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My BucketList:

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 03:01:19 GMT

My BucketList:

My bucket-list is something that is constantly changing and evolving! There is so much I want to do and see and so much I have been fortunate enough to do! I am keeping this updated, and trying to also update the things I get to see and do, I have a 2023 bucket-list and a life-time bucket-list! So lets start with 2023!

This was updated as of Feb 11th, 2023!

MY 2023 BUCKET-LIST:

Cypress gardens (Done)
South Carolina (Done)
Blue Ridge Parkway
Great Smokey mountains National Park
Shenandoah National Park
New River Gorge National Park
Everglades National Park (Done)
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Glacier National Park
Bison Range MT
Visit 30A again (Done)
Little river canyon National Preserve
Providence canyon State Park (Done)
Silver Springs State Park again (Done)
Saint Augustine (Done)
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Done)
Visit 3 new states! 1/3
1 Comedy show (Ashley Gavin, Matt Rife, or Bert K.)
1 Concert (Country)
Photography:
- Bears
- Wolves
- Foxes
- Bison
- Owls
- Moose
- Crocodiles
- Monkeys (Done)
- Birds of Prey
Become as well rounded as possible!
Try astrophotography
Book 5 paid shoots

Life-Time Bucket-list:

PLACES:

Glacier national park
Lake Tahoe - sand Harper beach
Grand Tetons national park
Yosemite national park -half dome
Yellowstone national park
Great Smokey mountains NP
Route 66
Everglades np (Done)
Blue ridge parkway
California red woods
Space needle
Cypress gardens SC (Done)
Denali national park
Katmai national park
Hawaii (Done)
Bourbon street (Done)
New York City - Time Square (Done)
Central Park (Done)
Vermont - in the fall
Maine- Portland
Acadia national park
Florida Keys
Mammoth springs WY
St Anthony sand dunes
Bonneville salt flats UT
Los Angeles CA
Ship-Rock NM
Lake Powell UT
Four Corners NM
Rock slide GA/NC
Horseshoe Bend
Antelope canon
Garden of the Gods (Done)
Pikes peak (Done)
Zion national park
The Grand Canyon
Paris, France (Done)
See the Eiffel Tower(Done)
See the Mona Lisa (Done)
London (Done)
Big Ben (Done)
See the louvre (Done)
See the arch de triumph (Done)
Turkey (Done)
Croatia (Done)
Greece (Done)
Italy (Done)
Great Wall of China
Great pyramids
Niagara Falls
Greenland
Maldives
Bahamas
The Galápagos Islands
The Saharan dessert
Africa - safari
Nepali coast
Egypt - pyramids, camels, mummy’s

Animals to photograph:

Animals I want to photograph: bucket list

Moose
Yellowstone Bison
Wolves
Great horned owl
Barn owl
Black bear
Grizzly bear
Fox
Bald eagle (Done)
Ram
Otters
Cheetah
Elephants
Beaver
Buffalo
Giraffes
Wild zebras
Big horn sheep
Elk
Coyotes
Mountain goats

Random:

Cody Johnson in concert
Koe Wetzel in concert (Done)
George Jones In concert (Done)
Riley Green in concert(Done)
Jason Aldean in concert (Done)
Morgan Wallen in concert
HARDY in concert (Done)
Kenney Chesney in concert
Zach Bryan in Concert
Colter Wall in concert

Silver Springs State Park

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:18:56 GMT

Your Guide to Silver Springs State Park!

By now everyone that knows me or follows me on social media knows that I absolutely LOVE Silver Springs State Park located near Ocala, Florida. In fact I can easily say it's my favorite park that I have been to in the great state of Florida! Since I get quite a few questions about what there is to do and see at the park I figured I would put it all together here! So here is a little Q&A:

(Q) Where is it? (A) Ocala, Fl. About an hour and a half from Tampa! Not too far from Paynes Prairie State Park!

(Q) Can you swim there? (A) No, to preserve the park and minimize interaction with the animals you can not swim at silver springs BUT you can kayak, do clear bottom boat tours, paddle board, and canoe! You can rent kayaks online at the park’s website, or take a tour with @ getupandgosilversprings (on IG) in one of their clear kayaks (super fun way to get to know the area with a guide!) You can kayak the loop (shortest paddle), The 5.2 mile stretch to wayside park and shuttle back or get picked up, or you can kayak downstream to wayside and then back upstream to the launch (about 11 miles).

(Q) what animals can you see in the state park? (A) Alligators, manatees, Rhesus Macaques monkeys, turtles, Tri-colored Herons, Little & Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Red-bellied and Pileated woodpeckers, White Ibis, Limpkins, Osprey, Red Shouldered Hawks, Anhinga, Double Crested Cormorants, Common Gallinule, Wood Ducks, & other types of birds! Not to mention the variety of fish!

Also fun to note parts of the movies The Creature From the Black Lagoon, Tarzan, James Bond: Moonraker and other movies were filmed here! Additionally Silver Springs is said to be the largest artesian spring in the world!

You can also Camp, bike, and hike the park! There is so much to love and learn about Silver Springs and so much more I could add, but I truly think that’s it’s one of the most underrated State Parks in Florida! So with that I will encourage you to visit and enjoy!

My First Blog...Living My Mottos

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:13:25 GMT

"The World Is A Book, & To Not Travel Is To Read Only A Page."

I finally decided I would do this for myself. My four mottos for 2023 was living for the person I want to be and not the people I want to be with, do it afraid, embarrassment is a choice, laissez le bon temps rouler- let the good times roll. Since the start of the new year I remind myself of these things daily and often find myself saying them out loud. Youtube, blogging, content, using my camera in public without shame, etc, is all stuff I want to be able to do but, fear or fear of embarrassment trips me up, so I want to be able to use this as an outlet to share not only my photography and adventures, but also to force myself to deal with adulting and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. I have so much fun living life, and traveling and doing day trips, etc, and I also love being able to share that with the my friends and family and the rest of the world, because as much as I love to share my content and inner thoughts on life I also love to consume it and listen to other peoples. So anyway, with that I will leave this first post short and sweet!

XOXO

- Grace Lynne

(Photo taken of Me, by Me at Castillo De San Marcos National Monument)