PHOTO POTPOURRI--

The Grassy Waters Preserve near West Palm Beach, FL is the setting for the first picture above.  We were in the process of logging an Earth (Geo) Cache there in the company of Brad and Wendy Smart from the Syracuse, NY area.  Sue is in the yellow Capris (left), and Wendy's hubby is pondering a lunker Largemouth Bass in the background.  The Smarts winter in VB and are potential geocaching enthusiasts.

The pier at Venice, FL is the setting for the second photo.  That's Sue on the left and long-time friend Pat Haas, now of Punta Gorda, FL looking for fossils and shark's teeth in this shelling hot-bed on the Gulf coast side of the state.

Note the apparent difference in water color; rich blue's to the left and right with a green hue dominating under the pier; all in the same body of water.  Naturally all that water is the same color but the blue is perceived as a reflection of the sky while the pier is blocking the water's view of the sky.  Obviously things are not always as they appear.

 
We wrapped up this evening with dinner on the rooftop of Punta Gorda's downtown Wyvern Hotel.  This is a view northbound along US 41.  Southbound this highway rumbles through Ft. Myers then swings East to Miami enjoying the name Tamiami Trail as it sluices across the Everglades.

We also welcomed Pat to the ranks of Geocaching this day.  She participated in finding 2 conventional caches and two Earthcaches on her inaugural outing.

For you photo enthusiasts, all three of these pictures were done with a *Gasp* cellphone.