Where In The World Wednesday!

So you've figured out last week's mystery location, eh? 

That's right, it's "Canada" in Epcot's World Showcase!  Get up close and personal with our neighbor's to the north as this pavilion showcases the Rockies, Furriers, Trappers and Indians.  The landmark building you see is the "Hotel du Canada", patterned after the French Gothic design of the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.  There is a lot to enjoy at the Canada Pavilion including the beautiful Victoria Gardens, the Rocky Mountain Waterfalls and the Totem poles.  Canada's featured attraction is a 360 CircleVision film staring Martin Short, entitled "O Canada!".  This is one of the better 360 films, so don't miss it if you're there.  And speaking of "don't miss it"..."Le Cellier", Canada's sit-down steakhouse restaurant is one of our top 3 dining choices when in The World (probably Ralph's #1)!     

Are you ready for this week's clues?  There's only 3!  And off we go...

One of the best signs in The World! 

Me preparing for our mystery location...I always match (even when it's unintentional).

Ralph in our mystery location looking studly as ever. 

If you have a guess, post it in a comment!  I'll give you the answer next week.

Who's In Your Backyard?

One of my Christmas gifts from Ralph this past year was an outdoor mountable bird camera with night vision.  I realize it's May, but we only finally got it working (it helps to have the setting on picture instead of test).  We set it up next to the fence in our back yard.  When we saw the first set of photos it captured, we couldn't believe our eyes (I believe I may have even done a little happy dance)!  Here they are...

The Bird Cam captured mostly turkey photos since they are constantly in our backyard. 

It's awesome to have such close up photos of our gobbler friends since they are pretty skittish when we're near.

Birds of a feather flock together...



Turkey Butt!  I wish the camera would capture a picture of a Tom in strut.



Well, hello there!

The mystery visitor!  We're thinking maybe a raccoon?  Any guesses?

Here's a cat who Remy was hissing at through the window earlier that day. 

Apparently, he or she made the same rounds later that night. 
Better be careful, there's a lot of animals in these woods at night!

Deer Butt! Heading right to the side of the house for a middle of the night snack of my hostas. 

Hopefully we'll get a front view of the deer at some point!

I saved the best for last...yowza!!

That's our friend, Bernard.  I would prefer we stay long distance friends. 

And here is the real finale...look for it, look for it...squirrel tail!!

I love the Bird Cam!!!  More photos to come... 

Where In The World Wednesday!

Hello fellow Disneyphiles!  Last week's mystery location was probably fairly obvious to most "World" travelers.  But it gave me an excuse to share all of my great photos from one of my favorite Walt Disney World Attractions!  That's right, its...

It's "Kilimanjaro Safaris" in Animal Kingdom!  The closest thing to a real safari outside of Africa!  An absolute must-do when at Walt Disney World, you board a safari style jeep and travel through a 100 acre African Savannah!  Lions, elephants, giraffes...oh my!!  Many more amazing animals await you on this adventure, so make sure you don't forget your camera!  I've heard that the best time to ride is around 2-3pm, when the animals are getting ready to be brought into the barns for night.  But Ralph and I have always had great luck (as you can see from my photos) riding first thing in the morning as soon as the park opens for the day (especially with morning magic hours)!

Check out this video from one of our Kilimanjaro Safari experiences...

Are you ready for this week's mystery location?  I think it's time for an intermediate one, so put on your Mickey Ear thinking caps!

Look at this amazing building in our mystery location!

This quaint street scene is also in our mystery location.

Ralph found this stunner (or should I say stinker) in our mystery location.

Not to be outdone, I found this awesomely ferocious coon hat. 

It's almost hard to believe this gorgeous man-made wonder is also found in our mystery location
...ahh, the magic of Disney!

How would you like to take an afternoon stroll here?  You can in this week's mystery location!

Think you got it?  You'll have to wait til next week to find out for sure!!  Ta Ta For Now!

Where In The World Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!  It's time to visit the "happiest place on earth" (cheesy sounding but very true).  Ready?  Here we go! 

Last week's mystery location is..... (drum roll)....

It's the "Astro Orbiter"!!  A spaceship type ride located at the top of Future World in The Magic Kingdom.  You take an elevator up to the ride and then get in your "spaceship".  Once the ride starts you are able to control the height of your ship, moving it up and down at whim.  It offers amazing views of The Magic Kingdom and is supposed to be extra cool to ride at night.  Though it was enjoyable, it was a really long wait for a relatively short and simple ride (and Ralph wasn't thrilled with the heights).  So we probably wouldn't do this one again.

Who's that pilot?!

And now onto the clues for this week's mystery location...

This is actually one of my top 5 Favorite Attractions in The World, so I have a lot of photos!  Disney World regulars should recognize our location immediately.  If you've never been there before you might think we're in Africa (that is a good clue in itself)!

A sign as we enter our mystery location!

We are seeing Sable Antelope.  Notice how close we are to them by the sides of our vehicle appearing in the bottom of the photo.  



Greater Flamingos!  I love these beautiful birds!  If you look closely there's another type of bird in this photo.  That's right, it's a duck!  Ducks seem to pop up in every attraction at Walt Disney World since people continually feed them (though it's dangerous to the birds and not allowed). 



Warthogs!  That little guy in the front is Pumba, I believe. 

We are seeing Nile Hippopotamus.  Amazing and somewhat scary at the same time!

This photo shows 2 animals...Grant's Zebra and Ostrich.  Wow, I feel like we are about to enter the race seen in the "Swiss Family Robinson" movie!  A Disney classic and one of my personal favs.

White Rhinoceros.  It's just unfathomable to me how people could hunt and kill amazing creatures like these. 

We are seeing White-Bearded Wildebeest here! 

I saw this animal for the first time ever in our mystery location.  It's an Okapi!

This photo shows you how ridiculously close our mystery location allows you to get to the animals...like these Giraffe!

A Reticulated Giraffe eating leaves.  Check out his black tongue!

I was literally thisclose to this guy while getting this shot.  You can see the roof of our vehicle on the top right of the photo.  It looks like he's smiling and I think he was being a ham for the cameras that day!

Here is the King Of The Jungle on top of Pride Rock surveying his domain!

My favorite African animals...African Elephants!  They are such intelligent and family-oriented creatures.  Do you see the baby behind his mother in the middle?

A close up shot of mother and baby.

Well, that's all I've got!  I'll see you next week!