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chris,terr,me,travis

chris,terr,me,travis
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

LDI conference, the original reason for my trip to florida. as we were lining up for registration we found terrance with a group of his classmates. chris, terrance, me, and travis.

chris&erika

chris&erika
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

chris and me at the irish pub at pleasure island.

a group of us went out to pleasure island for dinner and fun. forrest, me, chris, and his friend from school, kate. after this we toured each of the clubs, caught the comedy show, and were there as they closed up the mannequin club. . . the one with the turntable dance floor.

hulk

hulk
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

chris and i spent sunday at universal studios, and islands of adventure. we splurged on the extra pass to both parks, and the expedited pass. . . the lady told us we wouldn't have enough time to get to all the rides, possibly not even the second park. . . we proved her WRONG! we got on almost every ride, every ride we wanted to get on, and did spiderman 3 times! we were next in line when the hulk got shut down, we left, hit spiderman again, and hulk reopened, so we finally got on it!

dr.doom

dr.doom
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

the dr.doom ride, the only ride i wouldn't go on with chris at islands of adventure. i don't like the 'falling' things so much.

kass

kass
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

erika helps her younger daughter, kass, through the jungle gym.

maria

maria
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

this is erika's oldest daughter, maria. we played a pretty quick round of putt putt.

erika&erika

erika&erika
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

after something like 7 years, i finally got to meet up with my close friend from highschool, now living in florida. erika, (yep, we had the same name) and i spent the day with her two daughters.

cougar

cougar
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

pretty kitty, BIG pretty kitty. sara and i spent the afternoon at the big cat reserve near tampa. between me and this kitty was the fence you see, and a knee high barrier that we were strictly forbidden from leaning over only three feet from the fence.

cougar2

cougar2
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

our tour was an hour before they were fed. . . a good time to go. more of the cats are out and about waiting for food. it's kind of amazing to hear these guys purrrr. . .

cheeta

cheeta
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

this cheeta took his perch on the tree as we walked by his cat-atat.

lion

lion
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

ok, i thought ligers were a made up thing from 'napoleon dynomite.' turns out this lion and the white tiger up next were meant to be bred together to make ligers.

whitetiger

whitetiger
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

now these two live together peacefully.

lioness

lioness
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

apparently, we weren't a very exciting tour, according to this lioness.

panther

panther
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

pretty pretty panther. it's really a good thing they have the strict rules about not crossing the fence. all i wanted to do was roll these guys onto their backs and scratch their bellies.

sandcat

sandcat
Originally uploaded by ekissam.

this sand cat was no bigger than my cat at home. . . but he had a big cat attitude. he came out hissing, pacing, and growling. . . if it can even be called growling. oh. . . isn't he cute!