It agreed with us
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.
The cool bridge across Tampa Bay
I know you can’t see it but there is a manatee on the far shore
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
To the beach
Gulf waters on my feet. So warm. I have never before felt warm ocean water.
My first Sanibel shell
White Ibises
Thank you Paul and Corly
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.
The bridge over the Savannah River
Beautiful old trees line the streets
Downtown’s River Street
A cosmo at The River House
More crabcakes. Some of the best. Overall the best meal of the road trip. So far.
Old Savannah. Lots to explore
A satisfied diner
A gas pump in a candy store. Why didn’t I think of that?
Tupelo honey. We wanted to go in there but the stores were all closing about ten last night.
This morning we explored the famous Bonaventure Cemetery
On the road again headed to Florida
The humidity is rising with the temperature as we go south.
Some good crabcakes in the Ocracoke
Feeding the Laughing Gulls from a ferry
The lighthouse at Ocracoke
Lots of Brown Pelicans
A cemetery in Beaufort dating from the 1700’s.
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.
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.
Here is the first entry for my quest to find perfect crabcakes.
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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