and moving around. We saw all of the foxes, two out and roaming about in their habitat, and two others curled up in a tree. And the usually elusive skunks were out, sniffing and scratching the ground. And judging from the smell, there was some kind of activity that the skunks didn’t like! As usual the black bears were curled up and asleep, their noses twitching as we stood there looking at them. The panthers were pacing their enclosure, but closer than they have ever been to the front of their area. The alligator was sunning himself.
We started out by taking a brisk walk along the nature trail which goes by the old Murat homestead and sinkholes, and the lakes that border the museum. Florida is really nice at this time of year….no ticks, no mosquitoes, pretty much no bugs at all after the big freeze. Then we strolled through the animal habitats and finished with a walk through the farm area. Our favorite pig was sleeping. The geese were fighting, and the rest of the farm animals wanted petting…but since the might bite, we don’t.
A good day! The Tallahassee Museum is really one of my favorite places to go.
