Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another beautiful, warm day today.  After lunch Mike asked if I wanted to go for a bike ride.  I didn’t really because I was so stuffed from lunch.  But I changed into my biking shorts, donned my helmet and off we went.  We checked out the new bike path heading east which is really nice.  We had to cross Hwy 1 once, but there was a good break in the traffic and we got across with no problem.  Going out it was a little bit of a slog because we were going into the wind, but coming back was a breeze—literally. A beautiful day!

The new bike path meanders through the mangroves and flats on the other side of Hwy. 1. They even put up some nice split-rail fencing in places.

Taking a break.

Through a tunnel of lush vegetation.

Saw a bunch of large white birds feeding in the flats.

Upon closer inspection, turns out they're white pelicans, aka American pelicans.  We see a lot of these in St. Louis in the winter.  This bunch was smart and came down here.