Starting at 7:00 pm, Tom and six of us local ladies took a leisurely paddle to an oyster bed and rookery. There we saw a rainbow expand from a blip to a double rainbow. Next we paddled a little further out to catch a magnificent sunset in the peace and quiet of Rookery Bay where we were the only ones out except the birds and fish. The rookery was exactly quiet. The variety of herons, ibis, egrets were squawking about their day and choosing their roosts for the night. Tom informed us that pelicans do not make noise (aside from flapping of their wings and bills).
After paddling for 2 miles over about 2 hours we ducked into some mangroves where it was dark enough for someone to catch a glimpse of an underwater flash of light. We were all paddling in circles trying to make sure everyone saw a blue or white spark. Then we traveled under a narrow canopy of mangroves and drum roll please, cue Little Mermaid music . . . There was the colony of Tinkerbells, fairies and fireflies.
Some things cannot be described or photographed but must be experienced. I don't recall when it was that Tom announced that it was 9:45 but on our way back, in the open span of water, we ran across some seaweed beds full of sparkling comb jelly fish. Imagine a group of over 50s acting like 5 year olds being able to reach into the water and pick up magic twinkling sea creatures.
The evening - or should I say night - was perfect. We got back to our cars at 10:30 - well past Marco Midnight. By the time we all got home, showered and to bed, it was the real midnight.
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