If you’ve been following this blog for the last few days, you’ll know that an unusually low tide hampered my ability to get to Cayo Costa Island State Park from Pine Island on Saturday December 13. However, I did manage to spend a few minutes hunting for shells in the exposed mud next to the […]
Everywhere you look on Pine Island you’ll see an osprey. Often they are carrying a fish. Sometimes they lose their grip on the fish. It is not unusual for fish to fall out of the sky when ospreys are around. I think ospreys have a preference for certain types of fish, and are inclined to […]
I awoke Saturday morning with a sense of dread about my trip to Cayo Costa, since the north wind had been howling all night. The weather had forecast NE winds at 9 to 11mph. The marine forecast called for 15 knot N to NE winds. The reality was more like 25 to 30 mph winds. […]
The dock of the Beachhouse Lodge is, so far, my favorite dock in Florida. As you can see, the end of the dock is quite a nice distance from the “real” world. I have to admit that it was pretty chilly for this Florida native, standing on the end of the dock at sunset with […]
This weekend I’m meeting the VISITFLORIDA video crew on Pine Island, and we’re shooting a video of the trip to Cayo Costa Island State Park and Cabbage Key via the Tropic Star passenger ferry. I’m staying at the Beachhouse Lodge, a place I discovered back in 1993. As soon as I arrived this afternoon, I […]
