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Back to Tampa...on Sunday we headed out to explore Ft. De Soto Park, also near St. Pete and about a half hour from our hotel. There is an enormous amount of history associated with this piece of property, and you can read more of that by clicking on the link if you're interested.
The remains of an old war fort sit on one edge of the park, and as it happened a battle re-enactment was happening as we pulled in. Once upon a time Robert E. Lee walked these parts, and before him De Soto, whom I hope we all remember from our 4th grade social studies classes.
Remember studying the explorers?
Do 4th graders still study the explorers who made America's map?
I have to insert here it was 80 degrees and humid, so I said a quick thankful prayer I was born in the decade of sundresses and air conditioning.
Ft. De Soto Park sits on over 1000 acres containing beautiful sandy beaches and over 300 species of birds.
There's some other wildlife here too...
I'm not a wildlife expert (I just play one on my blog), but I'm pretty sure raccoons are nocturnal creatures. Hubs says they're probably tame and know the precise location of every rubbish bin in the park. Still....Shudder. I'll take a bird over a raccoon any day.
This guy was waiting on the fisherman to bring in some lunch he could steal-
I love it when birds line up as if they're listening to a lecture.
As we started to walk out to the fishing pier the weather got very strange. A thick, heavy fog rolled in over the sea and it was a little eerie.
We knew from the sound of its horn there was an enormous cruise ship sitting out there, but you could not see it even a little bit. I heard later they had to sit out there all night because of the fog. Here's the pier-
Like I said-foggy.
Not so foggy we couldn't see some dolphin just below us though-
The fishermen have to be quick to reel in their catch, and its not only the dolphin they have to watch out for. This guy?
Ft. De Soto Park sits on over 1000 acres containing beautiful sandy beaches and over 300 species of birds.
There's some other wildlife here too...
I'm not a wildlife expert (I just play one on my blog), but I'm pretty sure raccoons are nocturnal creatures. Hubs says they're probably tame and know the precise location of every rubbish bin in the park. Still....Shudder. I'll take a bird over a raccoon any day.
This guy was waiting on the fisherman to bring in some lunch he could steal-
I love it when birds line up as if they're listening to a lecture.
As we started to walk out to the fishing pier the weather got very strange. A thick, heavy fog rolled in over the sea and it was a little eerie.
We knew from the sound of its horn there was an enormous cruise ship sitting out there, but you could not see it even a little bit. I heard later they had to sit out there all night because of the fog. Here's the pier-
Like I said-foggy.
Not so foggy we couldn't see some dolphin just below us though-
The fishermen have to be quick to reel in their catch, and its not only the dolphin they have to watch out for. This guy?
Way quicker than you'd imagine.
If you look closely you'll see the shadow of the dolphin he beat to the punch just beneath his wing.
Since we'd walked about a thousand miles in the park on Sunday we were able to enjoy another fabulous
It was more like a delicate peanut butter mousse topped with a bittersweet chocolate ganache and it was positively decadent.
Sigh. Even when you're at the beach Monday rolls around. Hubs had meetings all day so I busied myself with this-
He texted a few times to be sure I wasn't bored.
Bored? Ha!
My only worry was figuring out how to get back here sooner rather than later.
"Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think." Robert Henri
