By the sea

For those who cannot tell from the photo you are looking at the Atlantic Ocean, air temperature 48 degrees (F.),wind from the north at about 9 knots, and it is 10 a.m. November 28, 2014. This particular beach is within the limits of Fernandina Beach, Florida. So, I suppose, it is Fernandina Beach beach, redundant but accurate. All is located on Amelia Island.

The bird is a Sanderling Sandpiper (or at least that is what it looks like), a cute little fellow who scurries along the waterline looking for some sort of stuff to eat. Usually they stay far away and go in the opposite direction from your path and demand you use the "zoom" for a photo. This fellow, however, paced along with us about 5 feet away and provided me with the only non-telephoto snapshot I have ever taken of one of these guys.

After this excitement we then went into the business part of Fernandina Beach to find it was PJ Friday. Those participating wear their pajamas into town to shop Black Friday. The temperature did not allow for sheer lingerie but creativity was rampant as even the dogs had flannel creations. We escaped to the waterfront to look at boats (it is on the ICW) and then it was The Crab Trap for shrimp and grits and other eatables. Fernandina Beach is a neat little town, not too many T-shirt shops, and a number of nice restaurants.

Rainy Night in Georgia

OK, the title may seem stolen but it poured all last night. It is in the upper 70s and the humidity is in the 90s. There are bugs here.

Here is St. Marys, Georgia. They do not seem to use an apostrophe so I will not. We were here January and February last year and this time we will stay until New Years Day and then move south to Florida but then it is the only place south for which you do not need a watercraft. However, we do have a watercraft, our 8 foot porte-a-bote. We hope it will take us far enough into the outback for some interesting, if not good, photos.