Ride like the wind! Or ride in the wind! Feb 8th

The three of us on the Dauphin Island pier to nowhere.

 Jimmy, me and Rob; and Jimmy looking thru the binocs for the Gulf water!

On the Estuarium boardwalk (pier), checking for birds.

Finally, a busload of middle school kids who were part of a class, dragging nets in the chilly water (in that blustery wind - yeow!) to see what they they could catch. Most of what we saw in their nets were itty-bitty minnows. The kids seemed to be having fun, but better them than me ....

My youngest brother, Rob, Jimmy & I picked the best day of the week to ride - we thought - mostly sunny, except for a north wind that was a real drag! We were a colorful group, judging from the above photos! The island isn't that long and we always ride to the pier that used to be above the Gulf (obviously), but is no longer. It's weird to stand at pier's end, look straight down, and see glistening white sand, and lots of it. I can't judge how far away the water is these days, but it's a good distance. Of course, water is fickle and will go where it wants and maybe next year or in five years ye olde pier will again have water beneath it.

We ate our picnic lunch sitting at the base of a sand dune to get out of the wind, watching a willet (shorebird) work the shoreline for its own lunch. Very nice, very relaxing. Fun day, neat ride for a winter's day!