February 18th. We were on the road bikes again, for the first time, 8 months after his accident. Grant has decided no more riding on roads for him, so I suggested we go to Orlando Wetland Park. He had never been there. From my one birding trip there, I remembered the roads being hard packed sand and shell. That must have been somewhere else, because we toughed out the four mile sandy loop around Lake Stacey and vowed never again. Besides, I can’t bike and bird at the same time. This is a place to walk or take the trams since they are running again.
Ospreys, coots, blue winged teals, herons and egrets, roseate spoonbills, one Royal tern. I heard 2 barred owls calling, and Grant was strafed by a red shouldered hawk. Yellow-rumped warblers and catbirds near the entrance, a red bellied woodpecker heard but not seen. We will be back.
February 25th. Our second ride, from Green Springs to Gemini Springs was just a little over 9 miles round trip, but my legs and butt were sore the next day from the fast-ish pace we rode. Both springs are in Volusia County parks and are the beginning of the Springs to Springs trail system. There is camping at Gemini. Perhaps a place to test our new tent and cots.
We shall return to ride more of the trail after Grant has recovered from his cataract surgery.
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