A lake near the entrance to Robinson Preserve
They opened a new nature preserve in Bradenton today, so I got myself up out of bed nice and early (and by early, I mean 8:00 AM. This is Summer time, folks) and made my way over to the grand opening, and met up with a friend, Farrah. It was quite the speech-giving occasion, with all the county commissioners there to give their own special insights about the preserve, which is pretty big and mightily awesome, but probably not worth quite as much lip-service as they gave it.