It was windy all night last night, and the squeaking dock lines kept me awake again. My longest dock line (25') wouldn't reach the forward piling in these "small" slips, and I could only use the midships cleat to keep the boat straight in the slip. There's only less than a foot tide here, but I had to tie the lines tight and they made a noise when they stretched at low tide. I keep a spare anchor and line below the floor, so I got it out used my old cowboy skills to lasso the piling. Then I was able to tie the bow line to it. Seems like a small problem, but it took most of the morning to work out.
The entire day was windy and cool again. (68 degrees) We drove up to Key Largo, stopping at K-Mart, Publix, CVS, Papa Johns, and the Wild Bird Sanctuary. People had told us to be at the bird place at 3:30 for feeding time. When we walked back to the feeding area, we thought there were a lot of pelicans there. Little did we know..................
When the guy with the buckets of fish showed up, it was a regular feeding frenzy--beaks to the left, beaks to the right.
The clacking noise you hear in the video is the pelicans beaks slamming shut.
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Hey T.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the obligatory shout out…also belated somewhat, Happy Birthday you old coot…I keep trying to catch up to ya but I always seem to stay 4 years behind. Headed to New Awlins for the next 4-5 days for some business meetings…looks like the weather stinks there as well, but a little warmer than this %&*$# up here in the northland.
Really enjoy seeing the posts on ur blog of what’s happin’…look forward to it every morning with a cup of 30wgt.
Our best to you and Pammy,
Danny Joe