My wife and I flew to Orlando, Florida on February 29, 2008 and spent a week in central Florida before returning to Michigan on March 8. This gallery contains photographs taken at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about a one hour drive east of Orlando on the east coast. Previously I had visited Merritt Island in February, 2007 and posted photographs in this gallery: https://pbase.com/drjaysel/merritt_island_national_wildlife_refuge .

This gallery also contains photographs taken at Sea World and Discovery Cove in Orlando; the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida; the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida; and the Detroit Tigers vs. Philadelphia Phillies exhibition baseball game at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida on March 5.

If you are planning to visit Merritt Island, you should be aware that the Wildlife Refuge closes to the public three days prior to and the day of a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center. The refuge is part of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center. For more information on shuttle launch closures, see
http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/ .