This is our last week in the Florida Keys. We leave Saturday and plan to go to the Everglades to dry camp a couple of days before heading up the Gulf Coast to the Sarasota area. It has been beautiful here. Above you see some of the beach combing treasures from here. I just can't help myself! Les actually finds most of them for me.
We are getting some good beach time in here. This park has the best beaches in the Keys. The Keys really don't have much in the way of beaches, something most people don't know. All the pictures you see from the Keys are taken at the few beaches there are. The water everywhere is amazing though, so clear and gorgeous colors. As you can see from the pictures, there is a lot of sea grass washed up. There is much more on these beaches than at Long Key. In some areas, inlets and mangroves, the grass is decomposing and really smells! But that doesn't seem to happen on the beach, thankfully.
The birding here continues to be good. It turns out that this park is loaded with warblers. Above is a prairie warbler and the other picture is the very rare Great White Heron which is a variation of the Great Blue Heron and only found here in the Keys. I'm adding to my bird album! Our friends from Long Key have come down to this park now. We are doing the park hop but they do it all winter here in the Keys. We went to a jam session at a local Grille, Springers in Big Pine Key. We had a good meal and nice entertainment. We have a trip to Key West planned with Kathy and Bob Thursday. Al is giving a concert Wed afternoon and we will all go to No Name Key Pub which I hear is a must while in the area. Such a nice stay.
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