Rend Spillway flowers and falls

Lucy and I went to the hospital so she could get an x-ray.  Nothing wrong, just preventative medicine.  She was so well behaved during the exam that we stopped at the Custard Stand in Sesser for her to get her first malt (actually mine) on the way to our adventure for the day.  She liked the malt much better than the vinegary barbeque. Smart girl!


She fell asleep after lunch, so I took pictures of trumpet flowers near the car while she napped in the car near the Spillway Recreation area.  Then we took a walk up towards the spillway, stopping a few times for macro photos.

 








I was lured here by the promise of many herons lining up next to rapids flowing from the spillway.  I was not disappointed!  Lucy was not pleased about waiting for me to set up the shots, but I managed to get a few long exposures where the herons (mostly) held still for me.





I had noticed what the local weatherman calls "Simpson's clouds" all day and finally got a few long exposures of them (barely) moving across the sky.  This was about 2.5 minutes and they hardly drifted at all!


But they moved plenty for this one:


We then did the loop on the bike trail around the spillway recreation area and headed over to the beach for a quick dip after the hot walk. Then it was time for her to nap and me to drive...

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