Stopping for gas and coffee less than a hundred miles from the beach had us scurrying for sweatshirts and shivering in the cold, damp air. And we weren’t alone, seemed as if everyone at the station was in the same boat. The temperatures dropped and the rain continued as we made our way to Asheville. The weather is still pretty gloomy this morning (Monday).
Friends will brighten the day, David is picking me up for lunch, then off to Cheryl and Jenni’s for dinner!
I’ve been getting Saffire rigged to tow a car, pretty mundane stuff compared to the Class A pulling an AIRPLANE down the highway. Yep, I did a double take, but it was indeed an airplane. Who needs a car, the traffic gets too heavy, take to the skies!!
A few last observations from the beach.
We saw a number of horseshoe crab shells, as well as a couple of live crabs.
They are very large and rather prehistoric looking. I had the TV on for a few minutes and there just happened to be a PBS show on the very same. Seems that the crabs are closer to spiders and tarantulas in their movements and appearance. They have a long tail that was scary looking, but it is only to help propel them along and is harmless. They have ten eyes. And all the shells we saw were not from dead crabs, but shells the crabs have shed. They grow seven to nine new shells during their lifetime.
The sea has some pretty weird stuff floating around in it!
We also were treated to display of pelican fishing prowess on our last beach walk. They spot their catch from the air, then dive straight down, fold back their wings and plunge into the water head first. They make a tremendous splash when they hit, and emerge moments later with fish in their lower bill which acts like a pouch.
The spot they were fishing was near where the porpoises were swimming a few days ago, must be lots of little fish there. It was quite a show!
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