Neither of us slept well last night. It is hard to sleep well when one knows one has to get up really early. I set two alarms for 3 am. Barbr was up at 1am and Barbc was up at 3 am with the two alarms going. We were at the airport at 4 am in Ottawa and there was no snow so it was going to be a good day! We left on time on each of our two flights: Ottawa to Chicago and then Chicago to San Antonio. We met up with Colleen at the airport and got our car, loaded up and drove to Corpus Christi. We are staying on the beach at the Quality Inn and had an excellent catch of the day supper, fresh grouper for Colleen and self and Barbr had chicken. It is about about 60 degrees and we walked the beach for about an hour when we arrived. One can see the cleanup going on and our restaurant this evening had a temporary entrance. They are slowly recovering after the Sept hurricane.
At the airport, we saw the Loggerhead Shrike looking around. Plus the ubiquitous Boat-tailed Grackles were everywhere. We saw huge groups of European Starlings flying around and a couple of Brown Pelicans. Along the beach we saw mostly Laughing Gulls in all ages.
Also just in the brush along Dolphin Beach here, we saw five Meadowlarks larking about. I have never seen Meadowlarks at the beach! So while we were really just walking out our stiffness we did have our cameras to take some photos. The warship is an aircraft carrier and just about 100 yards from our hotel room patio overlooking the beach. It is lovely here and the water is pretty strong. Maybe it is the tide coming in.
After supper we walked out on the beach and took photos of the Full Blood Blue Moon and there is an lunar eclipse at 6:30 am tomorrow. Colleen is keen to see this and will wake us up....
So while waking up in a cold snowy Ottawa, we are in a mild climate on the beach that is just great.
Here are some photos from today.
At the airport, we saw the Loggerhead Shrike looking around. Plus the ubiquitous Boat-tailed Grackles were everywhere. We saw huge groups of European Starlings flying around and a couple of Brown Pelicans. Along the beach we saw mostly Laughing Gulls in all ages.
Also just in the brush along Dolphin Beach here, we saw five Meadowlarks larking about. I have never seen Meadowlarks at the beach! So while we were really just walking out our stiffness we did have our cameras to take some photos. The warship is an aircraft carrier and just about 100 yards from our hotel room patio overlooking the beach. It is lovely here and the water is pretty strong. Maybe it is the tide coming in.
After supper we walked out on the beach and took photos of the Full Blood Blue Moon and there is an lunar eclipse at 6:30 am tomorrow. Colleen is keen to see this and will wake us up....
So while waking up in a cold snowy Ottawa, we are in a mild climate on the beach that is just great.
Here are some photos from today.
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