Paddling left off the boat ramp, we passed a fishing pier, and spotted a great heron right then. When the heron saw our bright yellow kayak Emma, it flew away, but landed a short distance ahead of us along the shore, and showed us its elegancy and grace in various poses. Then some red flowers brightened the green world. A cardinal couple were courting in the trees, also add the accent to the visual.
Just when we were talking about that we did not see the typical scene of turtles resting on logs, with a small turn in the shoreline, two small turtles appeared on a log, and then a couple big turtles, as we got closer, one jumped into the water, the other lingered and eventually ready to jump as well :)
After that we turned into the park cove, spotted another cardinal couples, and snags in the lake. When turned around, a black bird with white throat greeted us, and the cloud broke up, blue sky behind the cloud appeared! It was beautiful, but the shade of the green in the surrounding just changed a bit. A big bird, likely blue jay, was in a bush in the water, chirping.
A white tent, a red shamrock and a grey canoe on the shore provided perfect accents to the otherwise world saturated with green! Quite a few tiny birds were chasing each other around a snag ahead of us, and I caught only one on my camera.
Then another beautiful tapestry appeared in front of us on the shore.
By now we paddled 2 miles, time to turn around.
We saw a couple bird nests in the snags, and Lily wondered if those were abandoned long time ago. On the way back I saw a double crested cormorant standing by a nest, looking around.
On land or in water, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park is a great place to visit.
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