Enjoying the gifts of the day with a dog named Dart
I wanted to share the grace and beauty of a pelican landing. Regis took the pictures. Oh wait, no, that was not a landing. That is what pilots call a touch and go.
The Ark Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation has received a large number of injured pelicans in the last couple weeks. Many of those pelicans came from the GTM Reserve where I volunteer regularly. The GTM has a dam with a lake on one side and… Continue Reading “Pelican Patrol”
I went to the Villano Boat Ramp in St. Augustine before sunrise to get some morning pictures of the birds. The colors were not as spectacular as I had hoped, but all sunrises are amazing in their own way. The fishermen were departing while… Continue Reading “Birds at Sunrise”
I kayaked by myself for the Matanzas Christmas Bird Count. I left from the Butler boat ramp where we pulled out the other day and promised to be careful. It was windy, so I kept to the oyster beds and stayed away from the… Continue Reading “CBC, Pip, Squeak, and Sandy”
After Amarillo, Texas we stayed in the KOA in Abilene, Texas. It was nice. We moved on to the KOA in Canton, Texas and picked up lots of grasshoppers along the way. They were all over the grill of the motorhome and even in… Continue Reading “In Florida, but not Home Yet”
We just spent two days at Gamble Rogers State Park. We had a campsite on the beach and we could launch our kayaks across the road on the intracoastal waterway. It was lovely. Regis found a vacant spot for two nights at this campground… Continue Reading “Gamble Rogers State Park”
Everyday, I search for the gifts of the day. You never know what beautiful things life will reveal until you look for it. Regis and I went kayaking today. We were able to kayak on the intracoastal waterway (ICW) in front of our house… Continue Reading “Gifts of the Day – St. Augustine”
Stitch is a pelican that required surgery to close up a tear in his pouch. That happened in 2004. Stitch was released into the wild after undergoing rehabilitation at the Ark in St. Augustine, Florida. Stitch chose to come back and spend his remaining… Continue Reading “Stitch the Pelican and the Dancing Gull”
September 1, 2018 Once we left the Rocky Mountains, we headed directly home without exploring. It is the longest that we have had the tow vehicle hooked to the motor home without removing it. We drove from 275 to 375 miles a day, stopped… Continue Reading “Back in Florida”