Today was very windy all day coming mostly out of the west and west northwest. This means that the colder weather is getting closer. The sunset right now is another of the absolutely gorgeous ones. All of the birds are going about their last searches for the day. The osprey’s and the chicks seem to be all right. The dolphins just made their pass through. The only one I haven’t seen much of is Lucy the pelican. Today since it was so extremely windy, waves white capping in the quarter mile across the waterway at times. Most of the pelicans were working the shoreline looking for there meal. The best thing about the wind is it also seems to keep the no-see-ums and the mosquitoes at home also. At least I haven’t felt any more new welts come up anywhere from them. The sun just has set here and there seems to be a chill wind now. I have closed the windows to keep some of the sun’s warmth in here as long as possible. About half and hour before sunset a flock of white pelicans lit on the water across from me. They seem to be much larger than the brown pelicans. They were preening themselves in the shallow water over there and some slipped away to do a little fishing in and around the mangroves.
Other than that it was a very quiet day. Not many boats went by, a few fisherman, and a few cruisers probably less than ten the whole day. I am still trying to get my back to shape up and at times it feels better and others I am still stooped over. I hope to start north for new territory on Friday or Saturday even if it means it will be a little colder. I got more diesel fuel for my heater yesterday and put it in the container today so I am ready for the colder weather.
I spent some of the afternoon visiting with the Joneses some more. It is so interesting to me to listen to the history of the area from a man who has lived in the same place for 87 years of his life. You really find out about all of the different people who have lived here and are now gone and people who owned property in this small town, some of them very wealthy and some of them more middle class. Now this area seems to be progressing from the rural to an urban area faster than most want it to. When we drive by some of the houses you find that some people are only here for the winter and some of them have owned property here and never even come down, it is just another house they own somewhere. From the looks of things in the first 400 miles it seems that it is going to take very little time to become a nation of have’s and have nots with not much left in the middle. But the biggest worry to me is that areas like the one across the waterway, the mangrove islands and the wooded and the swampy areas will all be gone and all we can see of an area like I am in is the three car length width of public beach that is available to the area. One of the reasons for making the trip is to view those areas and photograph them and show all of the beauty that will shortly be gone from view to anyone
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