823 October 19, 2022 Wagon Wheel Road

We had rain during the night.  The temperature dropped and we finally had cool air.  It felt wonderfully chilly!

Pictures from my morning walk.  This is our big backyard.

A kingfisher suspended on a wire above the canal looking for breakfast.

Pretty flowers.

A giant water bug.

A night heron.

Here comes the rain.

It rained for most of the rest of the day.  We went exploring anyway.  We took a Jeep ride on Turner River Road for about 20 miles north through Big Cypress.  We saw tons of wading birds and lots of hawks and smaller predatory birds.   No bears, no panthers. 

Our exciting sighting of the day; a flock of wild turkeys.

We took Wagon Wheel Road through great expanses of open swamp land.  Even on a rainy day it was magnificent.  Then, because we were close by, we drove back to Everglades City.  We stopped and bought some smoked fish dip.  We found a new lunch place, Triad Seafood.  They had just reopened this week.  It was raining harder and raw and cool and so clam chowder hit the spot!

We napped this afternoon and it still rained.  We ate our fish dip and the sky began to brighten.  We enjoyed an evening walk as the sun went down. 

The sky was gorgeous.  Our whole world was bathed in soft pink and peach and lavender light. 

Tomorrow we will move to Everglades National Park and stay at Flamingo Campground for the next week.  Hopefully we will have enough service to post!