We went to Apollo Beach in the Canaveral National Seashore today. We had a cloudy day, but not the rain we had yesterday. We actually were able to walk inside the visitor center, the first one that has been open this trip.
It was another pretty ride with the lagoons on one side of the road and the Atlantic Ocean on the other side of the road.
Our first stop was the Turtle Mound Archeology Site. It was a beautiful walk along the boardwalk. We were looking down from the boardwalk to the 45 foot shell midden. It is the largest shell midden of the mainland U. S.
On our drive to check out Eldora House, we found a cool tree limb that looked like an anaconda head.
We had a nice walk to the house. The house was closed due to covid, but as usual we found some pretty neat plants and critters.
We went to the last parking area on Apollo Beach, which was another nude beach, Just Saying! The waves were way much bigger than yesterday with a high tide. We took pictures of the waves and critters.
We saw a Black Runner Snake basking in the grass near the walkway as we left.
We hiked the 1 mile Castle Windy Trail and finally got a bunch of pictures of the Zebra Butterfly.
We had our picnic lunch at the Visitor's Center overlooking the lagoons.
As we were driving out of the park, we found another snake that was laying in the grass with his head sticking up. Our first thought was, it was another Black Runner, then we saw the black head and neck with a brown body. Our very first Coachwhip sighting! Cha Ching!!
We took Highway 1 instead of the interstate on our way back to camp. We rode through several of the nice parks along the waterways taking pictures of the scenery.
We got a close up of a Wood Stork sitting in the grass.
Ferny Kat had us outside early evening. She really annoyed a squirrel in the tree trying to get down with his acorn. She ignored him, and the squirrel found an alternate route.
A really vocal Pileated Woodpecker bellied up on grub before going to roost.
A Red Shouldered Hawk perched in a tree nearby camp, then flew away.
Space Coast Day 2 is a wrap!
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