March 15-16: Construction and Bunche Beach

Before we moved to Cypress Woods, we had been thinking about what to do to improve Ron's computer situation. He was using a desktop with two monitors and a laptop on part of the table and a tv tray. We decided to remove one of the bookshelves and put in a small computer desk.

The computer desk fit between the remaining bookshelf and the fold-up table that came mounted on the wall. Joyce assembled the piece, leaving off the wheels that would have been concealed at the bottom. With very little construction space inside the motorhome, she built herself into the unit when it was on its face and before the back went on. Ron lifted it up so she could wiggle out!

Filled with his equipment and with the laptop on the fold-up table, Ron finds his new workstation very suitable for hours of processing photos.

The next day we met Karen Lund on Bunche Beach before dawn.

Here's Ron and Karen prepping their cameras. Joyce's camera is always prepped!

Karen walked the beach barefoot so that she can wade in the water. Ron and Joyce accomplished the same goal by wearing rubber boots.


One of the cool things we found right away was a couple of young bald eagles who flew out of the trees near the edge of the beach and landed in the water for a little fishing. It was still very early so the light was poor but the sight was wonderful!

This pretty snowy egret was fishing in the tides pools.

This ray was laying (dead) in a tide pool.

There were several types of birds fishing. And they were doing well!

This reddish egret just looked goofy.


But he was a good fisherman. They "dance" for a while and then grab the fish.


The reddish would fly from one tide pool to another.

We would approach the newly chosen tide pool but then the egret would, of course, fly back to the previously chosen tide pool.