We've been very fortunate for the past several days. Weather predictions have been for fog and some sprinkles, yet we have had sunshine and warm temperatures from morning until evening when the fog would roll in.
Yesterday, day after Christmas, we basically took off. Several beach walks with the dogs, lots of reading and relaxing.
This morning we went to the local laundromat and did all our washing. Then, around noon, we took the bikes and rode down the beach into town and over to the park by the Ferry Landing. We watched as huge flocks of white pelicans wheeled and circled over the waterway. While we were there a fisherman on the pier caught a huge fish. Another fisherman identified it as a "Black Drum" and probably weighed about 35 pounds.
After that excitement we rode to "Fins", a restaurant on the waterway for lunch. We enjoyed huge platters of fried shrimp and fried oysters. Well, I had the oysters, Tina had the shrimp. Everything was delicious and fresh caught that morning. We ate on the deck overlooking the marina and waterway.After lunch we rode over to the Leona Turnbull Birding Center where we walked out a boardwalk stretching nearly a mile over shallow, brackish water.
We saw a wide range of ducks, grebes, heron and egrets, cormorants, and more pelicans. The marches are also reputed to harbor American alligators, though we didn't see any.
We took lots of photos before heading back to the bikes and riding home.We took the rest of the afternoon off. We'll be here tomorrow then it's off to Matagorda Bay.
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1 comment:
I am envious. ;)
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