Jean, I just have to tell you how much fun Ric and I had today. We went down to Merritt Island WLP and had the greatest time. I think it took us more than 3 hrs to do the Black Point loop and visited quite a few other areas as well. It was a wonderful day. I have a ton of pic to go thru but I needed to tell you that not only did we see gators but we saw a very large one that had just caught a big bird I . I got several good shots of him dragging his meal out of the water and on to the bank. He wasn't very far from us either just on the other side of a rather narrow canal. I have seen gators in the wild before but nothing like this. I also got lots of beautiful bird and wildflower pics and sighted some new to me birds. I did see 2 Spoonbills flying over and lots of Manatee. It is mating season and they sure were frisky, much more active than I am use to as well. What a great day. Can't thank you enough for sending us down that way. I could go back tomorrow and do it all over again.
These pic aren't for the faint of heart so don't open them if you aren't up to the view.
