Wednesday, June 29, 2005: Melanie Cove

Awoke this morning with a terrible screeching noise. Two bald eagles had attacked and killed a blue heron right beside our boat. They dragged the heron to shore where one of the eagles started eating it--feathers flying—while the other eagle sat in a tree on the opposite bank waiting his turn. I took pictures and that is the one posted of the two eagles. The other eagle waited for almost an hour and finally decided it was his turn. They fought over it for a few minutes and the first eagle finally flew away. What a spectacular sight.

Bob & John took the dinghy early to go fishing. Roseanne, Kathy, and I took the kayaks for a long ride around the bay. We got to know each other better and got great exercise. We could get up very close to the marine life in the bays. Our kayaks are very special, we can pedal them like a bike, or paddle like a traditional kayak and even sail them. Roseanne loved using one of ours and put it on her Christmas list.

Our dinghy broke down when the guys were fishing so Kathy and Roseanne drove over to rescue them. Kathy had never driven her dinghy before but did great. Bob needs to fix the dinghy motor before we go much further.