"Gull In Flight"

The only Gull I saw on the whole trip and it wasn't near Gull Cove closer to Lower Red Cove looking SW. It was hard not to just paddle in circles trying to take in the beauty in the quiet and the still of the morning. I thought that my paddle strokes would be too loud and disturb someone or something and then only to be awakened by the splashing of the seals just out of reach of my boat. The serenity and mystical experience made me stop for long minutes to just sit there and float with the calm of no surf or swell, but just the rhythm of the tide.

"Free As A Bird Now"

This Eagle folowed me back to the parking lot from the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's and as I continued my walk I constantly looked up to see it there. I am not sure what interest it had in me but it was an amazing site to watch this bird as it so majestically made me very aware of it's presence. The sun was so bright I didn't know until the evening when I checked my pictures that I had even captured it in flight. As I neared the parking lot it flew off into the sun.