Even a stately heron has to scratch an itch now and thenCopyright 2007 Lydia Hinshaw
TIERRA VERDE, FL -- Prince Charming and I went camping for Christmas at Fort DeSoto, a Pinellas County Park located on several islands south of St. Petersburg.
We took three strings of lights to decorate our campsite, which looked pretty pitiful amongst the lighted trees, inflatable Santas, preening reindeer and assorted other displays presented by better-organized campers.
One evening, a group of fellow campers actually strolled the grounds caroling to the accompaniment of a guitar. The weather was mild, the moon was full and it was thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
We spent a couple of days relaxing on the beach, and one day hiking on Egmont Key, a Florida State Park reachable only by ferry, and inhabited by a lone park ranger and hundreds of large turtles. Egmont Key was a bustling military post in the early days of the 20th century, but little now remains of that operation except for a grid of brick streets.
Naturally we took dozens of pictures of waterfowl. My favorite was the great blue heron, I stalked at Fort DeSoto on Christmas Day. Usually the most dignified of birds, this fellow looked pretty goofy as he scratched his neck.
We took three strings of lights to decorate our campsite, which looked pretty pitiful amongst the lighted trees, inflatable Santas, preening reindeer and assorted other displays presented by better-organized campers.
One evening, a group of fellow campers actually strolled the grounds caroling to the accompaniment of a guitar. The weather was mild, the moon was full and it was thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
We spent a couple of days relaxing on the beach, and one day hiking on Egmont Key, a Florida State Park reachable only by ferry, and inhabited by a lone park ranger and hundreds of large turtles. Egmont Key was a bustling military post in the early days of the 20th century, but little now remains of that operation except for a grid of brick streets.
Naturally we took dozens of pictures of waterfowl. My favorite was the great blue heron, I stalked at Fort DeSoto on Christmas Day. Usually the most dignified of birds, this fellow looked pretty goofy as he scratched his neck.
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