Sun, 3/11/12:
Everglades National Park:  Today was pure relaxation.  Well, I took care of some maintenance stuff, like hair, nails, and toes.  Cleaned the fantastic fan.  But mostly we kicked back and enjoyed this peaceful place.  This is so much more wide open than a commercial park.  There’s no one on top of us.  Lots of vegetation.  And no lights, so at night it is really dark and the stars are brilliant.  Last night we listened to “A Prairie Home Companion” on NPR.  This particular show was out of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.  Home of the Grand Ole Opry.  We lucked out and saw an opry show there once.  Anyway, Emmy Lou Harris was a co-host along with Garrison Keeler.  A great show, and always live. This afternoon around 4:30 we headed back to Mahogany Hammock to see if we could find any owl chicks.  And we weren’t disappointed.  There were two fat little chicks, and we had the added bonus of the adult.  Actually there were both adults, but we could only see one of them.  They were calling back and forth to each other.  The chicks are so curious.  We didn’t stay long because the insects were out in force.  A great day in the mid-80s. 

Mama owl

One of the fuzzy little chicks

Both chicks--they are so curious