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Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival November 17-21, 2004 -- Brevard County, Florida A celebration of birds and wildlife. |
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Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival November 17-21, 2004 -- Brevard County, Florida A celebration of birds and wildlife. |
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Sunday Social at The Ace of Hearts Ranch
November 21 — 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Join the Festival crew and your fellow birders and bring your friends and family for a relaxing time at the beautiful Ace of Hearts Ranch complete with great seafood from Dixie Crossroads Seafood Restaurant and delicious southern Bar-B-Q served by the gang from Hot Stuff Catering. Enjoy the creative sounds of acoustical musical group "Windfall." Take a hayride or a stroll to visit the animals that call Ace of Hearts Ranch home. Safari Todd Wildlife Productions will be there with native Florida animals, including snakes, alligators, small mammals and a Florida panther.
Noted Florida tourism critic and writer, Herb Hiller, will talk about new opportunities for non-profit organizations in the state's new tourism promotional program, "Florida's Downtowns and Small Towns." The campaign aims to direct visitors not only to Florida's emerging year-round big city downtowns, but also to rural communities and promote the recreational trails that increasingly connect Florida's downtowns and small towns across conservation lands. Herb's upcoming book, Highway A1A: Florida At the Edge, closely tracks the new conservation-driven changes in tourism and anticipates what's next.
Master storyteller, Pete Dunne, will share treasured stories about his old friend and fellow World Series of Birding team-mate, Roger Tory Peterson, the once and forever "grand master" of North American birding. Aptly described by the Wall Street Journal as the "Bard of Birding," Pete Dunne is one of the country's most respected birders, a self-taught authority whose exuberant, almost poetic approach to the pastime has won him many followers among the growing legion of birders. Pete will be available to sign his latest book, Pete Dunne on Birding.
www.aceofheartsranch.com Phone 321-638-0104
Directions: From BCC, Titusville campus, go south on US 1 through town. Continue going south for several miles. Turn right at the first traffic light, just past the Reliant Energy power plant (King's Highway). Go all the way to the end of the road and turn left on Grissom Pkwy. A few hundred yards after you turn onto Grissom, turn right on the first dirt road (Ranch Road). The Ace of Hearts Ranch is on the right, just before the overpass over I-95. From SR 50 and I-95, go east on SR 50. Turn right at the first light onto Columbia Blvd (SR 405) and go east. Turn right at the second light onto Grissom Pkwy and go south for several miles. A few hundred yards after the first light, turn right onto Ranch Road and go west. The Ace of Hearts Ranch is on the right, just before the overpass over I-95.
Nov 21, 1:30pm-5:00pm; $20.00 per person; $5.00 for children under 12
****Menu****
BBQ pulled pork, chicken, baked beans, cole slaw, rolls, and Hot Stuff's famous to-die-for "Death by Chocolate" brownies. A big crowd pleaser is Dixie Crossroads' wild ocean shrimp (served plain and with Caribbean or spicy seasoning), with crab bites and chicken wings, beer, wine and soft drinks. Vegetarian lasagna is available.
