Beach Talk

There is a State Park near where Bob's sister, Charlene, lives so we decided to join an event that was listed as a "Beach Walk," but it was really a "Beach Talk." It was very interesting though. We just didn't do much walking, but we learned about the beach in this area.

As you can see by the picture this is a sea turtle area, and they are protected. The nesting season is March through Oct. so we haven't really seen any turtles. Too cold for them here now anyway. Believe it or not. This was the speaker. She has been with the park service for over 30 years and had lots of info for us.

Notice in the background, the yellow flag means caution for rip tides, etc., and the purple flag (yes it's purple) means there could be dangerous wildlife out in the ocean. We didn't see any thought. There are sharks and jellyfish. In fact we saw some pretty awesome jelly fish one day when we were walking along the beach. I hadn't seen any like them. I need to Google them to see what kind they were.

Notice we are dressed in spring like clothing because it was a beautiful day.

The sand on the beach here is a reddish color because there is a special rock called coquino rock that makes it that color. This could be Hawaii, couldn't it?

Here is a handful of sand. It's mostly made up on crushed sea shells.

There is even cactus here as well as other plants that I don't remember their names.

She's showing us a tiny shadow crab.

Here's the shadow crab close up. Isn't he cute?

After the beach talk we went across the street to another part of the park that had some more, but different plant life than on the beach. Here we are with the vegetation in the background. It was nice and shady here, but still very nice temp.

Here is our friend, Sandy, who went with us. She is originally from Chicago and now lives across the street from Charlene, Bob's sister. She is a good friend, neighbor, and "partner in crime" to Charlene.