We were hoping to see a rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center today. We got up, checked it out, and the launch was cancelled.
We had a rainy start this morning. Which was not a problem. We lounged around, ate lunch, then went looking for Limpkins, which was our back up plan for the day.
We checked out the Chain of Lakes Recreation Park where we were greeted by 100's of White Ibis, along with lots of other species of birds on our drive in.
We hiked along the 3 miles of trail, meandering through the woods, and over and around the water. It didn't take long to achieve our goal of finding Limpkins. There were plenty of them here. Another Cha-ching for us!
A walk up the 50 foot Tower rewarded us with a spectacular view. It also rewarded me with wobbly legs. But it was definitely worth the rewards.
We saw lots of Loggerhead Shrikes, aka the butcher bird today. We got really close to a couple of them. We never knew they had such a pretty song. We also got a close up view of that wicked looking bill as they were singing.
We thoroughly enjoyed our couple of hours at this park walking along the beautiful scenery, watching all kinds of shorebirds, songbirds, gators, etc.
We saw some more pretty views and critters at our next stop, Marina Park.
We finally saw our first turtle in Florida, a Florida Softshell Turtle. The things that excites us!!
Tomorrow, may be another rocket launch day. According to the Facebook post, we have a 50/50 chance of that happening. We will 👀.
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