We had hoped to take off today for Marco Island on our way southward to the Keys but the winds and seas made us pause. We were very ready including an ok from our diver who checked our hull and found no barnacles and the zincs and thru hulls were good.
What a nice surprise when Frank and Phyllis called us and invited us to tour the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. It is 13,000 acres of cypress forests, pine flatwoods and wet prairie land filled with hundreds of species of birds and animals and has long been the last island of natural habitat in the entire region. The area is accessible through a 2 ½ mile boardwalk that takes you through natural habitat while you quietly listen for birds and look for larger critters. Here are a few pictures of the birds we saw—anhinga and egret. Look closely in the 3rd picture—can you see the large alligator hiding there.
We topped off the day with a shrimp feed at Saint Raphael Episcopal Church. What a great assortment of food as well as such pleasant company. Thank you, Frank and Phyllis.
What a nice surprise when Frank and Phyllis called us and invited us to tour the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. It is 13,000 acres of cypress forests, pine flatwoods and wet prairie land filled with hundreds of species of birds and animals and has long been the last island of natural habitat in the entire region. The area is accessible through a 2 ½ mile boardwalk that takes you through natural habitat while you quietly listen for birds and look for larger critters. Here are a few pictures of the birds we saw—anhinga and egret. Look closely in the 3rd picture—can you see the large alligator hiding there.
We topped off the day with a shrimp feed at Saint Raphael Episcopal Church. What a great assortment of food as well as such pleasant company. Thank you, Frank and Phyllis.
