Afternoon on the Banana River

With the temperature about as high as we have seen it this year, and a little cloud cover to lessen the impact of the sun, we went on a boat tour of the Banana River today with Chelsea and Andy. It was a wildlife tour, looking for dolphins, manatees, and birds.

This is a picture of the boat at the dock in Cocoa Beach. The number of people going was small, so we had lots of seat room  and place to move around.

Here we see a group of birds enjoying the afternoon. It is mating season for some of them.

This has nothing to do with wildlife, but there are beautiful homes in Cocoa Beach built along canals on  the River.

Here's a lone pelican, drifting along the river, hoping for fish to come along.  We saw several dolphins, but they are impossible to photograph because they are so quick when they come to the surface and dive.

We are near several causeways. This is the one connecting Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral.

here is a picture of us enjoying the boat ride. It was so warm last night that we turned on the air conditioning for the first time, since it was 80 in the living room. To get a wind chill warning this morning for home was a dose of reality. One more week!