We took advantage of the nice weather this week to be out on the water daily. Besides the trips on the past posts, yesterday we explored way up on the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. We launched the kayaks at a nice park in Port St. Lucie called River Park Marina (it also has a couple of short walking trails and their own tour boat).
At first I thought this uprooted, but still growing, palm tree had its trunk sticking out of the water, until I realized it was an alligator.
It sank down as we passed by with first its body, then its head. Very stealth, with no swish at all.
We saw this poor old boat on a lift that obviously hadn't been used for a long time. There was a mangrove growing out of it, complete with roots coming out of the drain plug hole.
We didn't go too far, because it is quite a maze of water trails and oxbows. Looks like a good place to get lost easily.
Today, after a a great Hope Town West get together in Fort Pierce, we took our friend Judy for her first kayak trip in salt water. She had only been paddling in the northern lakes a long time ago. She was a natural though and had no problem. She rented a kayak at Jim Island and our colorful threesome headed into the mangroves and along the sandbars, watching all the different waterbirds.
This great blue heron looked to have "bitten off more than he could chew" and was trying to get the huge fish lined up properly to slide down his throat. Meanwhile the seagull was standing by in case he failed.
I couldn't resist taking a picture of the rental storage container and its sign...
Now it's the busy weekend, so we will hide until next week when we can hopefully go boating all over again!
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