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Tag Archives: Kodak Moment
Restaurants – Sarasota wiki vacation part 5
This is part five of the Sarasota Wiki Vacation series. This trip to the Sarasota barrier islands yielded a large number of pictures which I’ve added to various Wikipedia articles. The unusually-long post I wrote became too long and unfocused. It is about 90 pages long. I am now breaking it up into specific posts by location and theme.
This one is about restaurants we we stumbled upon in this trip. I loved them, and their food. In the order we visited them: Mar Vista, Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar and Ophelia’s on the Bay. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, Travel
Tagged Ana Maria, Beach, Dolphin, food, Gourmet, Kodak Moment, Longboat Key, osprey, Panorama, photos, restaurants, Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota Keys, seagulls, seared tuna, Shucking, Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Steamed Oyster, stone crab, Sunset, Travel pictures, Turtle Beach, White Sand Beach, Wiki Vacation
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Siesta Key – Sarasota wiki vacation part 4
This is part four of the Sarasota Wiki Vacation series. This trip to the Sarasota barrier islands yielded a large number of pictures which I’ve added to various Wikipedia articles. The unusually-long post I wrote became too long and unfocused. It is about 90 pages long. I am now breaking it up into specific posts by location and theme.
This one is about Siesta Key. We visited three beaches on this barrier island: Siesta Beach, Crescent Beach and Turtle Beach. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, Travel
Tagged Beach, Crescent Beach, Florida, Kodak Moment, Lido Beach, lifeguard station, paddleboarding, Panorama, photos, Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota Keys, seagulls, Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Sunset, Travel pictures, Turtle Beach, White Sand Beach, Wiki Vacation
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Lido Key – Sarasota wiki vacation part 3
This is part three of the Sarasota Wiki Vacation series. This trip to the Sarasota barrier islands yielded a large number of pictures which I’ve added to various Wikipedia articles. The unusually-long post I wrote became too long and unfocused. It is about 90 pages long. I am now breaking it up into specific posts by location and theme.
This one is about our trip to Lido Key, comprising an ecotour in the morning of the Sarasota Bay and its red mangrove trees, and a visit to the Lido Beach in the afternoon. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, Travel
Tagged Beach, cormarant, Dolphin, egret, Florida, Kayaking, Kodak Moment, Lido Beach, Lido Key, lifeguard station, Lobster roll, Longboat Key, Manetee, osprey, Panorama, photos, Red Mangrove, Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota Keys, seagulls, Travel pictures, White Sand Beach, Wiki Vacation
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Anna Maria Island – Sarasota wiki vacation part 1
This is part one of the Sarasota Wiki Vacation series. This trip to the Sarasota barrier islands yielded a large number of pictures which I’ve added to various Wikipedia articles. The unusually-long post I wrote became too long and unfocused. It is about 90 pages long. I am now breaking it up into specific posts by location and theme. This one is about Anna Maria Island, also known as the Anna Maria Key, where we explored Coquina Beach, Cortez Beach, and marveled at cast-net fishing at beautiful sunset.
Sarasota, Florida 2017 – an iPhone Wiki Vacation
Here is the latest installment of my series of Wiki Vacation posts, from a short stay in Sarasota, Florida. The timing could not have been better – daytime temperature was around 85˚F. Not too hot – a quick application of sunscreen was good enough for walking on the beach all day long. And not chilly – Gulf water was warm enough for swimming.
The range of day trips covered Siesta Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key, Ana Maria Island, and Sarasota City itself. Activities included paddleboarding by the beach, tunneling through red mangrove trees on kayaks, looking at manatees at the aquarium, and marveling at the world’s largest miniature circus at the Ringling museum. It’s amazing that we managed to visit 7 beaches in just a few days: Coquina Beach, Cortez Beach, Lido Beach, Siesta Beach, Crescent Beach and Turtle Beach. In addition, we also packed fine dinning into this busy schedule. For lazy people who woke up every morning to look at a tourist map gotten at the airport before figuring out where to go, this trip was a resounding success. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, Travel
Tagged 1:16 scale model circus, Airplane ad banner, Ana Maria, Aquarium, Beach, Cà d'Zan, Cast Net, Cast Net Fishing, Coquina Beach, cormarant, Cortez Beach, Crescent Beach, Dolphin, egret, Florida, jet ski, Kayaking, Kodak Moment, Lido Beach, Lido Key, lifeguard station, Lobster roll, Longboat Key, Manetee, miniature circus, osprey, paddleboarding, Panorama, photos, Red Mangrove, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota Keys, seagulls, Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, snorkeling, Steamed Oyster, stone crab, Sunset, The Howard Bros. Circus, Travel pictures, Turtle Beach, White Sand Beach, Wiki Vacation, World's Largest Miniature Circus
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Wiki Vacation 2009: Trunk Bay
This is a mini-post, a part of the Wiki Vacation series of posts from my tour of the US Virgin Islands in 2009. The trip to Trunk Bay was our first visit to Saint John, and was limited to half a day, where we went with family and friends. Our second trip to Saint John followed a few day after, where we went alone, documented on the post on Caneel Bay. Continue reading
Wiki Vacation 2009: Caneel Bay
I dug up more Wiki Vacation pictures from my 2009 to Caneel Bay, following the first in the series from the trip back to Taiwan. Caneel Bay is a resort on the northwest side of St. John, one of the US Virgin Islands, with seven private, picturesque beaches. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, Travel
Tagged Kodak Moment, snorkeling, Sunset, Travel pictures, Wiki Vacation
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Hot Air Balloons in Search of a Landing Site
Flipping through pictures on my iPhone, I found a few interesting ones taken in August 2015. They were from an unexpected encounter with hot air balloons while I was visiting Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It turned out that they were from a balloon ride tour agency with a misleadingly official name, The United States Hot Air Balloon Team. Nonetheless, I found the ground crew to be professional, and the pilot to be knowledgeable and helpful. I uploaded some of these pictures to Wikimedia, as I often do with useful pictures taken in my free time. Continue reading
Posted in Photography, RC Planes, Travel
Tagged Bird-in-Hand, Hot Air Ballooon, Kodak Moment, Landing, Pennsylvania, Travel pictures
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