Aloha Friday With The Midwest Mermaid! The Midwest Mermaid is our winter guest blogger and Mermaid Cottages is so happy to share her latest blog post. She’ll be sharing a photo blog of her snowbird stay with us as she works remotely from Tybee Island. This week, she takes a trail less traveled, celebrates the Super Bowl with a Tiki Hut soiree and revels when the stars come out to shine. Read along, enjoy her beautiful photos and her Tybee Island Adventures.
Flowers for my hair, a pineapple mug for drinks and my mermaid blanket for style!
Great news! I came to Tybee to be sure I would remain active in the winter. I walked 130 miles in the month of January. I would say I am achieving my goal!
My fellow Mermaid Cottage friend has a Tiki Hut in her back yard! What a treasure. We declared every Friday in the month of February to be Aloha Friday beginning at 5:01pm. Our first happy hour was a great success and a perfect way to unwind after a long week of work. Fortunately, I had flowers for my hair, a pineapple mug for drinks and my mermaid blanket for style!
I heard great things about the Savannah – Ogeechee Canal walking trail. I drove the 45 minutes to get there right when it opened at 9am. When I arrived, the docent told me that the trail was closed due to a high tide and some minor flooding. She felt so bad for me but asked if I was up for a different type of adventure? Have we met? YES! She told me about a secret trail about 2 miles from where I was that would be an amazing alternative. She asked if I had a problem walking alone? I said, no problem.
Well, I didn’t realize that I was pretty much going into unchartered territory. This is a trail where they are going to open to the public soon but, they just haven’t cleared it all yet. That is why I would be solo on this nature walk. She said, go straight down the road, past the “no trespassing” signs, and just park to the side. I said, is there a parking lot? She said no, just pull over and you will be fine. As a city girl, this made me nervous because where I come from, a tow truck would be right behind you if you parked somewhere that wasn’t a designated spot. HA!
She went on to say, you will see more “no trespassing” signs as you walk but, don’t worry about them. There is a guy that lives out there and thinks he owns all of the land, but he doesn’t. I am intrigued.
Finally, she said I see a Bald Eagle on that trail pretty much every dang day. So, be on the look-out!
I arrive at this secret walk and was struck by all of the beauty. It really was an amazing trail, but my head was pretty much on a swivel. I was looking for the territorial guy, I was on high alert for the rustling I would hear in the bushes next to me, and was wondering if it was hunting season? I wouldn’t even put my ear buds in because I wanted to be sure all of my senses were available.
I saw the house where the guy had the no trespassing sign. Normally, I would take that as a challenge but on this particular day, I decided to leave him be and go the other way. I was feeling too peaceful for a confrontation.
When I look at my pictures from that day, they definitely have a “Blair Witch” feel to them. And, I mean that as a compliment. Where else will you see such natural beauty? It seemed like a movie set and I loved every second of it. I never did see the Bald Eagle.
I decided Bald Eagles are like men, you can’t find them when you are looking!
It was time for Super Bowl Sunday. I went back to my friend’s house because we didn’t want to be in a bar in case it wasn’t socially distanced. Here are some firsts for me:
o I grilled out on Super Bowl Sunday! That never happens in Chicago because it is always too cold. We had Gibson’s Steaks (Chicago) and they were amazing.
o Right before the game, we ran out to see the sunset. We wouldn’t even be thinking about sunsets in January in Chicago.
o I walked home to the most beautiful star gazing ever. In Chicago, you don’t see stars because of the city lights. I could pick out the big dipper, little dipper, North Star, I loved it. Aloha to the universe…
It was raining one morning so I decided to walk at night. I had no idea that people would be surfing! I was mesmerized by watching all of them catch some tasty waves after a long day. I stayed safely on the beach, but I enjoyed taking it all in.
Aloha Friday! How was your week?
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