October 30, 2022 Another great day, low 70’s, Interacted with a Cormorant and a manatee. Lots of birds including more Black Crowned Night Herons.
October 29, 2022 It was a beautiful day today, 70 to start 75 when I returned. I saw a Black Crowned Night Heron for the first time in months. No dolphins or manatees today.
October 27, 2022 It was cloudy and sprinkling all morning, so I did not go out kayaking. Here is someone who came to visit, first on my porch, then out on a tree branch!
October 26, 2022 Two manatees, my first sighting of Storks, three Ospreys, and lots of birds this morning! Bob said that I had just missed a dolphin who had swum by several times chasing fish.
October 24, 2022 Another beautiful day.
October 23, 2022 second trip. Marian invited Mindy to come along. We got to play with the manatees!
A lady came out on her deck and said the it was “against the law to touch the manatees”. AS I have stated here before, it is only against the law to HARASS the manatees, when a manatee comes up to the side of your kayak, stays there for 3 minutes, and asks to be petted, touching them is NOT harassment!
Legally, “harassment” includes any act that potentially injures [nope], annoys [nope], or disturbs [nope] the manatee, or causes a disruption of its natural behavior [nope, it is naturally curious]. When it comes up to you multiple times and you pet it, that is not harassment.
October 23, 2022 A beautiful sunny day, tee shirt and shorts.
October 22, 2022 Back to kayaking early in the morning. It was 56 degrees as I put in but in the 60’s when I returned.
October 19, 2022 Home again, I met some nice people on the plane and talked all night, then slept seven hours this morning in the quiet of my house.
While I was gone my bananas fell and someone disposed of them 🙁
Everything else is as I left it. Thanks for Marian for taking me to the airport, Amy for picking me up, Don for getting me to the train, Steph and Jason for getting me from the train and taking me to the airport and Jim for getting me home!! Thanks to William for watering my house plants, they are happy.
I had the most wonderful trip, seeing my daughter Amy and Darren, Sarah, Don and Jeanne, Stephen and Daisy (and Leif and Viola) and Stephany and Jason.
I saw a lot of birds )including Bald Eagles, Cormorants, Pelicans, a Wood Duck and many more) a herd of elk, sea lions, giant trees, where M*A*S*H was filmed, the tar pits, and went kayaking with Amy, a car museum, the Winchester House, an airplane show, and many other things. Some nice long hikes, wonderful home cooked meals and eating out. My first train ride in 30 years, a ride in Amy’s new van, a new Prius and in Don’s fantastic Tesla!
Thanks to all for making my trip such a great success!!2
October 18, 2022 Out to lunch and over to Venice. Venice California that is, but it does have canals!
October 17, 2022 Off to the Tar Pits and the Car museum.
October 16, 2022 We had a fun day hiking in Malibu Creek Park, The trail we selected led to the area used to film:
Planet of the Apes
M*A*S*H
Roots
October 15, 2022 Leaving Stephen’s and air show. The train I was supposed to go to LA had an accident, and so I took a train an hour later. The train had hit a farm truck and killed the driver, thus it needed a new engine and was supposed to be four hours late..
October 14, 2022 Staying at Stephen and Daisy’s in Orcutt, California.
October 13, 2022. Stephen and Daisy visit.
October 12, 2022 AM Winchester house and lunch.
October 12, 2022. At Donald’s, we went to Winchester House. Then in the afternoon went to a few marshes and a tree where there was an American Bald Eagle! I looked up a few of the birds, but some I have no idea their names.
October 11, 2022. If was foggy at first, then cleared..in the 50’s. I drove for 8 hours with a couple of stops. The first stop was to see a herd of elk! The elk were trying to cross the road! Then later on I found a tree that cars could drive through! So I drove through!
The brand new Toyota Prius got 63.5 miles per gallon, so the price was mitigated somewhat.
October 10, 2022 It was foggy this morning and for extended periods today. I drove for 9 hours with a few stops. One was at Sea Lion Caves where I got to see Sea Lions!
October 9, 2022 Amy and I drove to Tacoma to visit with my grand daughter Sarah and go out to a birthday breakfast. Then we went to a park and walked along the shore. Sarah said that she saw a whale last time she was roller skating there!
October 8, 2022 Amy and I hiked all around Seward Park. There were hundreds of birds floating in the water off of the southern edge of the park (Lake Washington), some Canada Geese but mostly ducks.
October 7, 2022 Amy and I rented a kayak and paddled about in Green lake for an hour! 66º and sunny, beautiful weather!!
October 6 PM – Amy and I went to Washington Park Arboretum and then to a park where there were Ducks, a Bald Eagle, a Great Blue Heron, and a lot of turtles.
October 6, 2022, AM update.
October 3 – I worked at the ABC Bicycles building bicycles. October 4 – I managed the gym in Gulfport, Florida, then Marian took me to the Tampa International Airport to begin my travels.
I flew to Vegas, then on to Seattle where my daughter Amy picked me up for a stay here in Kirkland.
October 5 – Amy and I hiked a trail where I found a leaf from a tree that is a foot across!
October 2, 2022, another beautiful day, Marian came with me. As usual we saw Lady Anhinga in her mangrove refuge.
October 1, 2022 Another beautiful day, Diane came with me,
I saw a group of manatees, one came out of the water but I only caught him as he went down. When they are in a group, the group of manatees is called an aggregation.
