Necessary Roughness

My fellow trainer Joe got luckier with his hotel room than I did, getting a balcony and a view of the beach. It would have been great for sunrise pictures, but the clouds did not cooperate.

Seagulls were first on the scene, then pelicans began to move in. Storks can also be seen. Beyond the view of the camera, we can see some of the offshore drilling platforms, and looking along the beach to the north we can see the top of the U.S.S. Lexington.

Several attempts at movies showed the birds a little better, but the wind degraded into white noise. We’ll try again when the weather improves; it has been cloudy and rainy since we’ve been here.