Time marches on - February 5 - 11, 2024

The week started off chilly again with the wind blowing.  The waves are coming from the north and flowing towards to the south (kind of).  There haven't been any shells on the beach for a while now.  It's amazing how the currents in the ocean control what is deposited onto the beach.  Some days there are so many shells and sharks teeth and other days there is nothing. It was a quiet day with book reading and we went to Lawrence and Teresa's to watch the hockey game.  These are good days to catch up and relax.

Tuesday went to see the Eagles.  It was a really cold day to see them. We sat in the truck until we saw one fly by with either food or nesting materials. They were incredibly active which was fun to see.  We had intended to only stay for a couple of hours and ended up staying till almost 2 in the afternoon (from 8:30 in the morning)  what a fun day it was.

Juvenile from last year

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were golf days again. We played at River Club, Myrtle Beach National West course and Tradition. The weather throughout the week got progressively warmer which was nice. While golfing at Tradition we heard a beautiful owl call when we were on the 16th hole.  While we didn't get to see the owl, we were all excited at hearing it. There were lots of hawks on all the courses along with deer and other beautiful birds.

Since we enjoyed our time with the Eagles so much on Monday we decided to go back again on Saturday. John and Grace met us there and we showed them where the nest was and they also had a chance to see the babies. They weren't quite as active but we still got some really great shots.  When we came back to the condo we saw that the tide was at a "super low" and I was able to walk out really far. I went to see what I could find and met up with John and his grandchildren. Carolyn had arrived for a weeks vacation. How nice to see them. There were plenty of shells in clumps along the beach and even a few sharks teeth were found. It was so nice out that we could walk in the water in bare feet. 

Sunday turned out to be another nice day.  The sunrise was beautiful and we were blessed with a very good sermon at Faith Presbyterian church.  His sermons can be found on Sermon Audio and I think we will download some of his and listen to them when we're driving in the truck (Pastor John Irwin).