Celebration bike ride

It was another beautiful day here, though it started out pretty cool.  We did our usual ride to and through Celebration,and enjoyed a picnic at our favorite picnic table by the lake.  We saw a LOT of alligators today - guess they all wanted to soak up the sun.   We ended on a bit of a bad note, when Paul's back tire popped about a mile from home, so he had to walk it the rest of the way home.  He found a screw nail in the tire, but since he always has extra tubes in the van, was able to fix it, so we're good to go again.

I was able to get up close and personal with this fellow, though there was a chain link fence between us.

We watched this egret catch a fish, and a heron did his best to steal it, but never succeeded.

This is the guy I was on the other side of the fence from.  We talked to some people who were watching this gator, and discovered that they are missionaries in India.  They were at the church where Scott and Lois went on Sunday.  They have an Alliance background, and we had a really nice visit with them.

A new kind of water flower has started to show up - it is very delicate-looking.

I think this gaor and wood stork were either having a staring competition, or the stork is saying "I dare you!"

We were on a foot bridge watching this guy.

Someone was feeding the squirrels on top of these posts on one of the boardwalks.

I really like these orange and yellow flowers which are all along the waterways.

One more heron.

A beautiful snowy egret.

Such pretty roses!