I've just created my first blog and very excited about how easy this will be.
We arrived in Bradenton, Fla. spending the night at Horseman's Cove RV Park. Some nice RV neighbors gave us several fresh grapefruits from one tree and loquats from another. In the morning we drove an hour and 1/2 to meet up with our friends Nancy and Pete on Sanibel Island. We spent the afternoon walking along a beautiful stretch of beach with shells of all shapes and sizes, shorebirds everywhere and dolphins just offshore. The gulls were harvesting clams and fighting to see who could run away with the prize before a rival would snatch it away. The brown pelicans were not graceful and would splash down hard in the water and a beautiful white egret was about 3 feet from us - unaware of our presence. A beautiful bird - very delicate, wispy white feathery plumes, very graceful. I definitely need a bird field guide on this trip. Sanibel is known for its beautiful beach shells and lives up to it's reputation. The weather was perfect - blue skies and
sunny.
Tomorrow we are heading to a wildlife sanctuary and will spend the day with Nancy and Pete.
This is a picture of the sunset on St. George's Island taken two days ago. We were hiking on a trail looking to get to the beach but instead found ourselves in the middle of a beautiful pine forest. It was the best sunset we have seen so far.
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