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We have arrived

After ten days of travel we have arrived at our destination – Sanibel Island. What a place to be! We are feeling very grateful for this gift.

We stayed last night at Crystal River so Ken could experience swimming with manatees and then drove the remaining 230 miles of our 1400 mile road trip.

After unpacking we walked to the beach on a trail that crossed a slough. There, I was hoping to maybe see a new bird. The first thing I noticed was big and gray. With barnacles on its back. A manatee! We shared the sighting with others walking by. And I did see a new bird there – a Green Heron. This, along with Little Blue and Tri-colored Herons that I saw this morning and the White-rumped Sandpiper at the rest area by the cool bridge AND the Wood Stork along the freeway made for a good bird day.

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The cool bridge across Tampa Bay

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I know you can’t see it but there is a manatee on the far shore

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And on this image there is an Osprey. I am impressed by their numbers and that they are not bothered by human activity in this part of the world

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To the beach

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Gulf waters on my feet. So warm. I have never before felt warm ocean water.

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My first Sanibel shell

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White Ibises

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Thank you Paul and Corly

Savannah

It was hot and wet in Savannah yesterday. High temperature was 88 according to our rental car. It poured down rain and no one except us seemed to pay it any mind.

All of these posts from the road are coming from my phone. This is tje first series of photos using Instagram.

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The bridge over the Savannah River

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Beautiful old trees line the streets

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Downtown’s River Street

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A cosmo at The River House

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More crabcakes. Some of the best. Overall the best meal of the road trip. So far.

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Old Savannah. Lots to explore

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A satisfied diner

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A gas pump in a candy store. Why didn’t I think of that?

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Tupelo honey. We wanted to go in there but the stores were all closing about ten last night.

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This morning we explored the famous Bonaventure Cemetery

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On the road again headed to Florida

Going south

The humidity is rising with the temperature as we go south.

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Some good crabcakes in the Ocracoke

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Feeding the Laughing Gulls from a ferry

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The lighthouse at Ocracoke

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Lots of Brown Pelicans

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A cemetery in Beaufort dating from the 1700’s.

At the Beach

It is not as warm as I had hoped but still alright for sandals. I hope that shoes will stay packed for the rest of the trip.

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That is the Atlantic Ocean. I have seen a few new birds. Overall bird numbers except for cormorants are lower than I expected maybe due to the high winds.

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Here is the first entry for my quest to find perfect crabcakes.

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The Cape Hatteras Lookout. This is the one that was moved 2900 feet to save it from the ocean eroding the beach away.

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Images from a Road Trip

A sinus cold has been sucking all of the energy out of me recently. It’s been all I can do to keep up with the basics and we had a family event a couple hundred miles away from here to attend over the weekend. It was great fun seeing everyone and being part of the festivities surrounding a 50th Anniversary Celebration. And I do enjoy road trips and a change of scenery. But being sick away from home is never fun. I think I am starting to feel better this morning.

Here are a few images from the road trip.

 

Obviously, not in the Methow anymore, Toto.

 

 

Nope, this isn’t our forest.

 

These maple leaves are HUGE, almost a foot across

 

Color or black and white?

 

I have enjoyed ferry travel since I was a little girl

 

Did you know that ferries bring Christmas trees?

 

This has something to do with an old movie called Harry and the Hendersons, I think