Here are some photos taken while bicycling through the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island in Florida. This wildlife refuge is one of 560 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The System, encompassing over 150 million acres, is the nation’s largest network of lands and waters managed specifically for wildlife. Jay…
Author: Rob Spera
The Cats Meow
This is the first real excursion in the motorhome. The first two trips were mostly checkout/shakedown trips. We are on Sanibel Island, located near the southern tip of Florida’s Gulf Coast. We are staying in a quaint RV park. Most of the units here are mobile homes occupied by either full time residents or snowbirds….
Fort De Soto Park
Fort De Soto Park is actually a chain of five interconnected islands, or keys. The picture is of Mullet Key, I am staying on St. Jean Key. Then rest of the park is made up of St. Christopher Key, Madelaine Key, and Bonnie Fortune Key. This land is essentially where the southern tip of Pinellas…
Cats in the RV – Part Deux
Today is the beginning of the second trip in the RV with the cats. They squawked incessantly during the entire drive to Ft De Soto. Robles jumped in my lap while I was driving down here. Now I am one of those crazy people you fear and see, a driver of a large RV with…
It’s a Cat’s Life
The cats are relaxing with me on a sunny quiet afternoon in Fort De Soto Park. Fort De Soto Park is located at the very southern tip of the Pinellas Peninsula. On the west side of the peninsula is the Gulf of Mexico. The harbor entrance to Tampa Bay is to the south, and on…