Then we went around to the other side of the inlet and found a spot we hadn't seen before. Apparently lots of other people have! It's quite the boating area. There's a wonderful observation area where we got to watch the boaters come and go.
Out across the water I spotted a pink bird flying. I knew it wasn't gangly enough to be a flamingo, but had no idea what it was. But checking the Peterson Bird Guide on my iPad confirmed that it was a Roseate Spoonbill. Neither Curt nor I had ever seen one before, so we have a new sighting for our life bird lists. We couldn't get a photo because he was so far away and we were watching through binoculars. But here's what Peterson has to say about him.
Later we saw him with another, so there must be a pair out there. What a great thing to see!
This area is definitely the spot for the more expensive boats...sailboats, yachts, and pleasure boats, as opposed to mostly fishing boats docked at our little Fulton Harbor.
There's an enormous boat storage facility. I never saw anything like that before, but we could see inside with binoculars. They have boats stacked up all the way to the ceiling in there, lifted and lowered by the tallest forklift I've ever seen.
You can barely see the rigging of a large yacht between the two halves of the building. That will give you an idea of the size.
Then we found a little Texas Barbecue stand and shared a wonderful plate of brisket, sausage, beans and cole slaw. What a great find. We love little places that the locals frequent.
This afternoon, Curt hauled out our inflatable kayak and we decided to take it for a spin. So we loaded it on the truck and drove across to the bay, near where our flock of white Pelicans reside.
Here's Curt getting the last bit of things together, just before I tucked he iPad safely in the truck. Not taking that out on the water!
We paddled in and around a couple of piers and managed to get in and out without disturbing the Pelicans. Here they are in the distance as we're loaded up to head back home.
And then, just for fun, Curt wanted to paddle around in the pool in front of our cottage before we stowed it back in the carport:
OK, now take a good look at that little cottage. I mentioned a couple of posts ago that we have a big event coming up next weekend. One of the stipulations when we rented the cottage for 6 months was to make it available on December 6 and 7 for hundreds of people to come through. Every year in Rockport-Fulton they have a tour of 8 historic homes decorated for Christmas, with docents in each home to explain a bit about its history. Well, our cottage is on the tour this year. These cottages were built in the late 1940's and early 50's, and many, many people have vacationed in them through the years. Some families have come back every year for decades, and later their children and even grandchildren have come back to Harbor Lights Cottages for their vacations. So they hold a fond place in many hearts.
Two of the cottages will be on the tour (ours, #14, and also Cottage #1). They'll be decorated much as they might have been in the 1950s, complete with a pink flocked Christmas tree! I can't wait to see what the committee does with it! We're supposed to be out of the house for those two afternoons, but that's no problem. We'll go on the tour and see all the other houses!
Our new friend Phoebe Wilson, whose family members own several of the cottages, is the one who set this all up. It should be an interesting weekend!
So over the next few days we'll try to find places for the last of my stuff and have the place spruced up for all these people to take a trip down Memory Lane. We'll keep you posted on how it goes!
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