Syd is the assistant supervisor at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and she graciously gave us a personal tour of the area. The preserve encompasses five ecosystems, and has six miles of trails and boardwalks. It runs frequent nature programs and classes, and they were preparing for the weekend's program on birds of raptor. A visiting condor captured our attention; in Bill's words, a condor is "the coolest bird ever!".
It was so great seeing Syd again after all these years. We didn't have much time to reminisce, but our 60-year-old minds did manage to bring up some fun memories.
After leaving St. Petersburg, we started to make our way down to the Keys. We drove through the Everglades, and even though it was rainy, we walked a favorite path called Shark Valley. We spotted a few alligators (they were keeping warm submerged in the water) and many birds. Here's a picture of one of my favorites, the Great Blue Heron.
Yesterday we made it to the Keys, opting to stay at Fiesta Key RV Resort on Long Key. Some of the motorhomes camped here are humongous!! The resort is on the water and there's an area where many campers gather to see the sunset each evening. It was a bit cloudy last night...
I just got a chance to read your posts and it sounds like a great time in Florida. Good food, good weather and good company. It doesn't get any better than that. We have a bit of a respite here in Maryland with the weather. It is almost 60 today! But it is supposed to snow tomorrow. I was hoping to cut wood with Greg but that may not happen now. Katie and I are having a wonderful time at home getting ready to watch the Super Bowl, and we don't even have the stove going today. The pictures look great, but where is Bill? But we don't really need to see him anyway, we know what he looks like. Have a great sunset and thanks for the blogs.
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