Saturday, January 5, 2019

Aquamarina Palm Harbour Marina in Cape Haze, Florida

Day #186: From last evening Mike and I finished The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Up at 6:30 A.M. for coffee, grapefruit, cookies and poppy seed muffins (yes, they are back Publix starting making them again after Christmas). Partly sunny and cooler this morning as a front went through last evening producing 15 minutes of rain. At 8:15 A.M. we were heading out in the dinghy to Don Pedro State Park. We were the first people on the dock at the park. After putting all of their beach gear on the beach we both headed to do some shelling and shark teeth hunting.  The winds were picking up leading to 2-3 foot rollers hitting the beach. Large black clouds moved in making it a bit chilly on the beach with the sun occasionally peaking and the winds continued to increase. At 1:30 P.M. Mike and I headed back to the marina taking their time to prevent getting wet as there were waves in the intercoastal waterway. Ed and Kyle dropped off grapefruit, oranges and a "coconut patty" from their excursion to Arcadia, Florida with Kyle's mom and dad. The sun came out with only a few clouds so happy hour was on the flying bridge as long as we were out of the wind it was pleasant. I made sloppy joes for dinner. After dinner clean up it was time for reading and blogging.
                                                                                     
                                                      Waves at Don Pedro State Park. 

White Ibis in the cove near Don Pedro State Park. This is the largest group of birds so far at Don Pedro State Park. 

This helicopter was taking pictures of boats traveling on the intercoastal waterway. (Boatpix.com).

Kyle and Ed brought honey bell oranges (these are in season and can only be found in Florida), grapefruit and a "Coconut Patty" for me.