More Mortons

More Morton's

Best part of the day! I leave early and walk for about 2 hours. I spend a good part of the time on the beach collecting shells.

 Lions Mane Jelly Fish.They are quite common in Long Island waters as well as along the entire Atlantic coast. Biologists working in Peconic said there are a lot of them around. The underside is darker colored.

I really like this shot. When I see something I never rearrange  anything. I lie on the sand and take the shot. This was taken with my everyday lens. Would of loved to have had my macro-lens.

Did you say "smile"?

Both trails at Morton's have turkeys that are always in the way. People bring bird seed to feed the chickadee's  and most of the seed falls on the ground. The poor little birds don't stand a chance with these guys around!

When they see someone, they do a stare down. It's like they are expecting to be fed!

This turkey was blocking both paths. I didn't have seed, just my camera and I must of taken 25 pictures, this being the best one out of the bunch.

Mortons

 I love Morton's. I try to get a walk in early, and if that doesn't work out I like going an hour before it gets dark.

The beach is on Peconic Bay and you can see the North Shore and Shelter Island.

The peninsula is in the background. The pole is set up for the Osprey to nest. 

The above cove is on the back side of Morton's and is also protected by Clam Island, which is the small island in the background. We had a small sailboat which Divingabe moored in the cove. It's also an excellent place to take our dogs for a swim. Rex, our first lab would clam. He would dig up a clam and then toss it in the air so it would break on the cement. Rex also loved the water and would run when we opened the gate. Rip would eat all the dead stuff along the shore and didn't care for the water. Max hasn't been down to the cove yet.

There are two trails. One directly to the beach and the other one via the woods. I usually take both when I walk it in the morning.

Peacock State Park

Peacock is about an hour from the house. It's a state park and the admission is four dollars to cave dive. It's a very popular place but Divingabe can not dive alone. He needs a buddy so he doesn't get to dive there as much as he would like. January 28th he did a three hour dive in the above cave,they entered at one location and exited at another. They swam about a mile in three hours. Notice how large the cave system is, a diver can spend many hours exploring.

                                                   

Dan Wright was very kind to share his photos with us. Gabe was his model for the day.

Little River

This park is 30 miles from the house and a favorite place to dive.

The dark area in the center on the photo is the opening to the cave

 Divingabe

Additional State Park Photos

All taken in December 2011

 The last photo I don't know if you notice but the puddle is shaped like a heart. I was on my way back to the truck, tears filling my eyes and I saw it. It's my puddle of tears for Rip. The puddle was a sign that he loved me with all his heart.

Florida State Parks

We are really lucky to have many parks close to us. Great for trail walking and it's peaceful. When Rip died I needed time to myself away from Gabe and went to  parks around the area to get out of the house. I took a few photos, not as many as I would normally take but I hope to go back again soon .