our unit was in the corner (straight ahead in this shot) and had a nice large porch looking towards the ocean. We also had use of this nice swimming pool, a good alternative for a quick dip as opposed to gathering all the beach gear and trundling off to the sand.
Caroline was an absolute fish and swam any opportunity she could.
Caroline, Daddy, and Eli making a sandman.
Eli was very tolerant of having a 6 year old idolizing his 11 year old self.
Sunset...the impact of them was obscured by the smoke from all the wildfires inland. The smoke would blow in in the morning and if we were lucky the prevailing ocean breezes would blow the smoke away enough to clear things out for the afternoon.
Caroline and Eli at Fort Clinch.
Caroline inspecting the work the restoration mason has done.
Caroline got ahold of the camera. This is her self portrait.
Nesting Wilson's Plover.
Sunset on the Amelia River Side of the island.
First time out fishing. Caroline caught 13 little spots, Brett caught 3 various types, Clif, Eli, and Chris were skunked.
Next days fishing took us to the ocean side of the island. Here we see Chris crying to Clif about not having caught any fish and it just wasn't fair.
Clif relaying poor Chris's saddness. Brett seems very concerned.
Brown pelican
Obviously Brett didn't stop fishing. He caught 5 whiting. Caroline is examining the fish.
Osprey with it's catch
Sunrise on morning of turtle patrol
Caroline ready to go
Mama deer nursing her still spotted fawn on the dunes.
We found a logger head nest and proceeded to mark it. Here Rhonda is showing Caroline the whole process.
Happy laughing gull strutting it's stuff waiting around for shrimp heads or non guarded bait.
6 comments:
Good Morning!! What a wonderful area to spend your vacation in. With the combination of excellent quarters, that fabulous pool, the beach, and the closeby friends and wildlife, I can see why it makes you want to return many times! Caroline seems to have had a fabulous time - the turtle patrol trip causes me to be absolutely jealous!!
Looks like a vacation to remember for ever! I went to virginia beach with my parents and I will never forget it!
Wow ~ love the osprey shot and the sun resting in the tree branches, just beautiful! And the doe & fawn, nice capture :)
I understand your feelings re: wanting to go back, I loved living by the ocean so much when I was growing up, and mourned for years the loss of it. My soul didn't feel completely at peace like it did when I was at the waterfront for many, many years...if ever.
It is a quiet little dream in my heart to have a house by the water someday, just to recapture a little bit of that happiness I felt long ago.
I'm glad you guys are back, and glad you had fun! Just so you know, I visited that fireworks store today ~ woohoo!!
A time to remember. Caroline is shooting up!
(In height)
Good morning :) I am forwarding a link to a firefly watch program for Caroline. I want her to understand why I didn't want her to capture the fireflies in my yard.
I thought maybe she'd enjoy participating in the survey, and realize the importance of conservation versus capturing in a jar ~ the decline of firefly populations across the world is a very real and troubling situation.
It is conceivable that her children might not ever get see those magical lights on a summer's night.
https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/
*to*
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