Day 3 at Gulf Shores

Another beautiful day in Gulf Shores.

We spent early this a.m. biking on a really cool trail for a couple of hours. Very quiet, very secluded. Came up on a glass lake (1st pic below) and a nice picnic cabin in the middle of the woods (2nd pic below). Loved that heron (3rd pic) so he's here as well.

BUT- Pic #4 below is a real find. A GOPHER TORTOISE! Over the years I taken a few treks into the woods and I've NEVER seen a Gopher Tortoise. We not only found this one off of our trail, he let us take pictures!!

These animals are VERY shy. You can find their holes - burrows- all over the place, but they lead very secretive lives. So, our day began a real winner.

We later went to the beach which is spectacular. Very clean, white sand. And the water is just as clean and clear. Juliana and Brenda went wading while Cookie Mama and I baked on the shore line. I'll send pics of the bathing beauties tomorrow since I can't download them to the computer right now.