Barefoot on the beach

  The seaweed is not a deterrent to a walk.  We can walk around it or right through it.  It is not soft like the sand; it’s rough, a little scratchy, but crushable and feels good on the soles.  It’s an organic feel and adds to the sensory delight.  But we’ve moved on.  Now we’re back at Sandpipers; continuing the layover before we head north to finish our summer trip in Colorado.  (We expect to finish our summer trip in the snow!)  

Choke Canyon State Park

 Wonderful place; with Javelina.  Wild Turkeys. A Great Egret happy to help out at the fish cleaning station. An evening walk accompanied by windblown owl conversations. Here is a video of him calling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMahT8pAFM&feature=youtu.be Here is a closer look.  Without a tripod it’s a little bouncy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md91e74_rbA  A nice sunset.  A chorus of pauraques.  Pauraques usually have a straightforward call that sounds like this sound bite.  (You should be able to open it by double-clicking it.) Tonight, instead, we got the most charming call they do, when they have to wooka, wooka, wooka themselves up to the actual call. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5EH-0XrZU&feature=youtu.be  But, glory of Choke Canyon aside, we’ve moved on.  Now we’re at Gulf Waters.