Eagle Etc at DeGray

Well, we had a great time at DeGray Lake State Park. Although the drive up to the park was quite hazardous. The temperature was 27-28 degrees with falling sleet. But I took it easy at 55 mph and we made it just fine. By the time that we got to the park the whole trailer, hitch and all were encased in a half inch of ice. I took a picture of my car mirror the next day after it had gotten above freezing and you can see it is still encased in ice.
It was pretty hard getting all of the locks unfrozen. But I had stopped and bought the last can of deicing spray so we had them open after about 5 minutes of work on each one.

The birds were awesome as usual. I got quite a few up close pictures. I like this one... Wesley had a good time and he traded eating worm larvae for a chance to go an a midnight golf cart safari. Yes he really did eat fried cheese covered worm larvae...yuk!!!!! Here you see a red tailed hawk...he is fascinated by two little girls who are wearing yarn hats with tassels on top...I think he is saying...they look yummy! Every one of the birds of prey acted like that when those girls walked close...I guess those hats looked like a great dessert!

We took the eagle boat tour, but by Sunday it was sunny and the eagles had gone elsewhere to look for food I guess...so all we saw was one immature. Dad looks a bit cold... We had a good time even though it was wet and freezing. The new trailer was great and with central heat it was nice a toasty inside. And we had plenty of room with the four of us. Mom, Dad and I head up to Lake Ouachita next weekend for another eagle boat tour. Hopefully we will see more than the one that we saw on the DeGray boat ride...

If you want to see more pictures from the trip click here to go to my Webshots Album.

Until next time...Love to all...Cathy