March 10, 2015   It was another  “windows open” day, here on St George Island.    A bit warmer than yesterday, but it was the perfect day for kayaking.  There was a slight breeze and overcast skies.

From the boat launch we have two choices,   Apalachicola Bay or Rattlesnake Cove.  The bay side is  a maze of oyster beds.   We have been warned by the Rangers,  if you disrupt the oyster beds you will be naming your next born,  Pearl.   We do an awesome job of zig zagging back forth through the oyster beds until we start focusing on the fish jumping in front of the kayak.  Some fish are jumping 4 – 5 inches out of the water 3 or 4 times in a row.  It’s like instead of watching skipping rocks you’re watching skipping fish.   We find this very entertaining,  until we are sitting in our inflatable kayak on the edge of an oyster bed.  Oh Man!   We very gently back out and are on our way.     Phew!

When we tired of dodging oyster beds we paddled on to Rattlesnake Cove.   It is a lot deeper and gives us views of the marshes and boardwalk overlooks from the water vs the hiking trails.

I’m going to be fickle here and switch favorite birds.   The Great Blue Heron is now my favorite.  It fascinates me the way they can change their appearance depending on their stance.   It seemed everywhere we went today we saw one.

After kayaking,  I ask David if he minded if I walked back to the campsite along the beach.   Boy was I in for some surprises!  It was over a  four mile walk,  it was high tide and a very thick fog had rolled in.   At high tide there is practically no beach,  the water is almost up to the dunes.  There was “nobody” on the beach.  If we were in Silver Springs I would have been afraid,  “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”,   was going to pop out of the fog  at any moment.  It was spooky, but fun.   I was joined on my walk by several of my favorite Great Blue Heron friends  and a few other pretty cool birds.

It was a Bird-acious Day!