Photo Gallery One - 2026's First Trip (Part 2)

No longer our first trip, but we didn't get done with this trip in the last gallery.  Our newest trip was an abbreviated Spring trip and a birthday trip for Mimi.  That will follow soon.    

Image 1-1 is a look at a beautiful harbor and sunset from the outside deck of Pier 21 on the river in Bradenton where we had a great anniversary dinner.  Lots of wildlife in this gallery and I think everyone knows this is one of our "points of focus" on most of our travels.  There were a few wildlife preserves along the river as it traveled to the Gulf Coast, and all of the images below were captured during one of our visits.  I'll name those in the image section below.  The exceptions are Images 1-9 an 1-10 which are aerial views of the riverfront area of Bradenton with their nice water tower in the foreground.  In image 1-10 there is a red arrow pointing to our hotel on the water.  The last non-wildlife image shows Mimi and me standing by a statue of Open Hearts design created by Jane Seymour.  Other than its own beauty, the other relevance was that I bought a set (necklace and earrings) for Mimi several years ago.

 We will start gathering images from the Spring trip and have them, along with a more extensive story, in a few days.  Frankly, we're still in catch up mode and our kids from Oregon (and one of our grandsons) have come to visit.

Image 1-1
Image 1-1
Anniversary Dinner Sunset
Image 1-2
Image 1-2
Ring-necked Ducks
Image 1-3
Image 1-3
Stately Cardinal
Image 1-4
Image 1-4
Reflecting Plover
Image 1-5
Image 1-5
Mainly White Egrets
Image 1-6
Image 1-6
Tri-Color Heron Fishing
Image 1-7
Image 1-7
Great Blue Heron (white morph)Fishing - 2
Image 1-8
Image 1-8
Immature White Ibis
Image 1-9
Image 1-9
Bradenton Water Tower
Image 1-10
Image 1-10
Our Hotel Locale
Image 1-11
Image 1-11
Giant Open Hearts - and us
Image 1-12
Image 1-12
More Ring-necked Ducks
Image 1-13
Image 1-13
Still More Ring-necked Ducks
Image 1-14
Image 1-14
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Image 1-15
Image 1-15
White Ibis Landing
Image 1-16
Image 1-16
Roseate Spoonbill Glide Path
Image 1-17
Image 1-17
Roseate Spoonbill Liftoff
Image 1-18
Image 1-18
Proud Duck