Fun With a Dolphin

Wednesday was a beautiful day for boating.  

The water was calm and the clouds beautiful!

 All of a sudden I heard a loud splash, looked around to see

 a big smile from a dolphin. :)

That dolphin fun made our day on the water complete.

Yesterday evening we went to the Lighthouse Beach.  The wind was pretty strong and there were kite boarders who had been making good use of it.

The tide was out and water had been trapped in a long tidal pool.  I looked around in that for a while, there were some shells, but didn't find any that interested me.

There were a lot of small shells that the high tide had left behind.  I looked through those for a while, only sticking a couple of them in my pocket.  It was just pleasant spending time on the beach.

A Foggy Sanibel Morning

Low temperature last night was 60 degrees, the high today 74. This morning we had dense fog. After breakfast at Jerry's, before 6:30 AM, drove over to the boat ramp next to the causeway around 7:20. I could see just a little of the causeway that was next to the parking area; from there on, nothing at all.





On the left side of this photo, you can barely see the causeway.

Looking south toward the lighthouse, where you can usually see the headlamp blinking.



I thought I could see a line that might be the causeway.

Next stop was Lighthouse Beach. The picture below was taken on a boardwalk to the beach, where I usually take a photo of the lighthouse. I couldn't see it today.

Looking in the easterly direction.



Lots of different types of birds on the beach. I'm thinking they must have been grounded due to fog. :)



It was pretty chilly out and of course, very damp, but after I found one mac n cheese, I thought it was a good day!

I looked through some shells in a few places and found several tiny shells to carry away. I would like to have looked more, but after only 15 minutes, my hair was dripping wet and I was getting chilly, so I gave up the search. There will be shells another day.

I have to admit that these shells looked better on the beach. :)

I looked out when it was time for the sun to set and this was it, for today.

Sanibel Sunshine on Saturday

There were quite a few people at the Lighthouse Beach this evening, but not nearly as many as there are during season. In comparison, it was very quiet. The water was very calm today and the weather was beautiful. Because of a cold front passing through, the temperature has been a little lower. The low last night was 70 and the high today 88. The humidity is also lower, which has been great. There were some small shells on the beach, but nothing I wanted to carry home.