Sunday Feb 16

While we were en route to St. Marks we went over a river made famous in a song. Here is your clue-Al Jolson sang the version written by George Gershwin. And 'The Old Folks at Home' was written by Stephen Foster who never actually saw the river.




Guessed it yet? Notice the spelling. Foster misspelled the name and thus it became known as the Swanee River forever more.




Here we are in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.




A distinguished visitor on the boardwalk at St. Marks NWR.




Last Autumn's red leaves in the standing water. The trees were reflected in the water beautifully because the water was absolutely still-lovely.




This is the St. Marks lighthouse on the Gulf of Mexico. The first one was built using the stone from a 17th century Spanish fort in 1843. That fell down and it was moved inland and rebuilt. It's still in commission so we couldn't climb it. Note the blue sky. Not that warm in the wind however.




When we were at the Cape Canaveral nature reserve we wondered where all the coots had gone. Now we know - they were on the pond by the St. Marks lighthouse.




This is our roof for tonight and tomorrow night. Our hostess is from Hornchurch, which is where we got married. She is one half of another successful Anglo-American marriage!

Location:Timberlane Rd,Tallahassee,United States