And here's a list of activities for a week in Southwest Florida for newbies. The planetarium and manatees, Skyspace, Edison laboratory, and the Circus Museum are awesome! Wouldn't necessarily do them all, but you get the idea. Oh yeah, there's also the beach and sunset picnic BBQs. Chris, the guy who set up the observatory and did the presentations at Starview, wrote one of the planetarium presentations.
Music lecture: $7 http://sillsarasota.org/
Ringling Mansion & Museums: $25 http://www.ringling.org/CadMansion.aspx
Classical Movie at Asolo Theater: $7 http://www.ringling.org/HistoricAsoloTheater.aspx
Boat Tour on Sarasota Bay: $22 or $25 (Sunset Tour) http://www.lebargetropicalcruises.com/ (2 alternates: sailing (they sail) @$55 or canoe/kayaking @$56)
MOTE Aquarium $19 http://www.mote.org/index.php?submenu=AQUARIUM http://www.mote.org/index.php?submenu=AQUARIUM&src=gendocs&ref=0001Aquarium Landing&category=Aquarium &src=gendocs&ref=0001AquariumLanding&category=Aquarium
Selby Gardens: $17 (There's a watercolor exhibition at Selby this week) http://www.selby.org/gardens/marie-selby-botanical-gardens (wheelchairs available)
Planetarium: $16 http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/
Cosmos Lecture: Free http://www.flickr.com/photos/manatee_county_public_library/8249893053/
Edison/Ford museum & laboratory tour: $12 http://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/
Everglades 10K island wildlife (birds, manatees & alligators) or mangrove wilderness airboat tours: $31 or $42 each
http://evergladesnationalparkboattoursgulfcoast.com/index.php
Myakka River State Park Tours: Tram or airboat, $12 each http://www.myakkariver.org/index.php/activities-a-attractions/airboat-tour
Lippenzan Stallions Rehearsals: $5 http://hlipizzans.com/index.htm
Skyspace at Sunset: $5 http://www.ringling.org/Events2.aspx?id=11576
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From: Chuck S [mailto:chucksim@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:22 PM To: 'Under the Stars' Subject: RE: [UTS] Today
One year I had to tuck in all the tropical plants with blankets for the night, or they would die. "Sleep tight, but no, you don't get a good night kiss!"
Open invite to anyone wanting a reprieve for a week or so!
Chuck
From: UTS [mailto:uts-bounces@starmanet.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Jividen Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:14 PM To: Under the Stars Subject: Re: [UTS] Today
Around 33 here in PDX...about as cold as it ever gets here. 75 sounds pretty nice right about now! And I'll be back in UT later this week. At least the new Adobe building in Lehi has a fireplace! :)
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
No, you're absolutely right. Though I was there one time when the oranges were freezing on the trees, usually FL's cold is not a deep nor severe. We're having below average temperatures right now and it's not even getting above 32 in the daytime. It made it difficult to do the birthday suit walk on my birthday that I wanted to do.
25 right now, going to 27....maybe....if we're lucky
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From: chucksim@mindspring.com Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:01:52 -0500
To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Today
Ah, cold is such a relative thing. Would you rather 60 degrees in Florida or something freezing in Washington?? :)
At least it's a change of pace for a week.
71 right now, going to 75 today....
Happy New Year, everyone!
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On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
Except I've been cold in Florida! And didn't you just tell me if I wanted to visit nudist resorts near Tampa in February to expect less than stellar weather? :)
Effie
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From: chucksim@mindspring.com Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:53:33 -0500 To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Today
I can solve the "hating cold" situation for you. Come on down! <Big grin>
Happy Birthday, Effie! Your parents' planned well, getting a year's tax deduction for one day's existence!
Chuck
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On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Todd,
Thanks for thinking of me. Other than being cold, it was a good day. Have I ever told you how much I *hate* cold! ;)
Effie
From: starman@pobox.com Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:31:54 -0800 To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: [UTS] Today
Happy Birthday, my dear friend Effie! I'm glad we've been friends all
these years. Hope you had a great day!
-- Sent from my Android tablet with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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