Sat, 3/13/10

Everglades National Park: Cloudy this morning, but the clouds quickly dissipated revealing a deep blue sky. Beautiful, except for the wind. We had sausage, eggs, biscuits and orange juice for breakfast. Figured it was a good morning for it since it was a little chilly early—what with the wind. After cleaning up the breakfast dishes we ventured outside. Pretty chilly in the shade, but great in the sun. Moved my chaise into the sun and changed into shorts and a tube top and lazed in the sun. The lacy, green pines were a beautiful contrast against the deep blue of the sky. We talked about going for a hike, but that’s all we did was talk about it. Probably not a good idea anyway since we did get a bit of rain and the trail was probably pretty soggy. Anyway, I’m having a hard time putting the book down I’m reading—“State of the Union” by Brad Thor. A great espionage thriller. Mike just finished “Assassin” by Stephen Coonts which he said was great also. I’ll be reading that one next. Mid-afternoon we went for a walk around the pretty little lake here. The water was crystal clear in shades of turquoise, green, and deep blue—thought we were back in the Keys. It’s basically a shallow depression in the limestone bedrock which filled with water—the prettiest we have ever seen it. After walking around the lake we continued around the campground. It’s pretty full in here right now, which is unusual. Spring break maybe? I made chili for dinner—along with leftover biscuits. Upper 70s today with low humidity and a brisk wind. Our solar panels are doing a great job. Even though it was mostly cloudy yesterday, the batteries are fully charged. Life is good.

Immature white ibis, white ibis, wood stork
Picture by Mike