tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50291590280153129002024-03-18T01:47:49.022-08:00Gullible's TravelsRambling and writing through life, without an itinerary.Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1971125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-65923718052492929092024-03-06T18:17:00.005-09:002024-03-06T18:18:14.668-09:00When Does It Get Easier?<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I borrowed the title of this post from a friend named Cap. It's one of his favorite laments.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I bought a new home indoor/outdoor weather station after my old one displayed the exterior temperature as 47 degrees F for more than a week. After I put new lithium batteries ($26.00 for eight!! and very hard to find) in the outdoor sensor, it locked up at 26 degrees.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, after stalling around for a couple weeks because of deep snow on my back deck and cold winds, I decided to install the outdoor part. First, I had to shovel a path to one, then </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">I unscrewed five tiny screws in the mounting plate of the old one by hand. It wasn't exactly easy because a few of them were covered in ice.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once I got the screws out without stripping the heads, I installed the mountain plate for the new sensor. With a battery-powered Makita driver.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then came the indoor monitor/readout display.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="May be an image of digital watch and text" class="x1ey2m1c xds687c x5yr21d x10l6tqk x17qophe x13vifvy xh8yej3 xl1xv1r" height="960" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://scontent.fmri1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/431765773_10228267136036777_2622947660240081040_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_eui2=AeGkjTJXnvIRbD11fJ3SreMSwbKtkGdXn7nBsq2QZ1efuZ1nWdWTnVhKL-lfwYS3R50&_nc_ohc=FSctIUZg2acAX8TzEUr&_nc_oc=AQnCtgHYuXvHckuMRR0fYyvvCneotrjkfx-wYwUHpiSLJa1cYOzXlfna1m0SnegTxkI&_nc_ht=scontent.fmri1-1.fna&oh=00_AfBUyJDnAwSsCMaaDCa0mCZuXi6oRPXTYXnI418YxLvBCQ&oe=65EEB35B" width="720" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simple, right?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope, not at all. The booklet that came with the weather station is 52 pages long, of which 20 are dedicated to installation and the balance to programming the monitor!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus there's a separate 24 page booklet of instructions for setting up the WI-FI so the monitor can tell my phone what's going on weather-wise.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I DO NOT NEED OR WANT THAT!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">All I want is the outdoor temperature, the date, and the time. I got the outdoor temperature as soon as the sensor cooled to the correct one.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Setting the date and time??? Not one of the buttons I push to try to do that act like they are supposed to,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, to quote Cap, again, "When does it get easier?"</span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-82022619476589582412024-03-01T19:47:00.009-09:002024-03-01T19:47:59.916-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-Six<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">(To view photos at their best, click on one and scroll through the film strip that opens.)</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Thirty-Six<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Getting around Customer No-Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">An employee’s obligation is to follow the rules;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">A manager’s job is to consider the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">—A Gullible Original<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I kept my foot on the gas for a long, long time on a chilly day in Anchorage, hoping the truck’s battery was charging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Carefully, I put the truck in gear and headed a mile down the road to Costco. I parked and turned off the ignition, fingers crossed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Nope. Not gonna start. Instead of the main store, I went to the tire shop where Costco stocks batteries.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3Janvrh6O6hCj-AjROULMCG5HqFIiigQSXx4NSZudzJYwPX_0sY2SpQlXtf8m0TLTajD9Ks6NK7NHoUaRswWykOlMI77QN6vBODpBxNEGX0q1882hodgNhyphenhyphenNRoKIEjjddZ4TDmsRTc_2KhCApQPAK0EYcsR1oK32W1dtS5au2J5A0-XdERDAqYga/s1346/aracari,%20chestnut-eared.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1346" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3Janvrh6O6hCj-AjROULMCG5HqFIiigQSXx4NSZudzJYwPX_0sY2SpQlXtf8m0TLTajD9Ks6NK7NHoUaRswWykOlMI77QN6vBODpBxNEGX0q1882hodgNhyphenhyphenNRoKIEjjddZ4TDmsRTc_2KhCApQPAK0EYcsR1oK32W1dtS5au2J5A0-XdERDAqYga/w640-h480/aracari,%20chestnut-eared.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Chestnut-eared aracari<br /></span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I was tired. I wanted to get my grocery shopping over with and head south a hundred miles to home. I wanted to take some cold medicine and sleep all night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">That would be delayed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCpunK497fSSzcdQrZO8jO0xpIQmSXujsZGUfimmqs5YW7cLT7hsbg-jZoJMO-0T7BLr1kaqiqb4-soLbQvvANzpSWdzOOPGzvhHqvB7MEA9GvUEoHu1VHYQ28wclgtqwvLZtag9iFODEEjN00_LgLTaE70oTX79STfwkidoV3AKUnoxGZzzZSgmv/s1174/monkey,%20capuchin,%20brown-faced-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1174" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCpunK497fSSzcdQrZO8jO0xpIQmSXujsZGUfimmqs5YW7cLT7hsbg-jZoJMO-0T7BLr1kaqiqb4-soLbQvvANzpSWdzOOPGzvhHqvB7MEA9GvUEoHu1VHYQ28wclgtqwvLZtag9iFODEEjN00_LgLTaE70oTX79STfwkidoV3AKUnoxGZzzZSgmv/w640-h620/monkey,%20capuchin,%20brown-faced-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I waited for the next employee to be free and explained my situation: I need a new battery; I have no tools; I cannot lift the battery high enough to clear the truck fenders without a ladder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">She kindly explained that they would be happy to sell me a new battery once I brought in the old one as a core. And, she said, that would make sure they got the right new battery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Once again: I have no tools and I can’t lift the battery high enough to clear the fenders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We can’t loan you tools, she added. We went over the above several times. She was following Costco policy and I understood that and why it was.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjN5N_gfMpsO39S9v480OnkrAmWiuSSzd2dfb4YR5jyfz5JPn_rgHzbLd7OiUh7yFJ75kdmehfLSE7EWfSXZoIaC58FGwQPUpfJmG0ej_Ul2w3e0DPbfZUerfCcFGR6todmRG1u2sZgdIDf3-fEd4CS0acVxJdM3EOMeX6iDQnU2pwVHyN-1LqTt9/s3232/ant%20two%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2261" data-original-width="3232" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjN5N_gfMpsO39S9v480OnkrAmWiuSSzd2dfb4YR5jyfz5JPn_rgHzbLd7OiUh7yFJ75kdmehfLSE7EWfSXZoIaC58FGwQPUpfJmG0ej_Ul2w3e0DPbfZUerfCcFGR6todmRG1u2sZgdIDf3-fEd4CS0acVxJdM3EOMeX6iDQnU2pwVHyN-1LqTt9/w640-h448/ant%20two%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">One of six giant anteaters we saw.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I’ll make this short. I asked to see the manager. She went into the shop and returned with a handful of tools. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I tried all of them and none worked, so I headed back past the shop to the sales office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQVeIEmqZ3TmyumDBTBe91vVLc2RibF6bSN0FbvlRVqn7dzFOaBj81v5STjVBQZWKaULk-qquFEeoZFxVpIrcSwh3TkN5XQtBGlGm_ciknm6mEZNXyRZkzJ1wHBGyo9DcxhEhyphenhyphenvnchS1o1kgq2MSPUDWwWYPUN699bTkXOt3d7HrK7hyphenhyphenLBRUijgCG/s4905/donacoblus,%20black-capped-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4261" data-original-width="4905" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQVeIEmqZ3TmyumDBTBe91vVLc2RibF6bSN0FbvlRVqn7dzFOaBj81v5STjVBQZWKaULk-qquFEeoZFxVpIrcSwh3TkN5XQtBGlGm_ciknm6mEZNXyRZkzJ1wHBGyo9DcxhEhyphenhyphenvnchS1o1kgq2MSPUDWwWYPUN699bTkXOt3d7HrK7hyphenhyphenLBRUijgCG/w640-h556/donacoblus,%20black-capped-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Black-capped Donocobious</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghld9PlQo2RS-Fjj7JYSvaP47wLm6_p_8u1jAZ2NjFwlT5xbmWJm_647-Bj0EF3OCl_2yT9M1jGX2diV7QMY_kaAfKJJUvz0UBMEVialEkCsSK2zLGXoKKTSPed-EhJs6hHRIfftqZXySP16nCtgXM_9msXVBaoxbrKh82KGYK2BiZwdaUvjkc0QnU/s3530/otters%20fish-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="3530" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghld9PlQo2RS-Fjj7JYSvaP47wLm6_p_8u1jAZ2NjFwlT5xbmWJm_647-Bj0EF3OCl_2yT9M1jGX2diV7QMY_kaAfKJJUvz0UBMEVialEkCsSK2zLGXoKKTSPed-EhJs6hHRIfftqZXySP16nCtgXM_9msXVBaoxbrKh82KGYK2BiZwdaUvjkc0QnU/w640-h374/otters%20fish-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Giant river otters.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">On a hunch, I walked into the shop and asked for the manager. I explained my problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">“No problem,” he said. And gathering some tools, we went to the truck. “I can’t do this for you,” he explained, “but I can instruct you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">He gave me the proper tool to loosen the hold downs and undo the cables and he lifted the battery from the compartment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We went back to the sales office where I purchased a new battery. I waved at the manager and together we installed the battery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Then I could relax, do my shopping, and make the long drive home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ASStlo8brIOtHU300f0KkqT57Oe_pMIGwiwDEFmUg3l2676Drj9sS1kWt6cKBqwe_9Ib5EYtaSAx7h0TSGRq64DuIg8XqzDOaxzH9HNkMhit-K4wr_wmaTMW35nhsc19GKU9qrfQlMEsEfyfnKZjdFfcgJcy2t-nrmHKJN63PvR_em5-ba_x5EsJ/s5614/capy%20mud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4010" data-original-width="5614" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ASStlo8brIOtHU300f0KkqT57Oe_pMIGwiwDEFmUg3l2676Drj9sS1kWt6cKBqwe_9Ib5EYtaSAx7h0TSGRq64DuIg8XqzDOaxzH9HNkMhit-K4wr_wmaTMW35nhsc19GKU9qrfQlMEsEfyfnKZjdFfcgJcy2t-nrmHKJN63PvR_em5-ba_x5EsJ/w640-h458/capy%20mud.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A capybara family cooling off in the mud.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I really, really could have done without all that, being in the chilly weather and all. But, I was saved by a kind young man who understood that while company rules are made to limit liability, ensure the safety of employees, and are to be followed, sometimes the situation also needs to be taken into consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCYEr58ATM6Wvxjp0a8X4ipzphr_qtNujE5pr7cQUsit36CohhsRkySbSjCta_zVewz95abdmj61lhsysXS8JIxujuzlH0RWJwF52OZTAhla_WfCbxGwqRgkH6u6JrmrvZ8TiN7JHE_uoW-PyIBXuvhtbBN5FxYTiUaqOxlRivGJS5cMXkmLSJKDL/s4351/imacaw%20bif-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="4351" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCYEr58ATM6Wvxjp0a8X4ipzphr_qtNujE5pr7cQUsit36CohhsRkySbSjCta_zVewz95abdmj61lhsysXS8JIxujuzlH0RWJwF52OZTAhla_WfCbxGwqRgkH6u6JrmrvZ8TiN7JHE_uoW-PyIBXuvhtbBN5FxYTiUaqOxlRivGJS5cMXkmLSJKDL/w640-h406/imacaw%20bif-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Macaw</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">After that, the only drama came when I was unpacking the next day. I could not find the folding comb/brush that my friend Marg gave me after another trip. It is perfect.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lB2NwYQbJVd-bTCJF1VjgYABH1_wAsIYgQ_jMA4gYXknVXNufoacKi4yUEN31c2IE0ChQ_p_a5Tq_H5Tg-UvWvc6sF-3FyFdtIWzy_MmyeYW_SBtPIuPrZGje9JOTIwe2PHyShcAdLJc71GbuXovp7QtytBEYx4i90UE_K0Zg7uTkLjptgGo_cvL/s4032/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lB2NwYQbJVd-bTCJF1VjgYABH1_wAsIYgQ_jMA4gYXknVXNufoacKi4yUEN31c2IE0ChQ_p_a5Tq_H5Tg-UvWvc6sF-3FyFdtIWzy_MmyeYW_SBtPIuPrZGje9JOTIwe2PHyShcAdLJc71GbuXovp7QtytBEYx4i90UE_K0Zg7uTkLjptgGo_cvL/w480-h640/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc-3.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Finally, finally, I found it tucked away on my luggage.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Now, it was time to download all the thousands of photos and to begin writing the Brazil Journals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNwPgZiG88So_vMhnr4QS0zcY_dkUe5CZvRhkE_m8dyWop_0Dt8copjvsJDhBs6DQReDSanFHmoTimV3hcZhrhRnc0yeOnQFgEvFq9KICpJ2ICSSsaZ9UKGqVmNJvE9xHoQnWhK482aU3V3yPTH-AZEjNvBQs0kLJdvoHv0fB8pwVuNJ40fGYjQKL/s1391/Marcela,%20jaguar-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1391" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNwPgZiG88So_vMhnr4QS0zcY_dkUe5CZvRhkE_m8dyWop_0Dt8copjvsJDhBs6DQReDSanFHmoTimV3hcZhrhRnc0yeOnQFgEvFq9KICpJ2ICSSsaZ9UKGqVmNJvE9xHoQnWhK482aU3V3yPTH-AZEjNvBQs0kLJdvoHv0fB8pwVuNJ40fGYjQKL/w640-h624/Marcela,%20jaguar-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Yes, this is the final chapter of my journey to Brazil and the Pantanal of Brazil. Wonderful trip, great companions, and an excellent guide. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Thanks for following along.</span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-53203566688235963512024-02-29T17:51:00.005-09:002024-03-01T20:09:52.545-09:00Leap Year Day 2024<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Today, Leap Year day, is often mistakenly thought of as Sadie Hawkin's Day, which actually is in November.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadie was a character in Al Capp's comic strip L'il Abner, who enlarged upon the idea of women asking men for marriage.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Wikipedia: <span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><i>Inspired by Capp's satiric race in which eligible women chase down terrified bachelors for the purposes of wedlock, the event reverses the cultural norms of men as the romantic pursuers. Arthur Berger says that the day "represents a fertility rite and awakens an awareness of the relationship between men and women."</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> </span></span></span></span><img alt="" class="hCL kVc L4E MIw" fetchpriority="auto" height="640" loading="auto" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/81/e5/53/81e55371806471cef435850d62f1c1b0.jpg" style="text-align: start;" width="457" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">But according to Irish folklore, the tradition of women taking the initiative came about when St. Briged of Kildare complained to St. Patrick that women had to wait too long for men to propose. St. Patrick then decreed that women could propose on Leap Year Day.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">And from there the tradition traveled the world.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was thinking about Sadie Hawkins and Leap Year today, despite the mix up in dates, and recalled a story I'd written some years ago about a Sadie Hawkins Day dance I went to with my date.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story is called Jimmy Loved Me when We were Seven. Jimmy doesn't figure into this story but another boy does.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's that excerpt:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>When I was in eighth grade at the old Central Junior High School on Sixth Avenue in Anchorage, </span><span>we had a Sadie Hawkins Day dance.</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>The tradition was that girls asked boys for dates to this dance.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I asked a boy whose name, more than sixty years later, I can’t remember and I suspect that has a lot to do with the embarrassment I inflicted on him all due to the corsage my mother fixed up for him. It was a small paper plate with two artificial sunny-side-up eggs and a fake rasher of bacon, all decorated with ribbon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The boy and I “danced” once, then retreated to opposite sides of the gymnasium and became one with the walls. He ditched the corsage rather early after the eggs fell off, and avoided me afterward. He did, however, have the courtesy to show me the broken corsage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><img height="640" src="http://lil-abner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sadie-hawkins.gif" style="-webkit-user-select: none; display: block; margin: auto; text-align: start;" width="446" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-61807986449391031102024-02-27T13:46:00.000-09:002024-02-27T13:46:53.337-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-Five<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Thirty-Five</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Keeping My Foot on the Gas</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My RAM (random access memory)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">gets more random with every passing year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">—Gullible Original<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKHFS0M66id2ZC_27RER1iZ4GGTLGbea3gSEN6l9pBT2mB0BMeotZ7eN5x6FkSEDz0C8R31k38dhyphenhyphen27MHJRXDnS5fib7liKG3Ax6RtXVhodSE9xbw_Yw-BQo2hV0aHIcguVE1WdFxpWcRe2tG7LJ4Wb3YSoTyiJrGs37keqRwE5mbJRJ8qMdDRKHr/s4032/unknown%20sandwich.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKHFS0M66id2ZC_27RER1iZ4GGTLGbea3gSEN6l9pBT2mB0BMeotZ7eN5x6FkSEDz0C8R31k38dhyphenhyphen27MHJRXDnS5fib7liKG3Ax6RtXVhodSE9xbw_Yw-BQo2hV0aHIcguVE1WdFxpWcRe2tG7LJ4Wb3YSoTyiJrGs37keqRwE5mbJRJ8qMdDRKHr/s320/unknown%20sandwich.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Somewhere along the way, I acquire a sandwich wrapped in foil inside a white, plastic grocery bag. I have no recollection of this sandwich and can’t tell what it is. The time when the photo was taken is during the American Airlines flight, so either it was served or I bought it </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">en r</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">oute.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">There is another possibility. I might have purchased it in the Dallas-Ft. Worth airport before getting on my flight to Seattle, because I have another sandwich, too, that I bought along the way, but I have absolutely no memory of landing in D-FTW and changing planes there. None. I must have really been out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Anyway, I got to Seattle, debarked, and took a hotel courtesty van to the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh686ZwLUPKWKUNkiwnV_2YLPYaeznO1mwfOPTXQs7hgUMdP_pKLlZdlSDWnt0kN5FBWqdAEgPsoeglFEtFWl4OJwDoA42AQr60BprwwlOD_J1hXE_8dfqcMO_8Zd8IMsI7cvZKyvXz4ynhOQ_-NteC6HfdRPxaw0lvn8Mt0lW0nEn-YjfHchVBkKqH/s4032/heated%20bench%20seattle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh686ZwLUPKWKUNkiwnV_2YLPYaeznO1mwfOPTXQs7hgUMdP_pKLlZdlSDWnt0kN5FBWqdAEgPsoeglFEtFWl4OJwDoA42AQr60BprwwlOD_J1hXE_8dfqcMO_8Zd8IMsI7cvZKyvXz4ynhOQ_-NteC6HfdRPxaw0lvn8Mt0lW0nEn-YjfHchVBkKqH/w480-h640/heated%20bench%20seattle.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">This bench where people wait for the hotel courtesy vans its HEATED </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxI96mMvk1BcnQxxf_6mjaTAYu0jAmVGF-FCtoLBhctyFXI3iSEFLrOKwmhIKuREUKgqPQnOMMRMD0PUFMz-iUAKA8rQFIbc-CIREawLNzChxtdOiYizWeYfMIpPuNS7fo4U4dzMFicgl9kXuxKWQY6WXAwJKRtxGGtYgLpYmYI1jYF0qdAWBhQqB/s4032/Coast%20hotel%20flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxI96mMvk1BcnQxxf_6mjaTAYu0jAmVGF-FCtoLBhctyFXI3iSEFLrOKwmhIKuREUKgqPQnOMMRMD0PUFMz-iUAKA8rQFIbc-CIREawLNzChxtdOiYizWeYfMIpPuNS7fo4U4dzMFicgl9kXuxKWQY6WXAwJKRtxGGtYgLpYmYI1jYF0qdAWBhQqB/w640-h480/Coast%20hotel%20flowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Flowers outside the Coast Gateway hotel in Seattle. Looks like impatiens and Dusty Miller.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">My hotel, Coast Gateway, in Seattle, has a wonderful restaurant called Sharps that is right in the hotel parking lot. They offer delicious pulled pork sandwiches and fries, and I have purchased them several times. But, they are huge and I usually can’t finish them. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjj3CL2ATExSGTIXpIvBUablfOiPvYU_Yo67-zi4a2bw7Jqm475ixXSfo4Xl9TDAMyHYlKk3Wg68l1M4CUpvFb4lHnU5_Gz0yewnaNkTNKS6PTcbCKcY1iG9hyg9gYT93gnT1OQ1kdqE0wbZyr6AV_QmsZWkMOI4Knkqx076xqoy27-WF4Yto-0oE/s4032/Sharps%20in%20Sea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjj3CL2ATExSGTIXpIvBUablfOiPvYU_Yo67-zi4a2bw7Jqm475ixXSfo4Xl9TDAMyHYlKk3Wg68l1M4CUpvFb4lHnU5_Gz0yewnaNkTNKS6PTcbCKcY1iG9hyg9gYT93gnT1OQ1kdqE0wbZyr6AV_QmsZWkMOI4Knkqx076xqoy27-WF4Yto-0oE/w640-h480/Sharps%20in%20Sea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">There is also the price. The sandwich itself is a fair price but the add-ons make it spendy. Last year my $16.50 pulled pork sandwich had these add-ons: $0.82 to-go charge, $0.82 cook’s commission (like a tip to the kitchen), $1.82 sales tax, $3.30 tip, for a grand total of $23.26. I paid with a VISA card and I’m surprised they didn’t charge extra for that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7p6uQ_LxmeaxhsvRL35tCD0SGHDKr-kOdBQQKMQ7KJn5hSzpRAqmIegKGRxO0ovFCVVP1XgxCNwDmu3nx5055TEhQ_zcSF4YPq8lbV6aMHk0TAtPwVVXmlkFDiUScxONHrvTwjmxOC48cJSb__LMHa9ZE_f2i4ZCZCBo5Wxec0ZhxFZfpQZxzOuO/s2237/Sharps76tr-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="1572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7p6uQ_LxmeaxhsvRL35tCD0SGHDKr-kOdBQQKMQ7KJn5hSzpRAqmIegKGRxO0ovFCVVP1XgxCNwDmu3nx5055TEhQ_zcSF4YPq8lbV6aMHk0TAtPwVVXmlkFDiUScxONHrvTwjmxOC48cJSb__LMHa9ZE_f2i4ZCZCBo5Wxec0ZhxFZfpQZxzOuO/w281-h400/Sharps76tr-2.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This is not meant to dis Sharps. It is a great restaurant. But, I cannot eat the whole thing. I have made two or three meals from it in the past. When you consider that, the price is more than fair.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This year, still not feeling well and having little appetite, I picked up a boxed sandwich in some airport that cost around eight or nine dollars. I made two meals out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And my handy little folding scissors came to the rescue again to open the mayo package.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzC2MtTFc0yUODCoGFQqWejADQblewU-RsHcDs3Q9YE2SRlHH3cxrCDYbVCNm0a4JXsy2mVgFPRVFlM6BONXOgHoJBoLxMYB38SJMA46HAwkBRRmQqKoAM6oMm3YnBEHO-eHGr1cBn_ley5TSCez-0E6sWEPL-kw-K0JMsm4JOWO3Vi1RnRJCDqWe/s4032/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzC2MtTFc0yUODCoGFQqWejADQblewU-RsHcDs3Q9YE2SRlHH3cxrCDYbVCNm0a4JXsy2mVgFPRVFlM6BONXOgHoJBoLxMYB38SJMA46HAwkBRRmQqKoAM6oMm3YnBEHO-eHGr1cBn_ley5TSCez-0E6sWEPL-kw-K0JMsm4JOWO3Vi1RnRJCDqWe/w480-h640/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPlGhIc_iJr0ospUrLgNuhbYLjE_pI86QkgfsWdbbHSpMSO-mEk4eaebMgym8cvTzhUq0AzJm4dHAsMfTZXa9WewFEcgVwUuJtnWQlUZnPOCxpbrT_fztf7fptPdzshcTygAMAXwZSGAGHj9NWLgco2LDIVmQxPYFyPGsEZyGNSjyp9UgAI0bq5Fa/s4032/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPlGhIc_iJr0ospUrLgNuhbYLjE_pI86QkgfsWdbbHSpMSO-mEk4eaebMgym8cvTzhUq0AzJm4dHAsMfTZXa9WewFEcgVwUuJtnWQlUZnPOCxpbrT_fztf7fptPdzshcTygAMAXwZSGAGHj9NWLgco2LDIVmQxPYFyPGsEZyGNSjyp9UgAI0bq5Fa/w480-h640/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I went to bed in the late afternoon and slept until the next morning. That went a long way in recovering from any jet lag. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Raining in Seattle the next day when I boarded Alaska Airlines. I always feel like I’m almost home when I reach this point in a trip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7jPe9wEqrukFbqZMWYrgwx1yF0Ac6AfvSnyuVoLSQzrG5Y1DCJH6bKghn0UzXID88KOPxeO4prJkxe1aLXMpSMTgRMUH-mkdOmJ3ScvSRE-Ql_kxj_m-Lt2EyVqm97sWaX7sUDvInYSGl-rtHMoYhdvZfhaTvGyod2uaM8wZmDMtpgZREXSdA8QM/s4032/Ak%20Air%20Seattle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7jPe9wEqrukFbqZMWYrgwx1yF0Ac6AfvSnyuVoLSQzrG5Y1DCJH6bKghn0UzXID88KOPxeO4prJkxe1aLXMpSMTgRMUH-mkdOmJ3ScvSRE-Ql_kxj_m-Lt2EyVqm97sWaX7sUDvInYSGl-rtHMoYhdvZfhaTvGyod2uaM8wZmDMtpgZREXSdA8QM/w640-h480/Ak%20Air%20Seattle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">This is what the luggage claim area in the Anchorage international airport looks like. I have never seen this in any </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">other</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> airport. There's always a gigantic scrum of people moving in front of other people to wait for their luggage.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">In </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Anchorage, everyone stands back three feet from the carousel. That gives all a chance to spot their bag, and the owner steps forward to lift it off the carousel.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIN2OFj4PIXqvk3ZtouXb7lZ210sWf86Re_7-RUNNZNByo4ZlGpFFIbu0U1pk9X1KNQUzku4aBfOx745WgPzWkbwNCXZzJmaPEw_Xh0fluyOjFVugHbb7ccC_ub0e7pg283zEl0k5fRT5lvxOwzWIMx_gsl6I-zVfHXTmKgzpe4cZ0mU6VWJ6vzpEp/s4032/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIN2OFj4PIXqvk3ZtouXb7lZ210sWf86Re_7-RUNNZNByo4ZlGpFFIbu0U1pk9X1KNQUzku4aBfOx745WgPzWkbwNCXZzJmaPEw_Xh0fluyOjFVugHbb7ccC_ub0e7pg283zEl0k5fRT5lvxOwzWIMx_gsl6I-zVfHXTmKgzpe4cZ0mU6VWJ6vzpEp/w640-h480/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X-QXE2bda0ow5Wu7S18u8HEmXgSIB5FyHo6NXgOF6zrqTwRbDnM2Golvg7loF-NxwZgM7yKn5CIe3wgJtj-imvGOWQK281OU6XpZCd1sTMoeZzyOcV5K47DI3iBqHb8fZdgm3oYBjtTTCDNPXe9FsPu5KQu2XwVpBbixjK1hncDKsVu4lTjYpOD2/s4032/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X-QXE2bda0ow5Wu7S18u8HEmXgSIB5FyHo6NXgOF6zrqTwRbDnM2Golvg7loF-NxwZgM7yKn5CIe3wgJtj-imvGOWQK281OU6XpZCd1sTMoeZzyOcV5K47DI3iBqHb8fZdgm3oYBjtTTCDNPXe9FsPu5KQu2XwVpBbixjK1hncDKsVu4lTjYpOD2/w640-h480/behind%20the%20lines,%20Anc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Everything went well. I took a cab to the place where I left my truck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">AND THAT’S WHEN THE TROUBLE BEGAN!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">My truck would not start. The cabbie gave me a jump, which cost $20.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">After the cab left, the truck died and wouldn’t start. I called the cab company and another driver showed up and jumped the truck for $25. Why the difference? Because the first driver was right there and didn't have to travel.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I kept my foot on the accelerator to make sure it </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">wouldn't die. He kept telling me to let it up, but I didn't and I sat there for a long time, hoping the battery was charging enough to get me a mile down the road to Costco.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><img alt="Funny Pictures and Quotes About Car Trouble | Funny pictures ..." aria-hidden="false" class="sFlh5c pT0Scc iPVvYb" height="480" jsaction="VQAsE" jsname="kn3ccd" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/31/b5/e231b586b6b395f55025ed7cbf30c63d.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; height: 300px; margin: 0px; max-width: 218px; text-align: center; width: 218px;" width="349" /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-20205788246924952812024-02-24T13:47:00.001-09:002024-02-24T13:47:37.507-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-four<p><i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">(I did not take any photos during this part of the trip home, so I will post some of my favorites taken earlier. To view them best, click on one and scroll on through.) <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Thirty-Four<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Above and Beyond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">—James Thurber<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">After landing in Sao Paulo, Octavio and Larissa gather us up like the lost ducklings we are and start explaining what we do now. Normally, this is the point where the guides have completed their obligations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We are at the domestic airport. Shelly leaves to catch the hotel shuttle as she is staying one more night. I envy her; I wish I’d thought to do that. A good night’s rest in a bed would be welcome. Instead, I will spend the night crammed into an airplane seat in steerage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI3o8s30FHxvHTD2pl6aMzvIhiaHyVZZSuX7oLZUw6SwcDTRhLMFizZF181vLSX0kcuLX6C_FPeD60ESbW5eV9fi-xhOgOIk-POiVVZ7D5KzOa7ZZX_odhmHyu3MAc7sqXyV0LyiOloLgdYPc8cIEA3GLup8DavqVa3x_lhQLjT3JuFVMdIlLqVxK/s4032/house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI3o8s30FHxvHTD2pl6aMzvIhiaHyVZZSuX7oLZUw6SwcDTRhLMFizZF181vLSX0kcuLX6C_FPeD60ESbW5eV9fi-xhOgOIk-POiVVZ7D5KzOa7ZZX_odhmHyu3MAc7sqXyV0LyiOloLgdYPc8cIEA3GLup8DavqVa3x_lhQLjT3JuFVMdIlLqVxK/w640-h480/house.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Octavio points down the sidewalk and tells us that is where we can catch the bus to the international terminal. One look at our faces and he decides to lead the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">He guides us to the bus stand for the terminal. The bus is full. He motions us back, and at Larissa’s prompting, goes to a kiosk and purchases taxi coupons for us all. You don’t pay the driver!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We pile, literally, into two cabs with all our gear. It is not close but eventually we get there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WwhbortD1F3yEDS1D0qDv2EBXNPFrZ7PGuu5mE1scQuYFG9ayn6FJDa8J5hA_xdziP1ySNp4ULCXqeaU3DCaoo3v3yFOpPM_6ukteNCKGD-cc_G2nvjEDSHUcFHSUZnHy__xhz3zf1VaXutx0_sILzpMi2GXDfMHidEHZyDoSVJxtKjKTjQWSpVO/s3575/Jacobin-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="3575" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WwhbortD1F3yEDS1D0qDv2EBXNPFrZ7PGuu5mE1scQuYFG9ayn6FJDa8J5hA_xdziP1ySNp4ULCXqeaU3DCaoo3v3yFOpPM_6ukteNCKGD-cc_G2nvjEDSHUcFHSUZnHy__xhz3zf1VaXutx0_sILzpMi2GXDfMHidEHZyDoSVJxtKjKTjQWSpVO/w640-h458/Jacobin-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The terminal is crowded. Still, he can’t get free of us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Inside, Laura Jane goes off to her airline counter and Octavio leads Virginia and me through crushing crowds to the American Airlines booth. It is not behind a counter where the agents are relatively separated from passengers, but something like a make-shift booth where the agents are surrounded by people and ropes and luggage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">There is some kind of kerfuffle checking us in and it goes on for some time. Everyone is speaking Portuguese. I am standing back a ways, staying out of it, but eventually we get our boarding passes and hand over our luggage. From there, we go through security and passport control, leaving Octavio and Larissa with many hugs and thanks yous for getting us through this confusing airport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QKXVspDtD3yGT_02iJ-iPTZZoGWClQJ_Xag_dyY60w_Iol7QNPy0GLpjY9ZE_2tI3lfSPrQvlxbPSnR5M-KyxDMKqjqINRvTLGHYgmmpBz4H2v34lz1ThkjWyPMqk524gA9ole5Wz18xudBQMSf7KsQcaHwsS4mGoJHiQTqlp_1NJQghwXZTWV3b/s3881/jaguar,%20hiding-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="3881" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QKXVspDtD3yGT_02iJ-iPTZZoGWClQJ_Xag_dyY60w_Iol7QNPy0GLpjY9ZE_2tI3lfSPrQvlxbPSnR5M-KyxDMKqjqINRvTLGHYgmmpBz4H2v34lz1ThkjWyPMqk524gA9ole5Wz18xudBQMSf7KsQcaHwsS4mGoJHiQTqlp_1NJQghwXZTWV3b/w640-h458/jaguar,%20hiding-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We make our way to Gate 19 and find seats. By this time, we are getting hungry. There’s a sandwich shop right in front of where we’re sitting but when I ask, any order would take a half hour. The other close-by shops are also mobbed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We sit, people-watching.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Someone walks past with ice cream or gelato and Virginia goes to the kiosk and buys two large gelato for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHI4GQWuoG5V1hBKpa9CNqllBvFoErsGdcCQ0jGSuig8ZoNbOpC_y5W1KOpgeQNzEegpm699JTWr7spGn9dd3vL-aFpSAJk_C2XqtvXEABOfjxF00esD8oxYclV_jlFu9k8fcCQDvueNqoN4IjLzOytvr_-v8XF48cmoOdEo6hPpTFhDQx2gBiH-vW/s2527/jacamar,%20rufous-tailed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2527" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHI4GQWuoG5V1hBKpa9CNqllBvFoErsGdcCQ0jGSuig8ZoNbOpC_y5W1KOpgeQNzEegpm699JTWr7spGn9dd3vL-aFpSAJk_C2XqtvXEABOfjxF00esD8oxYclV_jlFu9k8fcCQDvueNqoN4IjLzOytvr_-v8XF48cmoOdEo6hPpTFhDQx2gBiH-vW/w640-h548/jacamar,%20rufous-tailed.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacamar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We sit. Virginia looks at her phone and sees that our gate has been changed from 19 to 42!!! No PA announcement, just a message on her phone app. I would never have thought to look at my phone. I might have thought to check the reader board, but I didn’t see one around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> I feel more out of the modern world than ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAIXxQJ81Iddt-uV4kzbxjK1LlAn84AxFvkoLNtsEax_-bLgOWco8XPmsI_vsYYd8CA5OKxS_uWeqrMRBUKYwfkrJs9Wu6DLv9m9jrSP4za6NEUq-rvcPbz78iyKG5xZH_Q-bu8vT6Kc60UN3NggHe_tMKEqTjMxJ_Mm7jWBkMC8hM9xz209jHb19/s1170/me%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1170" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAIXxQJ81Iddt-uV4kzbxjK1LlAn84AxFvkoLNtsEax_-bLgOWco8XPmsI_vsYYd8CA5OKxS_uWeqrMRBUKYwfkrJs9Wu6DLv9m9jrSP4za6NEUq-rvcPbz78iyKG5xZH_Q-bu8vT6Kc60UN3NggHe_tMKEqTjMxJ_Mm7jWBkMC8hM9xz209jHb19/w640-h480/me%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">For the past few years, I have requested wheelchair service in airports. In addition to saving my knees and back from walking on concrete, wheelchair service does two more very-appreciated things: 1) gets me to the correct place, and 2) I don’t have to worry about not hearing and interpreting PA announcements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I decide to walk the long distance to the gate, rather than wait for a wheelchair. I am not happy, but Virginia is right there as my shepherd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Eventually, we board the plane and from then on, I have no recollection of anything until I land in Seattle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Somewhere, somehow, I landed at Dallas-Ft. Worth and changed planes. Somehow, somewhere, I acquired two sandwiches for later consumption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRipsVH8zz1hvzVAEw0XFj9i8QNoPGk3KdwCK50tnCKoZotLjh8BXGLVWZLE4XMK0KvhByqVtJ7C5kr0abnw6zJ32t0M9j5vDo8VXPbBdJv3hgc4wLp_2vrgEBVI8z2RmrdG0pdXDY-NuJOgVBVNo_wqSED7KwfSlgPxEXZQ2cUPJaO11vu6QfRHGT/s4032/unknown%20sandwich.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRipsVH8zz1hvzVAEw0XFj9i8QNoPGk3KdwCK50tnCKoZotLjh8BXGLVWZLE4XMK0KvhByqVtJ7C5kr0abnw6zJ32t0M9j5vDo8VXPbBdJv3hgc4wLp_2vrgEBVI8z2RmrdG0pdXDY-NuJOgVBVNo_wqSED7KwfSlgPxEXZQ2cUPJaO11vu6QfRHGT/w480-h640/unknown%20sandwich.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I don't even know what it is. And why would it be in a shopping bag?<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_0jcujZ5M5bCiSoaljZyT_WY0seT_ofnC-t7QH7pDH3vIB_0r2AyV-WND1JzQU4E2F9FjSG2HDujcLxev0ZmPUmeWSXa9jt4BS-AbvDQmjH7AL0L4Qj_Qg-CekZ2XWcelP_6rtd1Zi-S3EaCTjmhpWFJyDKwKtLqigrsvbgu_gNqH7rO38ZqZte7/s4032/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue-2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_0jcujZ5M5bCiSoaljZyT_WY0seT_ofnC-t7QH7pDH3vIB_0r2AyV-WND1JzQU4E2F9FjSG2HDujcLxev0ZmPUmeWSXa9jt4BS-AbvDQmjH7AL0L4Qj_Qg-CekZ2XWcelP_6rtd1Zi-S3EaCTjmhpWFJyDKwKtLqigrsvbgu_gNqH7rO38ZqZte7/w480-h640/scissors%20to%20the%20rescue-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-16473162808628937282024-02-16T11:50:00.003-09:002024-02-16T11:50:30.211-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-three<p><span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">(To view photos at their best, click on one to bring up a film strip that you can scroll through.)</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Thirty-three<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Calm before the Chaos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">No man needs a vacation more than <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the man who just had one. —Elbert Hubbard <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And the day has come. It’s the end of the tour of the Brazilian Pantanal but we have yet to survive the bedlam of international air travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Right now, it’s time to say goodbye to Lala, the blue and gold macaw that has adopted Araras Eco Lodge as her home. I am late getting up, somehow missing the message that a special breakfast would be served in the outdoor pavilion, but I manage to scrounge enough to eat from the serving plates as staff is clearing tables and such.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I even find a piece of papaya for Lala and off I go to her favorite place in front of the lodge.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">A couple videos:</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_yqEZ_f888" width="421" youtube-src-id="G_yqEZ_f888"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GebAcmXXzsI" width="412" youtube-src-id="GebAcmXXzsI"></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWeCfmB2DwGuzAAjZVr64egNxU1n_cbRwlA8A9eRZqH9fQ91FFbr-GrZcp2fzgIQH3JgvDIh2IKnXDGK3hx_Mn7OhPFsfvfGyx_aZSALKqe0P03JvUyZlL8fL5qDei_Wr08_SToX2oMEJNllCbHHGKMi7IUjmQbHcrdCge5Q5FGYZKw7PpkzlkTbz/s3171/wood%20rail,%20gray-necked-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3171" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWeCfmB2DwGuzAAjZVr64egNxU1n_cbRwlA8A9eRZqH9fQ91FFbr-GrZcp2fzgIQH3JgvDIh2IKnXDGK3hx_Mn7OhPFsfvfGyx_aZSALKqe0P03JvUyZlL8fL5qDei_Wr08_SToX2oMEJNllCbHHGKMi7IUjmQbHcrdCge5Q5FGYZKw7PpkzlkTbz/w640-h610/wood%20rail,%20gray-necked-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Octavio has been busy watching his phone for updates on our flight from Cuiaba to Sao Paulo, hoping that it will be early enough that three of us won’t miss our flights home. For now, it appears all is well and we load up into the van and begin the couple hour drive on the Transpantaneria highway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Not far out of camp we stop to take photos of an amazing bird.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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In the US, there’s a chain called Carnivores that is fashioned after this type of restaurant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Servers make the round of the table, slicing off servings of whatever meat they have on skewers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And, finally, I find beef that’s cooked less than well or medium. It isn’t quite rare, which is my preference, but it’s tasty and tender.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD4p-NgmQTVID1z1JBIHzkQZT-7ZHZBfE_wapJbNEeYWTEymfnCp3xA1jCDEb_31sCDX7VLoiMFcJIBBsNAKi154xfgK9kpl9LjE2NpEpcMfpfW_B8fmqLIKgt7ubWal4Hs2Qh_YRKBWFhR9Ne7mleMp-3fQpb-GIEprxzGtgVc5nEZ4RI-ogHzSC/s4032/restaurant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Our guides escort us through the Cuiaba air terminal and make sure we’re on the right flight to Sao Paulo. We settle in and relax.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And, we’re served snacks. Yes, all three.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYghl5v22rHTDo4wNVOy-A44B6ZpH0h3dfg39atJhbozPJYNva1aCWilPZ9fOZvqvBSaL93Gr2baQgLgAbY3dGDKOCHEstN3sGTKM4McInkJ7E4rVmKyoT7Vo5gkCrpESxfEqzLs8YKbvaW0wWNG56f-ctuVUQjdos9HhrShp2IAR2vS6ZZLrFWUcS/s4032/snacks%20on%20flt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYghl5v22rHTDo4wNVOy-A44B6ZpH0h3dfg39atJhbozPJYNva1aCWilPZ9fOZvqvBSaL93Gr2baQgLgAbY3dGDKOCHEstN3sGTKM4McInkJ7E4rVmKyoT7Vo5gkCrpESxfEqzLs8YKbvaW0wWNG56f-ctuVUQjdos9HhrShp2IAR2vS6ZZLrFWUcS/w640-h480/snacks%20on%20flt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We land at the domestic terminal in Sao Paulo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And the chaos commences!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-72358794231944539762024-02-10T21:13:00.001-09:002024-02-10T21:15:32.289-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-Two<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">(To see these photos at their best, click on one. That will bring up a film strip that you can easily scroll through.)</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Thirty-Two<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">The No-Go Area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Where words are restrained,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the eyes often talk a great deal.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">—Samuel Underwood<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The scant light from the kitchen windows and work area at the rear of Araras lodge provide just enough illumination as we follow Octavio to the wooden rail fence that separates the guest areas from the NO GO area. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The light fades away as we reach the rail. He turns on the broad-beam light that he uses to spotlight animals for night photography, aims it downward into the dark, and moves it slowly to the left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBM_g3Tm5eF60urh6w_cFa7FEwNmOT4CJGuPm5c7M0ZY7gxo_OXAwh9bxV06CJ-ppJgzLVTH9nU02_BYZ_v0k9c7xAHfX_Ax60m-ZdLx6ngaLtlaHb-mY26wjNG7dnP6hcX-8VrgLPqxNnS9qzzi97j5NCji-i9pHMI4_90SmO4MK3EkkAeeDDKyF/s4032/caiman%20eyes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBM_g3Tm5eF60urh6w_cFa7FEwNmOT4CJGuPm5c7M0ZY7gxo_OXAwh9bxV06CJ-ppJgzLVTH9nU02_BYZ_v0k9c7xAHfX_Ax60m-ZdLx6ngaLtlaHb-mY26wjNG7dnP6hcX-8VrgLPqxNnS9qzzi97j5NCji-i9pHMI4_90SmO4MK3EkkAeeDDKyF/w400-h300/caiman%20eyes.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T<i><span style="font-size: medium;">his is a lousy cell phone photo taken at night obviously. I haven't figured out how </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: medium;">to turn off the phone's light to take a night picture. Plus, the white reflections represent only a small portion of the eyes we saw.<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The white reflections of dozens of caimans’ eyes are startling to behold! How can so many occupy one pond. I’m not sure if it is really a pond, or a backwater of the nearby river. Whatever, there are far too many caimans there for my comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I think about sleeping just yards away from them and am a little unsettled by the thought. I’m glad I’m on the opposite side of the room wing. Good reason to not go out of the room at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I sleep in the next morning, having missed the notice that we would gather in an outdoor pavilion for a special breakfast. Nonetheless, I am able to gather up enough food from the trays as the staff clears the area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Then, I grab my camera and head for the pond we visited last night, the one with all the critters. I am in search of a specific bird—the sunbittern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJ8qc6_vH7wg3YHygq-2k9tJ1Gt1-vCREvJxiJU-KDVGSx9PSxu-IG-xW_D1dG5XHkGDbD4O0cyrzuwFwxs8iiynz7pCKqrGFZ56F50IU5uDZHq6VLtgPALSRSjdO76fmZs7dOCI1y-wwm-vN2B1tr_YfGv3QKpbAwYw2hEw-GIYSnt7n5OtBUAfy/s4032/back%20area_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I walk up to the rail and am a bit disappointed about a fog lying over the water, although I do take a shot of a caiman that I like.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We are leaving this morning as it’s our last day of the trip, so I am limited in time to find that bird.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURfKp27OP0glWRzZ8OH6Yk6czahr6MuhE4s4Ef8R8ULvFxZvSJvxEzhj_YmfVekDhEcf19pxPKeGeC4Q9NbhFWLxFbIqAsx477Jqz99fWdgFy-TNXwoUwoZG33AYadRWfQvcYnDxMGWWAaruDNo0syZq4IoPN4R_HFDlkdLV9YpoeR_4s_lxzCJgs/s3553/caiman%20with%20fish,%20fog-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="5408" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMuo38F2apbYcm03Q599-sDDBwAPGQS2vYNHiV9s69UdUkTe9oBLIFAgj1IRUJWotLGc1F8OGiHRfx5UMrc5etaETF9P_G1jkdEdL5vq_NR8i_Vh53H1N6B7umOFNo7bzmhFqbXlVbS-9RNrMMc7ax3lNO59VcqtiCCiEuV4qER5gAnAsC9BwK-cX/w640-h426/caiman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Your friendly, smiling caiman<br /><br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Before the mist evaporates, I am astounded at the number of white storks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="394" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hHl-8Je_T2E" width="474" youtube-src-id="hHl-8Je_T2E"></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I take a few shots of them, as well as some other birds, and then I see a bird fly across the water toward me and land about ten yards away. It’s my prey: a non-descript and subdued-colored bird with a narrow head and long legs that’s foraging in the mud on the shore. Which is surprising because caimans are one of its main predators.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I take some shots and wait for it to fly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbPALlnPPmC8TwYwshXllVwBuaia3tWLIpQTU_5kiaOw8i2yAiMYjp6hilON6tqJ-wgIeJbnZukxc90FBPV6jntHkUbUpJNkBlB2ozB_n1iU-4VQjlkcNbeGeK0Pm_lydZYNLZ3qRrVUi12K8Iaduza1sNlf0erji9q5FsZZ3Utx_YFCGWrdQO-mz/s4115/sunbigttern-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="4115" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbPALlnPPmC8TwYwshXllVwBuaia3tWLIpQTU_5kiaOw8i2yAiMYjp6hilON6tqJ-wgIeJbnZukxc90FBPV6jntHkUbUpJNkBlB2ozB_n1iU-4VQjlkcNbeGeK0Pm_lydZYNLZ3qRrVUi12K8Iaduza1sNlf0erji9q5FsZZ3Utx_YFCGWrdQO-mz/w640-h458/sunbigttern-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztEoOIdMcJtRfTF9UB1pmj7g4_aMY64VT9w3XQKlj4PspKxfTa-YVnMA4GTstn1_pCI0f6irMQPWoiwjdi4S2ehP7iLahHXuw1zQ_Aj0zpBRvestPLPfU0hOkC29P-pAq9B8vLfJHIApA2dJb-eqzkMVpGe2-dov3GBhM2iJhvEgFlRRwJuAJ_TUZ/s3935/sunbigttern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="3935" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztEoOIdMcJtRfTF9UB1pmj7g4_aMY64VT9w3XQKlj4PspKxfTa-YVnMA4GTstn1_pCI0f6irMQPWoiwjdi4S2ehP7iLahHXuw1zQ_Aj0zpBRvestPLPfU0hOkC29P-pAq9B8vLfJHIApA2dJb-eqzkMVpGe2-dov3GBhM2iJhvEgFlRRwJuAJ_TUZ/w640-h458/sunbigttern.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">When it does, magic happens! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecMhfKrrhSj2seRy9mxhFSK8qzo8pOpKL3hg7Ii5DzzLVQtvU6lYqYP74UrTTLevc_0TJFTn5BRWepgYTqORV8pLCTglNLff10m19WZolQc1v374t574_fFjSGlrhOMPjeW7ejFwsrHEJQYt385YroYgAl4EPG9axfQP6AEMfcQyl60XYyU4FNNAX/s2493/sunbittern%20bif.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2493" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecMhfKrrhSj2seRy9mxhFSK8qzo8pOpKL3hg7Ii5DzzLVQtvU6lYqYP74UrTTLevc_0TJFTn5BRWepgYTqORV8pLCTglNLff10m19WZolQc1v374t574_fFjSGlrhOMPjeW7ejFwsrHEJQYt385YroYgAl4EPG9axfQP6AEMfcQyl60XYyU4FNNAX/w640-h500/sunbittern%20bif.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The pattern on the wings and back is astonishing. From nondescript to incredible with the opening of the wings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">That pattern has a practical use. It will appear to any predator as a large and threatening face, with large eyes much like some moths and butterflies have coloration on their spread wings to mimic large eyes and scare off predators.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">At length, it’s time to load up the van and begin a two to three hour drive in the Transpantanaria Highway to the border of the Pantanal. We have an aealy afternoon flight from Cuiaba to Sao Paulo where my my flight homeward is scheduled for late tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I think about what a great trip this has been and I am reluctant to leave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">But, if I thought the adventures were over, I was highly mistaken!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uA2CecAJx5lAwwpuo9FeHLfPUqow92W_h79DLTuS_eG8Sydj__uF_HVOm3sFUbasMJ7lTUH8V7xpV2-Pi6twd7ljJT0FzFKam0z0jhz-FxnNNncWQ4vxVaocHq72ZAS-1jQozB6e1Ff9K-aW2Okfwfb2tf_j2q86wO9lUCZsLJNSRwZNwGY97VVC/s2380/UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2380" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uA2CecAJx5lAwwpuo9FeHLfPUqow92W_h79DLTuS_eG8Sydj__uF_HVOm3sFUbasMJ7lTUH8V7xpV2-Pi6twd7ljJT0FzFKam0z0jhz-FxnNNncWQ4vxVaocHq72ZAS-1jQozB6e1Ff9K-aW2Okfwfb2tf_j2q86wO9lUCZsLJNSRwZNwGY97VVC/w640-h458/UFO.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Rufous hornero</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KYqYpCE_eAi44zXnCE-v3AMCq1nK65YR-_tje0Ntj06wN3gvrbXfTUcFhUwvhEuz2zoWDNTiR1MeSyzotYRWugXuGbw8MZh5qA8AlcydYwcxoyWV6gBVW3is9NRSdnR_VmedlpeRBRcyoCu0KmlQ9mW2_4DcnHCaiVi9ArNWefut_5N86QzRA8ML/s2844/parakeets,%20monk.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1604" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20c-VXZxM4oUTn1bWChzlOJ5JQyAp_NBYlBwcJymvLQ6q4tCVhQgOGmjWhCCVqVK6tfcejkY17sgmuxBTU5WI14Ip3OxItoiIVol37POlBBrUhF94qGBH4_xMvHS_FmSDtKt7d-XdmwkiQoz8BWIGFzybj0sZj2vrcz5mXU3uzSUo8XCxypIcnmhq/w640-h458/jacana.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Wattled jacana juvenile</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSD_d07ewh9dsPhSzlyT-4gW5SsLKdyrxMbGADqWBRmR0BSQgSndtL4XfQhyphenhyphenpIZ87N-OqfI8kKwT0vwXbRN-izCgQj-WWyi7OlEmtPBDFIq9088-7l1cFNjsDE2xHitt04QQV5SyoOhof4XyDT7OVhlLFibJgp9hpum5inX6HIaT3t0WhMBPUuf14/s1705/jacana-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1705" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSD_d07ewh9dsPhSzlyT-4gW5SsLKdyrxMbGADqWBRmR0BSQgSndtL4XfQhyphenhyphenpIZ87N-OqfI8kKwT0vwXbRN-izCgQj-WWyi7OlEmtPBDFIq9088-7l1cFNjsDE2xHitt04QQV5SyoOhof4XyDT7OVhlLFibJgp9hpum5inX6HIaT3t0WhMBPUuf14/w640-h458/jacana-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Wattled jacana adult</span></i><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_ZLFPZgU4HnkKkX_Swd4dpmFr5j2vaAs4eu1OTnCaR4nJ44mt50b0BVjN3DV6Y9Bj7Ja_7e8vLP0zs4gyRqaEe6GXpRSKiMYB8XlXcNCC6_0p1SF766YpVtDcZ7LswsgfjLG7x6zzyP98hq590Xp1n9XmF0UpuuFuHIppZUUhJ5kRCsErDfFy1Ss/s3332/heron,%20plumbeous.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2409" data-original-width="3332" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_ZLFPZgU4HnkKkX_Swd4dpmFr5j2vaAs4eu1OTnCaR4nJ44mt50b0BVjN3DV6Y9Bj7Ja_7e8vLP0zs4gyRqaEe6GXpRSKiMYB8XlXcNCC6_0p1SF766YpVtDcZ7LswsgfjLG7x6zzyP98hq590Xp1n9XmF0UpuuFuHIppZUUhJ5kRCsErDfFy1Ss/w640-h462/heron,%20plumbeous.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Plumbeous heron</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuc1X-Qi8y1lhCVK8BqamBI80C52wll0kW6vEbo1Id-cy5EDabosEDbX92Ww1UNRrcNIggIBB6xAj_yJR5e-6c9Lh0E9acHkRrSHIWJORsGCMebTPKaCkmDitIGeyz9GP4hbINcMzNJ6KGomScvZ-jQRd7qDM4Wem35S7RRey7jUUiU1tzFb_mPKS/s4778/flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3128" data-original-width="4778" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuc1X-Qi8y1lhCVK8BqamBI80C52wll0kW6vEbo1Id-cy5EDabosEDbX92Ww1UNRrcNIggIBB6xAj_yJR5e-6c9Lh0E9acHkRrSHIWJORsGCMebTPKaCkmDitIGeyz9GP4hbINcMzNJ6KGomScvZ-jQRd7qDM4Wem35S7RRey7jUUiU1tzFb_mPKS/w640-h418/flowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-39113401097652212302024-02-06T14:56:00.005-09:002024-02-06T16:37:23.463-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty-0ne<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Thirty-One<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Side Effects</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><i>“You have to taste a culture to understand it.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><i>—Deborah Cater<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq0P6uIpP37WxT0Bup60hChivYF8MWs7l9dL8JrdtBlXdc5-UalsXOPmaBVoYbaCeOn7l7ne5DkQ1gglYnGxyUGzTT8xYE9CqIE_tInQHaHflNJTdDsRcTA5zSHHKzOWyOGNaMmME9-FpJkRaOObSGtA97ut13BYz7EOGSkmi1E8-XpfUnyDh2rNZ/s3158/15%20macaw,%20hyacinth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3158" data-original-width="2771" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq0P6uIpP37WxT0Bup60hChivYF8MWs7l9dL8JrdtBlXdc5-UalsXOPmaBVoYbaCeOn7l7ne5DkQ1gglYnGxyUGzTT8xYE9CqIE_tInQHaHflNJTdDsRcTA5zSHHKzOWyOGNaMmME9-FpJkRaOObSGtA97ut13BYz7EOGSkmi1E8-XpfUnyDh2rNZ/w176-h200/15%20macaw,%20hyacinth.jpg" width="176" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">If you’ve been served a meal on an airliner, then you’ll understand what I’m talking about. You are handed a teensy tray with all the food items placed just so and everything fits nicely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Fits, that is, until you begin unwrapping and taking the lids off the individual servings. Then there is no place on the postage stamp-sized tray to put all that debris.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">So when I was on the long flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Sáo Paulo, Brazil, I found myself with a serving of white rice in my left hand and another of cooked brown beans in my right hand. There was only one empty spot on the tray.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSED6bQ2W28q0YLTCgEgQXzXeWKdD-PAq4m6ZOHb2CK5SuhVQyeTXMHn3878p93h-hP1exUXb_DwNz1mhO9RGDh59a8-kZXdwjSg9mIt3itVBUUZan86vkKlycrVGe8lt_4Y-kQbsW5jRD_jbzrviT3aBZp1wC5k9I6BZHezOsHqPiJwtJBWs6aeAx/s4032/Araras%20%20lodge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4032" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSED6bQ2W28q0YLTCgEgQXzXeWKdD-PAq4m6ZOHb2CK5SuhVQyeTXMHn3878p93h-hP1exUXb_DwNz1mhO9RGDh59a8-kZXdwjSg9mIt3itVBUUZan86vkKlycrVGe8lt_4Y-kQbsW5jRD_jbzrviT3aBZp1wC5k9I6BZHezOsHqPiJwtJBWs6aeAx/w640-h364/Araras%20%20lodge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Araras Eco Lodge</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">“Necessity is the mother of invention,” it’s said and in a moment of sheer genius, I dump the beans on top of the rice. It's a good combination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">After a few days in Brazil, I discover I wasn’t such a smarty because rice with beans in a delicious, thick, soupy broth is a staple in the Brazilian diet. Every lunch and dinner buffet always has a large container of rice and a large container of beans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I indulged. Frequently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3NGdchpdTlDE4DK1yP4zaz7SPMhgmrIQRuPOWXSivzKeqiSTqM_WVHWuuiLn4-V3XDLeGTbutqI-9dCpYo6GB1FKuLtIKJaBCKG4nm3QwW2l8u_Ou8CK-43aa8rMkRCY0GC8VGS97XNiBfYxnv502LT-I8KcaUC81woIrEanQKgjrElF5DLpC7kr/s3572/UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="3572" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3NGdchpdTlDE4DK1yP4zaz7SPMhgmrIQRuPOWXSivzKeqiSTqM_WVHWuuiLn4-V3XDLeGTbutqI-9dCpYo6GB1FKuLtIKJaBCKG4nm3QwW2l8u_Ou8CK-43aa8rMkRCY0GC8VGS97XNiBfYxnv502LT-I8KcaUC81woIrEanQKgjrElF5DLpC7kr/w640-h480/UFO.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UFO<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Well, you know what happens when you eat beans. Eventually, they make their presence known in the form of gas, which is expelled from the body. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">That’s understandable, but does it have to trumpet its escape into the air so everyone knows you’ve been eating beans?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uwGQ0r7gui3Pq-_7ICVfdj8vWHaJLFifmfyY4j4SA60Mg8zg5y4WDX0tL8t9LKIbE5uPakvNxMAkS7AA4ywSFQ78-LOGjqTL9WEHREOrEDG9GROJPTxlbdHMFhcbPdZDeXOHqEfS0uPQn4iBpBz1TIPt3R0rQTl8H7L2O_nYNqz3Ctw0NNT-S9Ca/s4032/6%20our%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uwGQ0r7gui3Pq-_7ICVfdj8vWHaJLFifmfyY4j4SA60Mg8zg5y4WDX0tL8t9LKIbE5uPakvNxMAkS7AA4ywSFQ78-LOGjqTL9WEHREOrEDG9GROJPTxlbdHMFhcbPdZDeXOHqEfS0uPQn4iBpBz1TIPt3R0rQTl8H7L2O_nYNqz3Ctw0NNT-S9Ca/w480-h640/6%20our%20table.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Our table in the lodge</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I discovered that when I picked up my eight-pound camera/lens combination, I have to clench almost every muscle in my body to hold it up and focus without shaking. Clenching those abdominal muscles results in that certain inevitable side effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I often found myself </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">apologizing, excusing myself, or just ignoring it and hoping they think someone else did it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I stopped eating rice and beans for a while but at Araras Eco Lodge, our last lodge on this trip, I had a very small serving.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Shelly comes to get me the next day and says she’s found an orange-backed troupial, a particularly colorful bird that I’d been hoping to see. It isn’t far away and we maneuver under a large tree to catch the bird in an open spot through the leaves and branches. Shelly is standing behind and off to one side of me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I lift that heavy camera almost straight up and clench.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhtCltC8g6Gsuqp2ZhEFc5Bcd94Z2C78CwK53zS98a9yNeb31JXrzqGDgo2osiAwaXdn3lPwayunJaE_axmVQ-oMfNUHWG-70MvWNbn-cq8S6MBAIEG8Kbrv2c9iRtZhJZB24cUkDqE0OyxGbhxs2u1FoHRnae947upvXX1BNV7cl-4zpcxQiwMfc/s1605/jacana,%20wattled,%20juvenile-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1605" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhtCltC8g6Gsuqp2ZhEFc5Bcd94Z2C78CwK53zS98a9yNeb31JXrzqGDgo2osiAwaXdn3lPwayunJaE_axmVQ-oMfNUHWG-70MvWNbn-cq8S6MBAIEG8Kbrv2c9iRtZhJZB24cUkDqE0OyxGbhxs2u1FoHRnae947upvXX1BNV7cl-4zpcxQiwMfc/w640-h456/jacana,%20wattled,%20juvenile-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Juvenile wattled jacana</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The bean gas emits a loooooong, high-pitched escaping squeal and Shelly starts laughing. So do I. Getting an in-focus shot under these circumstances is a miracle, but I get the shot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkSNlpOBvefbvAD6HMjBzlwBOXcIWkM7wLHvVFrUGOqOy6Iu1Q1ie4P2anTckNdguLN_dfI6D1iO379qVIeWMLFTy821Z3nlN4_kkt0EijhoT5FegVdoGGQgUHFmNaOVWjA5ffLJUkVU9bFbcs3s0AmMdj1bhXYj2oc3gNilOsrAbQX4vXt6cQcZX/s5555/troupial,%20orange-backed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 21.333334px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="5555" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkSNlpOBvefbvAD6HMjBzlwBOXcIWkM7wLHvVFrUGOqOy6Iu1Q1ie4P2anTckNdguLN_dfI6D1iO379qVIeWMLFTy821Z3nlN4_kkt0EijhoT5FegVdoGGQgUHFmNaOVWjA5ffLJUkVU9bFbcs3s0AmMdj1bhXYj2oc3gNilOsrAbQX4vXt6cQcZX/w640-h458/troupial,%20orange-backed.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Orange-backed troupial</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We go back to our rooms and later I send Shelly a message: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">“I am thinking about changing the name of my blog to “<b>The Phlatulent Photographer.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3267" data-original-width="5082" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rP1JWa9j-JSPAxCmWjmsXcYnNDeB4e886-3ODdRvieuj8mdb8WdNVPqgyct7HWSqRb10OkmdggOXIL8xRY0umC1Tgg3iXq82LvJe008_37PDTnK_U6XrZOPIQ4xpTPZCgQk1__Ve3PV2T8lB1hjWm7GAzOyNzGWuyEIh7RDoNv6UVgZPYDRyN_PQ/w640-h412/capy.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Capybara, the rodents everybody loves.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-72339786402147965042024-01-31T16:10:00.002-09:002024-01-31T16:15:53.738-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Thirty<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Thirty</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Goodness, Gracious, Great Snakes Alive!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be poisonous.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>--Chanakya</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBySFBPIvuRkq9xK07u4qB4uP378UzshIEQEFArQgvJ3Tdn1Mt40fgJqFysn8i3f5uQovFz418bTlsmmRw0_6UXS7yPAd8pWYLeH_mZwm9EbM7_DoZFoAyVZX9XqvdUX_sHfa0-9XwWTdaAAAShOMt1IiWPrZ8DyNGqH10weuJ34Pb-kznmtDVloA/s3651/snake%20head.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3651" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBySFBPIvuRkq9xK07u4qB4uP378UzshIEQEFArQgvJ3Tdn1Mt40fgJqFysn8i3f5uQovFz418bTlsmmRw0_6UXS7yPAd8pWYLeH_mZwm9EbM7_DoZFoAyVZX9XqvdUX_sHfa0-9XwWTdaAAAShOMt1IiWPrZ8DyNGqH10weuJ34Pb-kznmtDVloA/s320/snake%20head.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br />Virginia and I are watching a drama play out at the water fountain when Shelly comes striding </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">toward</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> us yelling, "I HAVE A SNAKE IN MY BATHROOM!!!" </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Deja Vu all over again. The first time it was a frog.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">She</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> says she heard noises coming from the bathroom and when she opened the door, there was a long snake on her bathroom counter, knocking her things onto the floor.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Virginia and I grab our cameras and run to </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Shelly's</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> room to see the snake. While we angle for the best shooting spot, </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Shelly</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> returns with a woman from the lodge who is holding a broom.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqJ_MUNZHhTfiXQqgbd3Z0lkuD2UN6KENBWyu58WXeTJQj3M-lYXi2VC29PhPv-6J074zY2vfwRa-1o3qS2qLutYXwpY3OB6CwvFnrJJr27uzTvhEK2Ov3mR4fU1C-SCE6dkGWX1zOacwe4eJgkQSGH2dUA8a5F1DfVzPn7GkaL85lEPZzTgy2GHi/s2244/sh%20snake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="2244" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqJ_MUNZHhTfiXQqgbd3Z0lkuD2UN6KENBWyu58WXeTJQj3M-lYXi2VC29PhPv-6J074zY2vfwRa-1o3qS2qLutYXwpY3OB6CwvFnrJJr27uzTvhEK2Ov3mR4fU1C-SCE6dkGWX1zOacwe4eJgkQSGH2dUA8a5F1DfVzPn7GkaL85lEPZzTgy2GHi/w640-h462/sh%20snake.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Darned if there isn't a snake in Shelly's bathroom! Shelly gets all the best roommates.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">"Get</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> out of the bathroom and let her in," Shelly commands anxiously.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9K-xlzTHlGaxEt5PHDNYOjgvJkdUuZlMRqAcN1345qFvR6t2LDmGwJeyoJNkdFF1G921IIkyu2X_PxdRx5bU5QcD7QPmjlq5JTs8lNmMxbKOwuSx2s0WB07FJHhl7Om3YzWOb2rn9kDtQmB5udqxcVvL7IXOVID3QON_PolPY-KCqf_W_oOkWJZ9/s4032/sh%20snake-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9K-xlzTHlGaxEt5PHDNYOjgvJkdUuZlMRqAcN1345qFvR6t2LDmGwJeyoJNkdFF1G921IIkyu2X_PxdRx5bU5QcD7QPmjlq5JTs8lNmMxbKOwuSx2s0WB07FJHhl7Om3YzWOb2rn9kDtQmB5udqxcVvL7IXOVID3QON_PolPY-KCqf_W_oOkWJZ9/w480-h640/sh%20snake-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">This snake cantilevered its body vertically trying to reach the window and escape before the lady with broom urged it to hasten its journey.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">"No way, </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Shelly. Photos come first," I reply laughingly. "Photos or it didn't happen."</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Finally we let the lady with the broom into the small area and she coaxes it out the open window, which is screened but the screen has been pulled away from the bottom corner.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">It's a parrot snake, I say, just like the one Virginia and I were watching at the water fountain in front of the lodge. And that was a drama unfolding.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_d-FqcBfb9-ITq-7X3SOmZO1BOqjnEvSnNLOsWGFU4YIhJi1UmlQVHiMkja0eSuMBKvskyj4C-h4aAGvO1J01LY3Fj1UwxRMHgV5BBCgbmh2oI4W77zEMpJmeBPVSqzGEVXoNkG8nHFzklUHmZjZk5aqNI_acIlc2Gi8LSwpPHUrwY8ROJm8SWgr/s6910/water%20fountain%20lodge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4612" data-original-width="6910" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_d-FqcBfb9-ITq-7X3SOmZO1BOqjnEvSnNLOsWGFU4YIhJi1UmlQVHiMkja0eSuMBKvskyj4C-h4aAGvO1J01LY3Fj1UwxRMHgV5BBCgbmh2oI4W77zEMpJmeBPVSqzGEVXoNkG8nHFzklUHmZjZk5aqNI_acIlc2Gi8LSwpPHUrwY8ROJm8SWgr/w640-h428/water%20fountain%20lodge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The water fountain in front of the lodge.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLQ_sSf8AzhKdrdeMjy-yCDxWZ5v66mL4HFGzrxZi_JXHutbmtDcsA_NSHrpckJAtcOkht7zCHLLhIw_jEi9hWWVsoH4xVL-VpFZOjGOagspr92tVFMdwzYx6SXETcRHUYJRg8-HiPeJt692F1jzbv2PpESCER6HtOy7E3Y1CZbl6tjk467W52XTW/s3651/parrot%20snake%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3651" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLQ_sSf8AzhKdrdeMjy-yCDxWZ5v66mL4HFGzrxZi_JXHutbmtDcsA_NSHrpckJAtcOkht7zCHLLhIw_jEi9hWWVsoH4xVL-VpFZOjGOagspr92tVFMdwzYx6SXETcRHUYJRg8-HiPeJt692F1jzbv2PpESCER6HtOy7E3Y1CZbl6tjk467W52XTW/w640-h306/parrot%20snake%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The white blobs are water droplets. That bulge at right might be the frog.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">This snake has swallowed a frog and there was a large bulge in the snake's abdomen.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq_IfI3YkJ-NwlIK3TzhHbPhXmU-txLY6gGRPeKlAQVWQMHsVaQcbteY8siMWAqxoANHcdJ91vL8cH0WBuNmAJtAiwbgjxLUCotuN-sjV5FBW4c9N-2SY0UNooULrdU9uQyZ4Ut5huxz8vZXRknwwDhyphenhyphenqCDrObIrIyHohwkJzkn1obsvPUcLYRKAB/s4032/snake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq_IfI3YkJ-NwlIK3TzhHbPhXmU-txLY6gGRPeKlAQVWQMHsVaQcbteY8siMWAqxoANHcdJ91vL8cH0WBuNmAJtAiwbgjxLUCotuN-sjV5FBW4c9N-2SY0UNooULrdU9uQyZ4Ut5huxz8vZXRknwwDhyphenhyphenqCDrObIrIyHohwkJzkn1obsvPUcLYRKAB/w640-h480/snake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>You can actually see the bulk of the frog inside the snake. The snake positioned itself with water is running on the frog bulge, which I found fascinating. Look how long it is. My guess is five feet or so.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Octavio assures us it is only mildly venomous. </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">Which</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> means, I tell him jokingly, that you'll get </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">sick</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and hope </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">you </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">die, but won't.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPXUKIMEDDDHbLsrP3tYuY5c_ZgluJ-hzHigKYH4MAt2mDc3i99BPpuFLf1WBHP7lNMKUG4k7o5XjDr7K96XRE7IzAEctvKg77gHByBphu5cOurhhVD0_GxIkGlW1MqXarhjambxdKtKDVorpVdkazrwWM7SDvBEvGuxPTkkPYn5qL1JFs-OiZG8q/s8256/snake,%20parrot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPXUKIMEDDDHbLsrP3tYuY5c_ZgluJ-hzHigKYH4MAt2mDc3i99BPpuFLf1WBHP7lNMKUG4k7o5XjDr7K96XRE7IzAEctvKg77gHByBphu5cOurhhVD0_GxIkGlW1MqXarhjambxdKtKDVorpVdkazrwWM7SDvBEvGuxPTkkPYn5qL1JFs-OiZG8q/w640-h426/snake,%20parrot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>This is a very slender snake.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEekyDz0_cciLEwoL_EATciSAL-U5Sy_jWOpX2wvrTYT2EOtiL764RjgBxuRE3eP-j-5MeCDm9NrZLIS38LvTxEmmKdUpCBlnlR3l4sRECGhLeYiMscghuniwiXJWeZIUP7aLwdEIQwEzzxm9gmqaA7qWclKSqVbWlBqGT1c92HoXCMHJlBf8-ycA0/s1529/snake,%20parrot-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1529" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEekyDz0_cciLEwoL_EATciSAL-U5Sy_jWOpX2wvrTYT2EOtiL764RjgBxuRE3eP-j-5MeCDm9NrZLIS38LvTxEmmKdUpCBlnlR3l4sRECGhLeYiMscghuniwiXJWeZIUP7aLwdEIQwEzzxm9gmqaA7qWclKSqVbWlBqGT1c92HoXCMHJlBf8-ycA0/w640-h452/snake,%20parrot-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Such a pretty color.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hWZEouGBqPl8sifniSl35H-8NepGfrhuOsOTlQMKEt3f9kdUqZ7kKdnQVORBGo4J_Cl8G5sOyEKb0w33j5FjHLl2mkQzSdLWHlgDP3zENTFaLgPpEnWYwpp_9EDrkwb5ruN5xJIkzJ-C9SkklnOUVdRF6z-lYKdaGSd-4XtJDRYPh4oECIVmUICd/s4032/parrot%20snake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hWZEouGBqPl8sifniSl35H-8NepGfrhuOsOTlQMKEt3f9kdUqZ7kKdnQVORBGo4J_Cl8G5sOyEKb0w33j5FjHLl2mkQzSdLWHlgDP3zENTFaLgPpEnWYwpp_9EDrkwb5ruN5xJIkzJ-C9SkklnOUVdRF6z-lYKdaGSd-4XtJDRYPh4oECIVmUICd/w480-h640/parrot%20snake.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Note how it uses its body to create a bridge and then comes back upon itself.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I find it uttering interesting, coming from a place where there are no snakes in the wild (just bears and moose), how snakes can use their own bodies to bridge an open space such as the snake is doing here. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">SO, I did some research and after finally finding the right keywords, found this</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8uubvO4Ids" style="text-align: left;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8uubvO4Ids</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Parrot snakes can attain a length of 68 inches, with 23 inches being its tail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">There was an afternoon vehicle excursion scheduled for the afternoon, but this happened:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="427" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lqXAGmg8uKg" width="513" youtube-src-id="lqXAGmg8uKg"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Right at the end I swing my phone up and you get a glimpse of Lala the macaw staying out of the rain.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I went to my room. This was going to last a while.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I was still trying to figure out if I had a cold or something else. I had woken </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">during</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> the night with congestion. Ah, it's a cold, I thought. I took an anti-histamine and that was the last of the congestion. No energy, achy body, yes. But no congestion.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">After a while, I looked out. Still raining. I went to tell the group I was going to skip the game drive.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="363" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKccUklYBTg" width="437" youtube-src-id="MKccUklYBTg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Well, what better way to drive away the snake heebie-jeebies than chocolate?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8d7LeEGWSVxXZ02A39hk6hfjP_kQ-cZTmfBVANKB2ha5ywNIJQqyS3daPJhr76QaWiyfl2gukoVOdiO2i8rRtQ5GbBDtxJdeeCufWsCPS4AF-FQF_bRKk5K9lYBDPxv_ItGzKrm1W0EaQepkNm6MsW7_HObsvI6H0lAZjwKl_0yapP0fPZPxrI7K/s4406/baywing,%20grayish.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3147" data-original-width="4406" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8d7LeEGWSVxXZ02A39hk6hfjP_kQ-cZTmfBVANKB2ha5ywNIJQqyS3daPJhr76QaWiyfl2gukoVOdiO2i8rRtQ5GbBDtxJdeeCufWsCPS4AF-FQF_bRKk5K9lYBDPxv_ItGzKrm1W0EaQepkNm6MsW7_HObsvI6H0lAZjwKl_0yapP0fPZPxrI7K/w640-h458/baywing,%20grayish.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grayish Baywing</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysr-6AJSKqUT_G4kN4MTgFO8iwl1astiVcLmf9HjbZQdzu9uI0iwLuuhgT8hPd5jQz-8yZt_LEC7D0ctmE8wSL8d8k_O28gY3M0vpvJ0T6v4jTNea2-4NtPupbbY2DOHdPor5VmXi3FpFC5TopTYsPqfGApQDVrURWzslgjy2-3jK1JmKIMCN3af1/s4399/kiskadee.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3299" data-original-width="4399" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysr-6AJSKqUT_G4kN4MTgFO8iwl1astiVcLmf9HjbZQdzu9uI0iwLuuhgT8hPd5jQz-8yZt_LEC7D0ctmE8wSL8d8k_O28gY3M0vpvJ0T6v4jTNea2-4NtPupbbY2DOHdPor5VmXi3FpFC5TopTYsPqfGApQDVrURWzslgjy2-3jK1JmKIMCN3af1/w640-h480/kiskadee.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Kiskadee</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacQ9UbrbOrBxE3pRmz9ZII11x-E1KMi4nZXpnemucmPABjJwJC-rRSYWRkTW8FzXhZlABrNI0gd1wYh0vvAkrB0aciCijkTDLoZZ25lymgXSFOzWiGZH4BELqi_P-h_KYQB_3xTdMVzpQuS3R7Ok7xtutgk7yZ5rJBynaznZng2EsuHfYe7c43ovf/s1997/palm%20tanager.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1997" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacQ9UbrbOrBxE3pRmz9ZII11x-E1KMi4nZXpnemucmPABjJwJC-rRSYWRkTW8FzXhZlABrNI0gd1wYh0vvAkrB0aciCijkTDLoZZ25lymgXSFOzWiGZH4BELqi_P-h_KYQB_3xTdMVzpQuS3R7Ok7xtutgk7yZ5rJBynaznZng2EsuHfYe7c43ovf/w640-h480/palm%20tanager.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hmmm. Maybe a palm tanager</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFxIptq-Qb4uJdQzvOgnCfhGT8erhjU8AnC_sVZ6sFEMK7DYILRUJhyPcXBu8rbohJpiyQiPVEq2ao9aYOFUQGd24cGsNl2JUJyGgZNNiZ5JOGMOwrshspK3JjHBTtzx7CkFxLYCAK37y84nHHPpnwsJskpt_yhyBpyzj1L_W9njKt6mheoL12-Hz/s2217/UFO-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="1584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFxIptq-Qb4uJdQzvOgnCfhGT8erhjU8AnC_sVZ6sFEMK7DYILRUJhyPcXBu8rbohJpiyQiPVEq2ao9aYOFUQGd24cGsNl2JUJyGgZNNiZ5JOGMOwrshspK3JjHBTtzx7CkFxLYCAK37y84nHHPpnwsJskpt_yhyBpyzj1L_W9njKt6mheoL12-Hz/w458-h640/UFO-2.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same as above<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="1831" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qje-fFhJOoOgZsOCvRf-RMnm1ESVp4ZZO-G-UXDlWb9DjJ0X41V5H9UptCN0pbvS-yxKZJ4h-vfHtmXm0W1WyLpFvMzmB52zGiOYCc4BqAcLgnVwvUcRDcRJNUXiS7FlfGEcAaPVG6FJk2a6iMPYCFHirdKablG1xVf3wEoLiIQFat9UA4fVDv6e/w458-h640/UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="458" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same as above<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qje-fFhJOoOgZsOCvRf-RMnm1ESVp4ZZO-G-UXDlWb9DjJ0X41V5H9UptCN0pbvS-yxKZJ4h-vfHtmXm0W1WyLpFvMzmB52zGiOYCc4BqAcLgnVwvUcRDcRJNUXiS7FlfGEcAaPVG6FJk2a6iMPYCFHirdKablG1xVf3wEoLiIQFat9UA4fVDv6e/s2563/UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></span><br />Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-65090573029975000182024-01-28T19:40:00.004-09:002024-01-28T19:40:37.181-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-Nine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty-Nine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Naps and Birds</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> Blessed are the curious,</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>for they shall have adventures.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">--Unknown</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">It’s 4:15 and there’s no alarm sounding from the cell phone under my pillow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Now, 5 A.M., time we meet for breakfast. All is quiet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Then, 5:30, time when Vanderlay backs the boat out of its slip. My pillow remains quiet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Just before 7 A.M. there’s not a peep from the pillow, but I’m awake anyway and shut the alarm off before it rings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I’m not late for anything. Today, we got to sleep in because there’s no morning game ride on the river. At 8 o'clock-ish, we will leave for the next and last lodge of this fabulous trip.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/1c/7f/a0/15/araras-pantanal-eco-lodge.jpg?w=1400&h=-1&s=1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="362" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/1c/7f/a0/15/araras-pantanal-eco-lodge.jpg?w=1400&h=-1&s=1" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from Araras website</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The dining room is still open for breakfast, so I’m not hungry when we check out, pay our laundry bills, and load up in our van. One hundred and forty-seven kilometers of dirt and gravel and 122 wooden bridges on the Transpantaneira highway as it crosses the Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso to connect Porto Jofre with Poconé. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We aren’t going as far as Poconé today, however. We’re heading to Araras Eco Lodge, our last lodge, and from where we will make the final drive to catch a plane in Poconé and fly back to Sao Paulo in three days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We stop along the way for a restroom break and Magnum ice cream bars. As for me, I am still not feeling well so I stretch out across the seats and belt buckles in the back row of the van.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And then, we’re there. We register at a lovely table in the patio and get our room keys.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDEZ8KQXQzRlBw59niCVczdXn0cT9D8HSIIY9Ga6A7aEYDCEqTqhyr_bFFPsm5hnavjBe72XWjeqY_rS_4fThyOVVOucxHueXwuMYvns8U8kmwPcx-NdyUvXdSBnrgEdf5bBtZQCbFBEGIghJMlDuEe54dQULxearV75iPol02TBiiYIxvZkTLhIp/s4032/1%20courtyard%20sign%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDEZ8KQXQzRlBw59niCVczdXn0cT9D8HSIIY9Ga6A7aEYDCEqTqhyr_bFFPsm5hnavjBe72XWjeqY_rS_4fThyOVVOucxHueXwuMYvns8U8kmwPcx-NdyUvXdSBnrgEdf5bBtZQCbFBEGIghJMlDuEe54dQULxearV75iPol02TBiiYIxvZkTLhIp/w640-h480/1%20courtyard%20sign%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/06/74/26/06/araras-pantanal-ecolodge.jpg?w=2000&h=-1&s=1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="532" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/06/74/26/06/araras-pantanal-ecolodge.jpg?w=2000&h=-1&s=1" width="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">One row of rooms. Photo from Araras website.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The rooms as basic but have every thing I need, including a frog for a roommate!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5leLcXa_VH2DdSjmaEw6FmnhJgepSemZVrD5fTFrJLB5F6WwW68sMUyygnhhUsWvgV1TGotBWqTHJPsNMAeTzyInX0dfpRM2afPv23xmTo9XPZilmVzSPe1duE7hGIUF3A3ZKxkHoJ_1DGlGuxLeQJWLwmhDzy5ohf3bs1036rAUQJMO4oKu-HxX/s4032/2%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5leLcXa_VH2DdSjmaEw6FmnhJgepSemZVrD5fTFrJLB5F6WwW68sMUyygnhhUsWvgV1TGotBWqTHJPsNMAeTzyInX0dfpRM2afPv23xmTo9XPZilmVzSPe1duE7hGIUF3A3ZKxkHoJ_1DGlGuxLeQJWLwmhDzy5ohf3bs1036rAUQJMO4oKu-HxX/w640-h480/2%20room.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">My room.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscCDQYN1Z-eakvkpk1NGG2_HPJcZvmVFyTL2SSQRrd605jZBCUQQiRHPIjpVPhcgj3URcKhFH-bxOD9JVGGCKK_zp_Apk77TfRcXbHoeTHOWb7YCoTW_Z80R4UizW2qB7Ne-bcsYXCz9VfYZ8Er7Mt5S9mK1ViDChCgwdalkHnl8bxmGjwwnR58cw/s3815/3%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="3815" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscCDQYN1Z-eakvkpk1NGG2_HPJcZvmVFyTL2SSQRrd605jZBCUQQiRHPIjpVPhcgj3URcKhFH-bxOD9JVGGCKK_zp_Apk77TfRcXbHoeTHOWb7YCoTW_Z80R4UizW2qB7Ne-bcsYXCz9VfYZ8Er7Mt5S9mK1ViDChCgwdalkHnl8bxmGjwwnR58cw/w640-h480/3%20room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 21.333334px;"> A very short video!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNKcgwT2ZQc" width="445" youtube-src-id="ZNKcgwT2ZQc"></iframe></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM5TwJ1Yej8w2IdRt9IR-0x-clfaYRlwWM6IUKvhodQ9BF01TaCDfDS9PeoWsrmr6eTcIfK4KYlosZcKH56yYWWG3T0_eqOME1_nkgA025M40S0i2iTxZeE7m62ZZoDK0Q2aNgMhAfw6u0zscLimzrcUyUozGcg3VnvbsFvzyR4vhUj929g853D2D/s4032/4%20bar,%20dining%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM5TwJ1Yej8w2IdRt9IR-0x-clfaYRlwWM6IUKvhodQ9BF01TaCDfDS9PeoWsrmr6eTcIfK4KYlosZcKH56yYWWG3T0_eqOME1_nkgA025M40S0i2iTxZeE7m62ZZoDK0Q2aNgMhAfw6u0zscLimzrcUyUozGcg3VnvbsFvzyR4vhUj929g853D2D/w640-h480/4%20bar,%20dining%20room.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Dining room and bar.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7AaqaVHVzBPyEjilbYkGnr1zDSBavfw2R95qVIEuhC7QonTz-ZqnijQzp9_L5YntLadTK2R-oJsLVW2wofujTme-uKlziI1kJM_g2dNcVpdIF3QSeiTYirTN3ws-Zm921_bKxbnUsBABj7p0_M3Q6roC_I4VclPko_OuSB2y9RfhPTdqJhs8lj9m/s4032/6%20our%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7AaqaVHVzBPyEjilbYkGnr1zDSBavfw2R95qVIEuhC7QonTz-ZqnijQzp9_L5YntLadTK2R-oJsLVW2wofujTme-uKlziI1kJM_g2dNcVpdIF3QSeiTYirTN3ws-Zm921_bKxbnUsBABj7p0_M3Q6roC_I4VclPko_OuSB2y9RfhPTdqJhs8lj9m/w480-h640/6%20our%20table.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Our table.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfq8B7gwKdIguFlP2DxkV9cDDKGIt5M2cqlYSGYBzB-C2vJDHd8H32SHVWuf_GH9-zeQmoP7H0qO70-2Nle3XlAA92Bqj1mUE88S2BCIhpYNm1yeou7oaPHv8du606F5Trk88-jwXused4tT-uE4liaz66aNcujejmlIlz7gLXNaydZJdJ6JW41j4/s3496/Octavio%20and%20Larissa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2522" data-original-width="3496" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfq8B7gwKdIguFlP2DxkV9cDDKGIt5M2cqlYSGYBzB-C2vJDHd8H32SHVWuf_GH9-zeQmoP7H0qO70-2Nle3XlAA92Bqj1mUE88S2BCIhpYNm1yeou7oaPHv8du606F5Trk88-jwXused4tT-uE4liaz66aNcujejmlIlz7gLXNaydZJdJ6JW41j4/w640-h462/Octavio%20and%20Larissa.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Octavio and his wife Larissa. They met when Larissa worked at this lodge. Virginia is at left.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">After lunch, I wander around the property and find caimans and birds galore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGnf43-4BhRYYaEN7bIEAbmcle64PzW71AMFUMvUuZbPjR8fdMFsPzOo-0_sP4jfXF3OLQgMFRIJMjpT36i-hK_lViSAN5MdfWIIfsBVN-d7a8UPLvhqKPs-jm9Ozp-3ZcCl_CJqyjtvVEghrvBmz0ED41izYXY562gYXbFnJnSlS9UNgcYWZU8bP/s4032/caiman%20sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGnf43-4BhRYYaEN7bIEAbmcle64PzW71AMFUMvUuZbPjR8fdMFsPzOo-0_sP4jfXF3OLQgMFRIJMjpT36i-hK_lViSAN5MdfWIIfsBVN-d7a8UPLvhqKPs-jm9Ozp-3ZcCl_CJqyjtvVEghrvBmz0ED41izYXY562gYXbFnJnSlS9UNgcYWZU8bP/w480-h640/caiman%20sign.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 21.333334px;" /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_K7ow2IdkEFEOxSDeFAloHnhj7PMPteOnCzodxizmwslDekIpEqwnQrMDNuutcLhcOF44TJlio0x81sB5gz4P6LQecrUPg_iMHmojN5xBUfcim4iTryh-ul9vINBvOaMX85wT7xs3q9tJWlBNKvf5CjDiFzcW7pFhaqboPL9wEbgSItltHAra_K_-/s4032/16%20pond,%20fountain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_K7ow2IdkEFEOxSDeFAloHnhj7PMPteOnCzodxizmwslDekIpEqwnQrMDNuutcLhcOF44TJlio0x81sB5gz4P6LQecrUPg_iMHmojN5xBUfcim4iTryh-ul9vINBvOaMX85wT7xs3q9tJWlBNKvf5CjDiFzcW7pFhaqboPL9wEbgSItltHAra_K_-/w640-h480/16%20pond,%20fountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Note all the rocks beyond the dugout. That's where the birds are that I photograph from the spot where I am standing to take this photo.. Nice having a 500 mm long lens. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04CKYD1wnyp4qtyNIFS3hp12h23Vd-y-SufCBbGhRJUEdSfXatMMSPRsOLGDPu_7kjZL_G8zDYUhJtVu5tP9udL5fVl1Ly7b0uP_oMcofzeY7uOo25j3SZf6FojfX6_3_xkiP6gX_R4FpZXGUB1hwEX40H-YDMMdkcWgEk8AfTJXHKVVccDV8-LoP/s5737/16%20caiman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3526" data-original-width="5737" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04CKYD1wnyp4qtyNIFS3hp12h23Vd-y-SufCBbGhRJUEdSfXatMMSPRsOLGDPu_7kjZL_G8zDYUhJtVu5tP9udL5fVl1Ly7b0uP_oMcofzeY7uOo25j3SZf6FojfX6_3_xkiP6gX_R4FpZXGUB1hwEX40H-YDMMdkcWgEk8AfTJXHKVVccDV8-LoP/w640-h394/16%20caiman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /></i></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Note the vegetation in the above photo and then the almost-covered caiman in this photo. Sneaky little things.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAUE-drhgec1tiOFp3ShVMBHmNAyhjuPwBfDxWsLqSeybMZ2ik3lVo8cwiU8oQIBXhML1lCVyzWbx8IpM_drzksNDzqOBbDzhvmrEFvCONFRtHvdGoUzhB_FJ1cGvwnuaAmGwilgLg1JMaSVSdnSiz-XjbnouEr8qX0loY7-knL04OPzlgea67oxI/s2469/18%20cachalote,%20rufous.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="2469" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAUE-drhgec1tiOFp3ShVMBHmNAyhjuPwBfDxWsLqSeybMZ2ik3lVo8cwiU8oQIBXhML1lCVyzWbx8IpM_drzksNDzqOBbDzhvmrEFvCONFRtHvdGoUzhB_FJ1cGvwnuaAmGwilgLg1JMaSVSdnSiz-XjbnouEr8qX0loY7-knL04OPzlgea67oxI/w640-h480/18%20cachalote,%20rufous.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Rufous cachalote</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3e7KR_MAZMOThkQPQ417rMDmVm7CyIA4xQO_sX3KbksRHJXe8Isn42oZisd9_J-pcmdh-cKmz8A3tyFx7aq6Xf7fhBJnhwozrqXVJeL3mffAk7eupACYgTAFYby3qHPgezpUXZXxdLEf7gvFSw_UVH4pv1_dUfc8Gy6kPbmiTaFnTbgka6Nxz9It/s2367/17%20cachalote,%20rufous.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="2367" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3e7KR_MAZMOThkQPQ417rMDmVm7CyIA4xQO_sX3KbksRHJXe8Isn42oZisd9_J-pcmdh-cKmz8A3tyFx7aq6Xf7fhBJnhwozrqXVJeL3mffAk7eupACYgTAFYby3qHPgezpUXZXxdLEf7gvFSw_UVH4pv1_dUfc8Gy6kPbmiTaFnTbgka6Nxz9It/w640-h480/17%20cachalote,%20rufous.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Rufous cachalote</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUf2u5y00UwVcbxJAQsG1Zysjg7dXnbppXocTNuyn34UWM9EbfUwrr3M2rzGM00cP13YhSfxqr852AY1jScuzXCiZMTuJh-2MEfNzVpqbazg53QBLJi3kI_7aSlG-VTwNvPjP3tkefFTaR6WOZ38l1OcgMnFoxi4FWtpJ73d5vCdc05mSJg7Pr0RX/s3847/16%20pool.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="3847" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUf2u5y00UwVcbxJAQsG1Zysjg7dXnbppXocTNuyn34UWM9EbfUwrr3M2rzGM00cP13YhSfxqr852AY1jScuzXCiZMTuJh-2MEfNzVpqbazg53QBLJi3kI_7aSlG-VTwNvPjP3tkefFTaR6WOZ38l1OcgMnFoxi4FWtpJ73d5vCdc05mSJg7Pr0RX/w640-h480/16%20pool.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>No caimans in the pool.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">A little later, another find. There’s a water fountain right in front of the dining hall that attracts all kinds of birds and other critters. I sit on a padded bench under an awning that covers the length of the building and photograph birds to my heart’s content.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWryL4j1IZDZ-DnwBmmZ57_-lgtQA_yDF4LorpCOaRnnW7mPxM9XVFOKAaJsiEBCEoVPu0qWdsmkQ0_soOA0o75f62PX4GrZgoB0ZU2qSYr26vk6HXK6_MZ7n4s9ptJpByCGVahI_TMGyI21dd2ByVZTu0J0pydiw-qjDNLCp4ER-pT7mLbVcPkdt/s4524/12%20cacique,%20y-r.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="4524" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWryL4j1IZDZ-DnwBmmZ57_-lgtQA_yDF4LorpCOaRnnW7mPxM9XVFOKAaJsiEBCEoVPu0qWdsmkQ0_soOA0o75f62PX4GrZgoB0ZU2qSYr26vk6HXK6_MZ7n4s9ptJpByCGVahI_TMGyI21dd2ByVZTu0J0pydiw-qjDNLCp4ER-pT7mLbVcPkdt/w640-h480/12%20cacique,%20y-r.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Yellow-rumped cacique</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqz1YTKcbzo-XjBA9V9OXpiNkVd9b8nuIKzWj0U2Yh56Ewao5pFxHJUHiFAkusT9PhCljJy_8NMCFTVeQUGqMdgc3zNYjhILoKy9_fY5r5EvuuGWYKdoHsqD9X96RrGiBJNxf_ClvJuQwBjdcJ50kvH2vISMSivzZzUEtD9Rx3ihiuDiDgaoLbt7G/s7333/14%20macaw,%20hyacinth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4889" data-original-width="7333" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqz1YTKcbzo-XjBA9V9OXpiNkVd9b8nuIKzWj0U2Yh56Ewao5pFxHJUHiFAkusT9PhCljJy_8NMCFTVeQUGqMdgc3zNYjhILoKy9_fY5r5EvuuGWYKdoHsqD9X96RrGiBJNxf_ClvJuQwBjdcJ50kvH2vISMSivzZzUEtD9Rx3ihiuDiDgaoLbt7G/w640-h426/14%20macaw,%20hyacinth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A nest box for hyacinth macaws.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This is Lala, a semi-wild blue and yellow macaw.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOuhX0NlBSkVeWOL8-o1brQ7c-teE1MgJMFyasGjP3tB8lFC6Jz0Z1fSKL2Ir0lY5cVmRF3hEN84Q5uHX8cREcA11wTjUhwz0fhGnPOX03vlE8vqzBp4ZWiFv3dW9cLSmum59IOhJqTQC1Gmorja1k2ioxpUFCOGhoklS8b0CT2ppbbl3ft0TpFBn/s3278/7%20Lala.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3278" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOuhX0NlBSkVeWOL8-o1brQ7c-teE1MgJMFyasGjP3tB8lFC6Jz0Z1fSKL2Ir0lY5cVmRF3hEN84Q5uHX8cREcA11wTjUhwz0fhGnPOX03vlE8vqzBp4ZWiFv3dW9cLSmum59IOhJqTQC1Gmorja1k2ioxpUFCOGhoklS8b0CT2ppbbl3ft0TpFBn/w266-h640/7%20Lala.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Her favorite perch is right above the entrance to the dining room.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCDurnvJcpoAHoeddTtoYy3vqxZAU1n5rom3k0ALhHMbV63Wd9Cn5Yqic9YSPefvm44ONGm8mrQXbqdsQ0CNYhG78gqonXAA3csCtR7kr0eaC81weMSqXtz1Fm4-lTqQuQDTrOzhSNgeP2erLbIclqlRfqfLyUMaZui8RFadGxe0k0fswn5c5S7AS/s4032/8%20Lala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCDurnvJcpoAHoeddTtoYy3vqxZAU1n5rom3k0ALhHMbV63Wd9Cn5Yqic9YSPefvm44ONGm8mrQXbqdsQ0CNYhG78gqonXAA3csCtR7kr0eaC81weMSqXtz1Fm4-lTqQuQDTrOzhSNgeP2erLbIclqlRfqfLyUMaZui8RFadGxe0k0fswn5c5S7AS/w480-h640/8%20Lala.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2U6IvoWw9RAEsbrdQashR3EGNwSvk3NfpwNJeR-FF1mY9O8IwhovuiquRwXtT43sXxIheGVormuYaLdDRPhANR0tMEU3PmD2-76AGDHm87Kv6qnRAKWEsH5qejD83n3QPW6n4SBziicOrXVQbqtppBgEBYtBdG24nWB4b48W2UnjkryZhRz493OQ/s3418/9%20banan%20for%20Lala.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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This time, it's a banana.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgDk2EVk92kFZo9vvsdQVMP6lYhWzZlguJmGLbEoflc74esjhTCPfv3x5OKCivezUlcDPUnMzXdGxmOp2Zr8fdCVDqNQUrWq-U_Jz_sMzxTGzZLNlkHs6FCZitn741OMdmnE-BWewcNMIoWnSTHo6SMnJ2xfrw8fTDQjH15yCWUnzR-mQiBr7XPX1/s4032/10%20banana%20for%20Lala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgDk2EVk92kFZo9vvsdQVMP6lYhWzZlguJmGLbEoflc74esjhTCPfv3x5OKCivezUlcDPUnMzXdGxmOp2Zr8fdCVDqNQUrWq-U_Jz_sMzxTGzZLNlkHs6FCZitn741OMdmnE-BWewcNMIoWnSTHo6SMnJ2xfrw8fTDQjH15yCWUnzR-mQiBr7XPX1/w480-h640/10%20banana%20for%20Lala.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNIW_p2AITtCFZZXgEwNLn69O6f0i933Z2E4l_PMC-ko5SSO9ZL6B-P4CLuG55cVxL1KZdLeRRIR_MjU1sWTSycdh-AsTeL20MIClJ_hut9BoGScNvMLWEQKJBc7xRPyP97mOHefJPcvTCVUdznq_E8ohoX27dUUmsegHV1EQKd1oZDer4NBTPUkt/s4032/11%20banana%20for%20Lala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNIW_p2AITtCFZZXgEwNLn69O6f0i933Z2E4l_PMC-ko5SSO9ZL6B-P4CLuG55cVxL1KZdLeRRIR_MjU1sWTSycdh-AsTeL20MIClJ_hut9BoGScNvMLWEQKJBc7xRPyP97mOHefJPcvTCVUdznq_E8ohoX27dUUmsegHV1EQKd1oZDer4NBTPUkt/w480-h640/11%20banana%20for%20Lala.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Octavio says there are no big tours planned for this lodge. It’s meant to be a couple of relaxing days before we head home, and that’s fine with me. He does take Shelly and Virginia on a walkabout, though, and tomorrow there will be a short tour of the property in a large safari vehicle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">In the meanwhile, it’s naps and birds for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnzdAxB2T0XG6QDrJ_4N_qAhXDzsYU2nV270l_qmaOcgp76s0tn4YU1tR4oJwiclp62YgVmG0SKtIBHWQWRrhCvsPhvFTQnXtkAI2G4OdDGfoOVNHCQqPBiFyZ4iNwm5sz7OjWNzd6bcEsKBy6Uo3ZOSFcQ3-yF-gyu28y6yY6QaUYYoJluiUJ0wW/s1997/25%20UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1997" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnzdAxB2T0XG6QDrJ_4N_qAhXDzsYU2nV270l_qmaOcgp76s0tn4YU1tR4oJwiclp62YgVmG0SKtIBHWQWRrhCvsPhvFTQnXtkAI2G4OdDGfoOVNHCQqPBiFyZ4iNwm5sz7OjWNzd6bcEsKBy6Uo3ZOSFcQ3-yF-gyu28y6yY6QaUYYoJluiUJ0wW/w640-h480/25%20UFO.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A UFO</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqKyADTVyy1RF3_yxXgMtnDrAgt6gk8Lb1Ju8YwkEhzUM8GFDsYAszLxnE7EXZ-TRvmVzlL8l7M7Zm4FhJrukBf1HES0MxC1NcKBM2nM51eusoDEMoZU6w3zOvGb7GX-iHP_M7LpIGJ0fwhKrICt20slNHW9PTAd4QGLgjUIV_UNqnmYfnfNI2s3T/s3120/26%20purplish%20jay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="3120" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqKyADTVyy1RF3_yxXgMtnDrAgt6gk8Lb1Ju8YwkEhzUM8GFDsYAszLxnE7EXZ-TRvmVzlL8l7M7Zm4FhJrukBf1HES0MxC1NcKBM2nM51eusoDEMoZU6w3zOvGb7GX-iHP_M7LpIGJ0fwhKrICt20slNHW9PTAd4QGLgjUIV_UNqnmYfnfNI2s3T/w640-h480/26%20purplish%20jay.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Purplish Jays</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuwDGKuHxO7GkhpwY4DA_tjcOYcgJh6wpVBgyGMD2NMwoGJ64CoYPq5HPQxqfDb9GVnLXL7Kijz8oa8wPW4mpTdNwydPyxmZ8YiJ4BoXEc7CQeH1_-zzBT55l5oxe4L7UQPaoDZoR5MVgupXBtdjPKGxIpRuiknjMEbNcjTnVWdHd3j_P8I9FPgD5/s2136/27%20UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2136" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuwDGKuHxO7GkhpwY4DA_tjcOYcgJh6wpVBgyGMD2NMwoGJ64CoYPq5HPQxqfDb9GVnLXL7Kijz8oa8wPW4mpTdNwydPyxmZ8YiJ4BoXEc7CQeH1_-zzBT55l5oxe4L7UQPaoDZoR5MVgupXBtdjPKGxIpRuiknjMEbNcjTnVWdHd3j_P8I9FPgD5/w640-h480/27%20UFO.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Cattle tyrant</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnFjdJwg0gOSx3YVsTAEYD2HSiyrQPVuAgGSPq-evvAKLFE5Svyof_wNtMtAyVeYb2lNTdu2F4orIFOKuM6x-ohVMn378wzWjBg4FHt8YC-t1OGc5tbktLEsyRL7anDB4u6aFLIlpgymi6jYytwVC5AbEwB9RJ0XxpBU-Lg_kZ2oHXeCyhfdQN-jn/s1836/28%20UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1836" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnFjdJwg0gOSx3YVsTAEYD2HSiyrQPVuAgGSPq-evvAKLFE5Svyof_wNtMtAyVeYb2lNTdu2F4orIFOKuM6x-ohVMn378wzWjBg4FHt8YC-t1OGc5tbktLEsyRL7anDB4u6aFLIlpgymi6jYytwVC5AbEwB9RJ0XxpBU-Lg_kZ2oHXeCyhfdQN-jn/w640-h480/28%20UFO.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Probably a juvenile barred woodpecker.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDmtxwY1uTPQsIJhBlVpwfs7JZyoHW5GBotZ6U3-ywAb29Pgr-J3pDPwMoW54AntsSaLhNES8uWgqqFCMzwnoGD1kkfHNklehukiLlDtBq-aRyfqe3K5gfhZGzaK74-4YnwTFttrAOGicXLo7WIYoheQWMdVWWxQqCFPpnWaPU-mIOvVjIp3sYOQP/s3566/22%20woodpecker,%20green-barred.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3566" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDmtxwY1uTPQsIJhBlVpwfs7JZyoHW5GBotZ6U3-ywAb29Pgr-J3pDPwMoW54AntsSaLhNES8uWgqqFCMzwnoGD1kkfHNklehukiLlDtBq-aRyfqe3K5gfhZGzaK74-4YnwTFttrAOGicXLo7WIYoheQWMdVWWxQqCFPpnWaPU-mIOvVjIp3sYOQP/w640-h458/22%20woodpecker,%20green-barred.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Barred woodpecker.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDs1SwEHQ6HRF1-gzzJCZV4XNhZBTMhJj52y0rXh7CcieeB2xa7cg3rHvKJ9x0ANDZ36RYwYyaYOT_MVDliGuD66hI8sfHfLtqgHGeeK6SRJEFizVnZQh7sL0B0VgXPIWTybnnNN77dKXjnx8Tt7bQHfMBVcSlpdCjvTOSsp0xIBDAzi45JROE6BA4/s5072/23%20woodpecker,%20green-barred.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3623" data-original-width="5072" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDs1SwEHQ6HRF1-gzzJCZV4XNhZBTMhJj52y0rXh7CcieeB2xa7cg3rHvKJ9x0ANDZ36RYwYyaYOT_MVDliGuD66hI8sfHfLtqgHGeeK6SRJEFizVnZQh7sL0B0VgXPIWTybnnNN77dKXjnx8Tt7bQHfMBVcSlpdCjvTOSsp0xIBDAzi45JROE6BA4/w640-h458/23%20woodpecker,%20green-barred.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>And again.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFztGS-LjGwdMi__TqfK4suIY3AWMr-cQFOMuvSXLY9-O_4rIKca1dw8995aKL-JOubLzyx4HaEcvcT-tTezYujaFWUZIbRjJ7vmi8e-neZTHTqjelPgtu1j_SojZ-p63Vt4q6oyjnOq-TY1SJHAoVYyCRlCmTX3CByL39iXgT3DxWGll3HNd-ZkQ/s2524/19%20thrush-like%20rufous%20-bellied.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="2524" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFztGS-LjGwdMi__TqfK4suIY3AWMr-cQFOMuvSXLY9-O_4rIKca1dw8995aKL-JOubLzyx4HaEcvcT-tTezYujaFWUZIbRjJ7vmi8e-neZTHTqjelPgtu1j_SojZ-p63Vt4q6oyjnOq-TY1SJHAoVYyCRlCmTX3CByL39iXgT3DxWGll3HNd-ZkQ/w640-h480/19%20thrush-like%20rufous%20-bellied.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Rufous-bellied thrush-like. Yes, that's its name.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">In the heat of the afternoon, Lala takes a nap on the patio with us.</span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ScZLyjeD2qff_QOF7pluY-zYyMSTyZNLNi8HGcgwWvXdfM4lXN_EWNuPzaF_fo2tkKrYoSaUe4c1u66Q4aN5RMmAzf2OAI_bsXx-XPH4BjLyrMMQ0h-039o-2T4HZ0JXe8vPUzPHYdKODOKvRgqWaDfN3XoZPfMGqKz_qD1S5zQZP5xKIkfkLqZS/s6396/lala.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4417" data-original-width="6396" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ScZLyjeD2qff_QOF7pluY-zYyMSTyZNLNi8HGcgwWvXdfM4lXN_EWNuPzaF_fo2tkKrYoSaUe4c1u66Q4aN5RMmAzf2OAI_bsXx-XPH4BjLyrMMQ0h-039o-2T4HZ0JXe8vPUzPHYdKODOKvRgqWaDfN3XoZPfMGqKz_qD1S5zQZP5xKIkfkLqZS/w640-h442/lala.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snoozing Lala.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-63958365452217301652024-01-23T20:11:00.003-09:002024-01-25T17:24:05.336-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-eight<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty-Eight<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last Day on the Cuiaba River</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I haven't been everywhere, </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but it's on my list.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--Unknown</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"><br />I’m walking toward the dock when I’m treated to a white-eyed parakeet on a branch almost right above me.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">I stop for a quick photo and then hustle to the boat.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPieSapdkh8MHqz-Os-q3EkUyyK7xvSo2mdXrFO6P_8JkpSFbugoMCMrnWaTF36dZHhaKgkuc-t_qNdjhrnKQYQzb_hdr4r2GlfTiOYB8Roj8_IqpTlBoh1T9GjbT3k1t-ZVmTRRBHHBB30NKxfwrBMoICPSm64jCUBkLpneb10ppKyaP5yILPqQfB/s4938/parakeet,%20white-eyed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3704" data-original-width="4938" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPieSapdkh8MHqz-Os-q3EkUyyK7xvSo2mdXrFO6P_8JkpSFbugoMCMrnWaTF36dZHhaKgkuc-t_qNdjhrnKQYQzb_hdr4r2GlfTiOYB8Roj8_IqpTlBoh1T9GjbT3k1t-ZVmTRRBHHBB30NKxfwrBMoICPSm64jCUBkLpneb10ppKyaP5yILPqQfB/w640-h480/parakeet,%20white-eyed.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-eyed parakeet.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">It’s our final day here at Hotel Porto Jofre and our last day on the Cuiaba and its tributaries and lagoons.</span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>It’s a beautiful morning, as they all have been. It isn’t yet the searing heat and I'm not yet fully covered, but trust me, I will get there before late morning.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rckak7n8hxlcQVovL2wb8zHzS5Yvt-dOoEgMcObc62czMMwL1M5WYFzkTeYzkbUGVHZU3UKp407q0aMAFEWfAOxpoJU_-w8QDsnteulT56leUKX5LtdnIYiQ7ZV_Wf2gS-SK0QYWZnjZhD8iwEOqvmjgtxUl6FHmGmHpj4srNjHBNGPb-BMhMVQ9/s4032/Jeanne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rckak7n8hxlcQVovL2wb8zHzS5Yvt-dOoEgMcObc62czMMwL1M5WYFzkTeYzkbUGVHZU3UKp407q0aMAFEWfAOxpoJU_-w8QDsnteulT56leUKX5LtdnIYiQ7ZV_Wf2gS-SK0QYWZnjZhD8iwEOqvmjgtxUl6FHmGmHpj4srNjHBNGPb-BMhMVQ9/w300-h400/Jeanne.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Protection from the harsh sun.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We are on the water more than an hour before we find our first jaguar of the day. It’s hunting along the bank as they do. For the most part, she’s in the shade but then, in a photographer’s dream, Alira the jaguar steps into the golden light of morning. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfn2ULjGXkTwLUPxjWv0FrbJtAL0SFJOPPzSgIrRoc6RvM9lJGbGpm1CibwCUuH0c8_mcluZyxXfGcTQESZcDAvqaFK7ZjJWYU44AbhR8QuzkCK1k8BZuako71N9v_e2ffjXE2GxQtfv-IyYa_6kU8Xx3P12uXVfrBgRLBTVNJAujMnMtdLCzgnat/s3235/jaguar%206-47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 16pt;">Dream shots, right there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We stop to photograph some Black-capped Donacobious.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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font-size: 16pt;">We enter a lagoon and see a couple giant river otters along the water hyacinth, but don’t stop for photos as their position is less than ideal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Some birds in the lagoon:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXX6TWr4WXEp45jdsgJ_zeGsHvJvqTe_VibNki4SOO10Gea876gWw-tMT2YnTDNHDt7hS1zDjz_e70nm-uCk0Nh3bgXuoohkGYo-Ps_Lx-t4_ctqm2ExA4mQAQvXeoZskqwSs1zV6xDIwSrVd025HoXWjlX7B0o2mj7n9oQ07xZahappdj0eUOBmf/s2627/swallow,%20white%20winged.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="2627" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXX6TWr4WXEp45jdsgJ_zeGsHvJvqTe_VibNki4SOO10Gea876gWw-tMT2YnTDNHDt7hS1zDjz_e70nm-uCk0Nh3bgXuoohkGYo-Ps_Lx-t4_ctqm2ExA4mQAQvXeoZskqwSs1zV6xDIwSrVd025HoXWjlX7B0o2mj7n9oQ07xZahappdj0eUOBmf/w640-h480/swallow,%20white%20winged.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>White-winged swallow.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">On the way out of the lagoon, we hear some plaintive cries and discover it’s one of the giant river otters. It’s swimming back and forth, crying and crying and crying. Octavio tells us it’s looking for the second otter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2m8GsPDnVCmpO1btnacHP5crCBMjO4nYz143wgqh3LYHiq05w6hU3ikljoIacKaqgpnST9xwnZLAOxRCr5rCjuJGd4F0x2OkX5Bm-vroxOo2RR2b5VYCQZ_Y9rBHAfwOzHUQPQ1BzjWqgQIfJ2HqPYZVBowRh175AV8GFICqZ8UQCRwanqwwb9qf/s5109/otter%20crying.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="5109" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2m8GsPDnVCmpO1btnacHP5crCBMjO4nYz143wgqh3LYHiq05w6hU3ikljoIacKaqgpnST9xwnZLAOxRCr5rCjuJGd4F0x2OkX5Bm-vroxOo2RR2b5VYCQZ_Y9rBHAfwOzHUQPQ1BzjWqgQIfJ2HqPYZVBowRh175AV8GFICqZ8UQCRwanqwwb9qf/w640-h458/otter%20crying.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsotDnwZ71xiluJj4OH8pnwVsQuwCcBP9_V7H99Nn1RvCMAq9CsW0Ajto66aRc_eTIsuEzgPhWq8x5h3Y0szEnQ3tnV_A7MX0lCZ2IxeePbnAEHE878eG3gShjHzCcrNz51jSvQQgfTkLuLEeD44uCUZJSwTp9sfO9VLuZQuaEiNLDlCMZoB1PCzz/s5567/otter,%20searching-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3871" data-original-width="5567" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsotDnwZ71xiluJj4OH8pnwVsQuwCcBP9_V7H99Nn1RvCMAq9CsW0Ajto66aRc_eTIsuEzgPhWq8x5h3Y0szEnQ3tnV_A7MX0lCZ2IxeePbnAEHE878eG3gShjHzCcrNz51jSvQQgfTkLuLEeD44uCUZJSwTp9sfO9VLuZQuaEiNLDlCMZoB1PCzz/w640-h446/otter,%20searching-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ajTNVfJHjYZiJ1qM2uNGsH_PIC0TpaXRcP_ezhbi-jE2mbJnu0PSf2v-8xfMVeob3Oh2i-z_U58q7Eug4I209jg4fxdF5J1EH1QY8MRpldH8yanC3fNzXsNDQYSEwgtGDdSZpZeBnWn5fBeV9BlC_kIPK9o91Xuc_f84ofVtBvQMhnnl8MAlAIh_/s3899/otter,%20searching.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="3899" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ajTNVfJHjYZiJ1qM2uNGsH_PIC0TpaXRcP_ezhbi-jE2mbJnu0PSf2v-8xfMVeob3Oh2i-z_U58q7Eug4I209jg4fxdF5J1EH1QY8MRpldH8yanC3fNzXsNDQYSEwgtGDdSZpZeBnWn5fBeV9BlC_kIPK9o91Xuc_f84ofVtBvQMhnnl8MAlAIh_/w640-h480/otter,%20searching.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">A short video so you can hear the otter's cry. Note that it begins with a sharp whistle. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="383" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SkuovMSjnY" width="407" youtube-src-id="2SkuovMSjnY"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Speculation as to the second otter abounds. One is that a jaguar got it, but Octavio assures us that can’t be the case as that is a rare, if ever, occurance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Another guess is that the second otter caught a fish and doesn’t want to share. But, the crying otter search goes on far too long, unless the missing otter caught something the size of Moby Dick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Nonetheless, my heart is heavy when we leave without the otters having a joyful reunion. Later, we are assured the second otter appeared, but consider this: what else would the guides tell you when you are concerned enough to ask?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">As with most guided trips, they want you to enjoy the trip. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We see another jaguar in the water but it climbs the riverbank and disappears.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">An osprey takes off from the water and flies ahead of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Next to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> us is a boat that makes a lot of noise as the driver shifts in and out of gear, trying to maintain his position.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJnPraka1Yl7dUrHyc3s_Wl-yB0ZaPGowAd1lHc_lrYpTeI6nwOU4k5aoJALRC6Wf1vBmhkyhfK2UWySiZqE6WdiBLmBzpD_gv9aJkYHdXV_y9fLG39NcOLLdtl2QXRfSCJtG4XCEh6ESbctnM8dUna_qpsfz0NCjo2PKiSAW1i0pruE7ZIdcrNil/s3315/jag%20caiman%20fail-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I don't say anything for a </span><span style="font-size: 21.333334px;">while</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, but finally I turn around and ask Octavio if we can get out from behind that boat and he relays the info to Vanderlay and we move away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Octavio says he wished “they” would not permit two-stroke outboards on the river for exactly those reasons--noise and stinky exhaust fumes. Most of the boats are powered with four-stroke outboards, quiet, not noxious, and powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">More jaguars appear as we head back. It’s Ti and her cub.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6xD5IPYQuNucmRW0R3h80Zi2armZKe0LDSir5RPyar_yd3C07uVJjzBQnd9m70fnIOjrlIQ8fGgSGPu9XvXoiUhnByUFCDZ-wIkKDsT6UbIYdbNj9Jqqlk__aP8N99OcxhjtqON6wIQKaJImB063oGlbAdKvsQ0pbReXZ9rW7NyTc1rb7Uns9eBQ/s4032/jag%20and%20cub%20on%20bank.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6xD5IPYQuNucmRW0R3h80Zi2armZKe0LDSir5RPyar_yd3C07uVJjzBQnd9m70fnIOjrlIQ8fGgSGPu9XvXoiUhnByUFCDZ-wIkKDsT6UbIYdbNj9Jqqlk__aP8N99OcxhjtqON6wIQKaJImB063oGlbAdKvsQ0pbReXZ9rW7NyTc1rb7Uns9eBQ/w640-h480/jag%20and%20cub%20on%20bank.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So-so photo with cell but it's Ti and her cub.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">It’s too dark for my cameras, so out comes the iPhone for some so-so photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> And a short video:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jTm9imXEunA" width="396" youtube-src-id="jTm9imXEunA"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">And then, this part of the trip is over. Tomorrow, a three-hour drive will take us to our next, and final, lodge before we begin the long trek home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEq1zbNIsUtT1lsgrYpESNz-0pO19_5gg0p0TqH3g5UiDZPB_yzlPiwqcVN_iZZrADiApU72uxsBX8Jli-aJNAQnEhG9ddvvOvazvItdqLLdpH2Fh04tpUV9MQvduv-vuxMM7y_D_-w7MGcKqTIL245LngWqXN-EDV_ciml61Z0kPwyhutIPfI3ty/s4061/jabiru%20drinking.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="4061" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEq1zbNIsUtT1lsgrYpESNz-0pO19_5gg0p0TqH3g5UiDZPB_yzlPiwqcVN_iZZrADiApU72uxsBX8Jli-aJNAQnEhG9ddvvOvazvItdqLLdpH2Fh04tpUV9MQvduv-vuxMM7y_D_-w7MGcKqTIL245LngWqXN-EDV_ciml61Z0kPwyhutIPfI3ty/w640-h458/jabiru%20drinking.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jabiru stork</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52Md1Bg7B6T5hoaEq-8DXtsgqfdV94DGktygJRQtBmXW6P2yFg7O4ib6CoITTsUndxheFRWgpAIo_EVjW2zTk_JAwsSugf8LF2D65wDjybso4w2ARQBsmVNn29d1Lx3xpMXkGcBrfpC1we-FR4rGhyVlIS3NWK-WZmUaaUE-FqJfg5EK7oHwzMbg2/s945/caccique,%20yellow-rumped,%20bathing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="945" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52Md1Bg7B6T5hoaEq-8DXtsgqfdV94DGktygJRQtBmXW6P2yFg7O4ib6CoITTsUndxheFRWgpAIo_EVjW2zTk_JAwsSugf8LF2D65wDjybso4w2ARQBsmVNn29d1Lx3xpMXkGcBrfpC1we-FR4rGhyVlIS3NWK-WZmUaaUE-FqJfg5EK7oHwzMbg2/w640-h398/caccique,%20yellow-rumped,%20bathing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Splash splash cacique</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-21415219111906036032024-01-18T22:16:00.003-09:002024-01-18T22:16:38.677-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-Seven<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Twenty-Seven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">The rest of the Next-to-Last Day on the Cuiaba River<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">They do not see the battles she’s fought, the scars she bears, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the darkness she holds back, or the warrior within.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">—</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">We are a quiet bunch today, deeply affected by the brutal infanticide of Medrosa’s cub. We have spent so much time with Marcela, Medrosa’s two-year-old daughter, that we feel part of the family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">We are photographers, yes, but first and foremost we are animal lovers. Sometimes I put down my camera and just live in the moment with animals and birds, admiring their beauty and strength, fascinated with their behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Though there are an estimated 173,000 jaguars living in the world, they are considered “near threatened” by conservation entities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">We do see jaguars today, though not as many as usual.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">The first, in the morning, we watched climb the river bank and plop down to a siesta.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEBjODwhkGpTm2dp59eQXlmx2eCF6SzpW2kC7FkEva0dBtqxBg0unOOixUehfR1DA-T8HYm4Z7l4qBMuC-chhXvKo0Xsz_xa4OxbuUhWRxbm4UtiTWnWSZ6N6jl4GZKtXTWYLQtZZbV9fP9kisiuXf5LXmgMeiSx8q7XuVIVhyphenhyphene8-nJpTkFnzJKjI/s8256/jaguar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsV2GEkHR7B913n30Wid4UU_nWlIfC9JyT0CFPj9A9ak8JP7VjrNR3zZPlFkIPLt9KAjdMmO3LyM_l5Wxy1Oavy2WL-u0RhnXZ0_rye5oC0jJcYwWxF2Z7hjLq8SLU11Knhe_aciHG98Ur3l_0yVa4qOQssPUmKtJVClDlnQUrMcgwgPqW0dgOXgw/s8256/jag%20hidden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsV2GEkHR7B913n30Wid4UU_nWlIfC9JyT0CFPj9A9ak8JP7VjrNR3zZPlFkIPLt9KAjdMmO3LyM_l5Wxy1Oavy2WL-u0RhnXZ0_rye5oC0jJcYwWxF2Z7hjLq8SLU11Knhe_aciHG98Ur3l_0yVa4qOQssPUmKtJVClDlnQUrMcgwgPqW0dgOXgw/w640-h426/jag%20hidden.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The jaguar is hidden just above the vegetation right in the center. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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Octavio said his father knew the former occupants and used to bring him two go fishing and to stay there when he was a child.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; 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margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aDb0ql3ZI7R7qyqYTfNZphJ9QV4E7ObLwScS9P_xRgPdHVGcKG3Xc_lNB97RMMexdmL0bjQRs6_jiDDQUfCyNsW3Y7AYzxZsdwblfxcpcEm07m7zzLJXPRCFTpu-DbkPEcAYdNeWAegNeOLe7h5uMlPylw6NwxKcZMmxoltHFQEkIEfGu_3DhDda/s4032/cottage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aDb0ql3ZI7R7qyqYTfNZphJ9QV4E7ObLwScS9P_xRgPdHVGcKG3Xc_lNB97RMMexdmL0bjQRs6_jiDDQUfCyNsW3Y7AYzxZsdwblfxcpcEm07m7zzLJXPRCFTpu-DbkPEcAYdNeWAegNeOLe7h5uMlPylw6NwxKcZMmxoltHFQEkIEfGu_3DhDda/w640-h480/cottage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cottage</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIbJAh2lLiQJC5UzKUHh6310ziX0Cv7DRIm1ovULIsYZ6_2rpo0LG271r1RYoJzNoZTMF2TzdlVRSATT9o-j6KVLI-e9S7-lzCoZHycj-Gwo7L6FevzxptyG9l_blqRLqR2t-34t3WXuHlX9kinylIF-aW36Ln403O59ZrKAk3jDcIPnGBc_nimv7/s4032/H2O%20station.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIbJAh2lLiQJC5UzKUHh6310ziX0Cv7DRIm1ovULIsYZ6_2rpo0LG271r1RYoJzNoZTMF2TzdlVRSATT9o-j6KVLI-e9S7-lzCoZHycj-Gwo7L6FevzxptyG9l_blqRLqR2t-34t3WXuHlX9kinylIF-aW36Ln403O59ZrKAk3jDcIPnGBc_nimv7/w640-h480/H2O%20station.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hydration station where we fill our water bottles numerous times a day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHgV9UoHC2bK0_AicKnW3FRgUgbRv2NWr4IvmpU6tX8UiUrwGkHEteHiRbZ0meJX2HDdv3e2eVg65bzgiJpQBWzfWFrOpr23YfF7898Gr4YBsJEy3OrY0u3B213zZfkTcVd6MoQrMJvd8eVvv6N_EUA7_dW1ahyga9LdOFmhPGJ01ghzv3VpIry08/s2347/jabiru%20chix%20in%20nest-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2347" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHgV9UoHC2bK0_AicKnW3FRgUgbRv2NWr4IvmpU6tX8UiUrwGkHEteHiRbZ0meJX2HDdv3e2eVg65bzgiJpQBWzfWFrOpr23YfF7898Gr4YBsJEy3OrY0u3B213zZfkTcVd6MoQrMJvd8eVvv6N_EUA7_dW1ahyga9LdOFmhPGJ01ghzv3VpIry08/w640-h480/jabiru%20chix%20in%20nest-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jabiru stork nestlings</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r8j9ZMc3PAM-uaW6q-qthIddJ4RDFmbhQD_oS98wrQJB1K9X3itYo35Q6fHSKus16NtfC_Ji5LckTeTfOSLDidkCBsFcFEXc8yek7RFoO2NOQQMyVYTcZ5OLS3j7tnIZaIM07e3_T2sJPm6ip2xdtLaeoCDYUcdve07FLBqgh0Qkb0UEedxO41Xw/s5902/jabiru%20chix%20in%20nest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4216" data-original-width="5902" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r8j9ZMc3PAM-uaW6q-qthIddJ4RDFmbhQD_oS98wrQJB1K9X3itYo35Q6fHSKus16NtfC_Ji5LckTeTfOSLDidkCBsFcFEXc8yek7RFoO2NOQQMyVYTcZ5OLS3j7tnIZaIM07e3_T2sJPm6ip2xdtLaeoCDYUcdve07FLBqgh0Qkb0UEedxO41Xw/w640-h458/jabiru%20chix%20in%20nest.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The nest<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVuqCVic-OebkUsjwzfVlwdEtStARKgRx2kKmt0NRj0hyeBQVMKJY7UxyCo20NSQYzMfwnkCFy-cLv4bBnASKxncrHnfh-srKNjGUZMdPljHO_RV1yFRKlmNGonwuYXTwdOvk-ZhRe1guVJK759nGeHoIcisNlelP-CrahvLWcuaW_V-IXAf9zw_J/s2415/kingfisher,%20ringed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2415" data-original-width="1601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVuqCVic-OebkUsjwzfVlwdEtStARKgRx2kKmt0NRj0hyeBQVMKJY7UxyCo20NSQYzMfwnkCFy-cLv4bBnASKxncrHnfh-srKNjGUZMdPljHO_RV1yFRKlmNGonwuYXTwdOvk-ZhRe1guVJK759nGeHoIcisNlelP-CrahvLWcuaW_V-IXAf9zw_J/w424-h640/kingfisher,%20ringed.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKOyRNGdVNlnUKqjAXZ6P9i7zx1A1H2_rX23stD4qxoFrNQfaKE9CdhvK2JzA7xKxa-opz4E3AgtjU4Mf3wCfoS3jg_qMR4gFXHmyzmcelrhXqVVRpDgqgJDhyhKnY7FqCcOzYtszlLtaFYqJltVosoMTtvr1gZT-Uq2fZmdeTjA51fT1XzPOLFEd/s3771/swallow,%20rough-winged.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="3771" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKOyRNGdVNlnUKqjAXZ6P9i7zx1A1H2_rX23stD4qxoFrNQfaKE9CdhvK2JzA7xKxa-opz4E3AgtjU4Mf3wCfoS3jg_qMR4gFXHmyzmcelrhXqVVRpDgqgJDhyhKnY7FqCcOzYtszlLtaFYqJltVosoMTtvr1gZT-Uq2fZmdeTjA51fT1XzPOLFEd/w640-h480/swallow,%20rough-winged.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rough-winged swallow.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U9nHnInDPxVoBmHAq0Mvvln28yF4w-WZJFM92McIURCbo_fw7_HDhOL3jPIKIlbfwP6h3FJi2tEMwgiFdcSuXixk0fZOI3bWDE9yjaBeLmwehZlKV0DvYMPP1YKvMa0e65PzJXmDtDdp7unAjLrzpWUMPPkoFEc3KswVqw46bmDjMaO9A14BeXIW/s3175/vulture,%20black.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2381" data-original-width="3175" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U9nHnInDPxVoBmHAq0Mvvln28yF4w-WZJFM92McIURCbo_fw7_HDhOL3jPIKIlbfwP6h3FJi2tEMwgiFdcSuXixk0fZOI3bWDE9yjaBeLmwehZlKV0DvYMPP1YKvMa0e65PzJXmDtDdp7unAjLrzpWUMPPkoFEc3KswVqw46bmDjMaO9A14BeXIW/w640-h480/vulture,%20black.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black vulture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-26405681604596684112024-01-14T17:10:00.001-09:002024-01-14T17:11:37.107-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-six<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Twenty-six<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Bad Day at Black Rock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The pall of death hovered everywhere,</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>then slipped into our very souls.</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>--New York Times</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy91kwheUWUiUsFN39-0pX4JzYXF5LI3XBJDjDWQC18Uf0y588YDDQiXwHGVZBLzY4NKF7vHGuYLvafYjN9yRtcOAP7iWpSPOPlkv182EWuMNhQqKjC0s-aaXFYmkUuhIUmqtfjmLOwwBPg0sN-4hHPPPboxvQm_pGIoMECg012zyUk1fg5SYHrlA/s1874/jag%20drinking.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1437" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy91kwheUWUiUsFN39-0pX4JzYXF5LI3XBJDjDWQC18Uf0y588YDDQiXwHGVZBLzY4NKF7vHGuYLvafYjN9yRtcOAP7iWpSPOPlkv182EWuMNhQqKjC0s-aaXFYmkUuhIUmqtfjmLOwwBPg0sN-4hHPPPboxvQm_pGIoMECg012zyUk1fg5SYHrlA/w153-h200/jag%20drinking.jpg" width="153" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br />The cockroach is dead.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">At least, I think it is. It no longer has appendages to wave about to indicate otherwise and it looks somewhat shriveled. The ants are still around it and somehow the cockroach is located about a foot from where it was last night. Did the ants carry it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Lingering in the back of my mind is how the roach fell prey to the ants in the first place. Bug spray? Will the ants die if they consume the roach? Will birds die if they consume the ants? Will rodents and other birds die if they consume the birds? The possible effects are endless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I try to put all this out of my mind and think about all the adventures we will have on the river today,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">As it turned out, maybe the cockroach was foreshadowing the events of today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 26pt;">***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We’re off like a rocket on the river today and my hat is now firmly tethered to a belt loop on my safari pants. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAs7OyZiC1vTx9L8eiMCKVhRnIXwCsv8wqfX55srHIT6o6glYsJYhxSNmR5o5rEiLF8yMRwmFRCLiQN5zLCxb0nUC1ZikI4seRxv6BbVZi7Qry-LdyweTBMPN4xtwE9aZBhKPSVKSR0tTtjA6fshvBD0BmuFs58Be5_kvdQUxrBIhfTSnrvjdenRO/s4508/hat%20tether.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="4508" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAs7OyZiC1vTx9L8eiMCKVhRnIXwCsv8wqfX55srHIT6o6glYsJYhxSNmR5o5rEiLF8yMRwmFRCLiQN5zLCxb0nUC1ZikI4seRxv6BbVZi7Qry-LdyweTBMPN4xtwE9aZBhKPSVKSR0tTtjA6fshvBD0BmuFs58Be5_kvdQUxrBIhfTSnrvjdenRO/w640-h408/hat%20tether.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I used a very flexible camera strap to tether my Tilly hat to a belt loop only safari pants.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">No one tells us what’s going on. If they had, I might have asked to vary the agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We make our way through the floating water hyacinth to a scrum of boats shoving as far into the vegetation as they can toward shore. Before us is a large tree and everyone is staring at it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I ask what is happening and I’m told that a male jaguar killed Medrosa’s young male cub, the very one we were photographing a couple days ago. I ask Shelly if she can see it and she says she can see the blood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The male is lingering in the vicinity and I catch a glimpse of his back in the tall grass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">I sit down. I take no photos and I don’t try to see the blood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcpozqoM-RCD9XWD21xqU3TG54WL_DUeRwgod5gwLlH6FDDCw__F1bhSGdxbbzqwIpbH8JozRA9xsLs0d7-fcOK8nKHIkVHwKusT9GoiRpFvRYPn3CrZ8JsOB19hAzbyEvw4uiDEa4ySTlkCg_EooX6pSzaK4YwnEIlgH6yEhdaiVunpadg7Fjk0W/s6144/Medrosa's%20cub%20Aimee,%20Oct%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4389" data-original-width="6144" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcpozqoM-RCD9XWD21xqU3TG54WL_DUeRwgod5gwLlH6FDDCw__F1bhSGdxbbzqwIpbH8JozRA9xsLs0d7-fcOK8nKHIkVHwKusT9GoiRpFvRYPn3CrZ8JsOB19hAzbyEvw4uiDEa4ySTlkCg_EooX6pSzaK4YwnEIlgH6yEhdaiVunpadg7Fjk0W/w640-h458/Medrosa's%20cub%20Aimee,%20Oct%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Medrosa's cub Aimee, killed by a male jaguar.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Like lions, leopards, bears and other animals, males will kill the young of females. The female will then stop lactating and be receptive to mating with the male.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">It’s nature. At its worst, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Suddenly, we leave in a hurry. “Bees!” says Octavio. Fine by me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We didn't know this until later, but we witnessed history today. It has always been suspected that male jaguars, like other wild cats and bears, will kill the cubs of females, but until today it has never been DOCUMENTED. The film crew is there to record it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The cub disaster took place in a lagoon and that offers me a chance to photograph some birds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The morning light was perfect for photography, lending a warmth to colors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This anhinga is facing away from the sun, it wings spread to allow the sunlight to dry the wings feathers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Anhingas, along with cormorants, are considered prehistoric birds in that they do not produce oil to spread on their feathers like other water fowl. They are large birds of 35 inches in length with a wingspan of 37.5 inches.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Also called snakebirds, darters, American darters, or turkey birds, anhingas swim almost totally submerged but for their long neck and head, hence the "snakebird" name. Another unusual element of the anhinga is their lack of nostrils. Breathing is done entirely through the epiglottis, a flap in the throat that allows air in and closes to keep water and food out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2ZmrMtMiWKUtj18WpDgg7tvGcaossr27a3dkUexXfXci1kTvxL5fSHYUanXlpU9dPpEJDtK7aILC3EJ4izJZChn9DKhOToRZ3qOMd8mwEkyFvjVEHqqkosoFYCwbZzrlvXYyjG8cNdwuVKD8VjnPJAHN0yCYnf3e9cODTh_Vh-AZMFg09oOnlgYq/s4703/anhinga-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3359" data-original-width="4703" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2ZmrMtMiWKUtj18WpDgg7tvGcaossr27a3dkUexXfXci1kTvxL5fSHYUanXlpU9dPpEJDtK7aILC3EJ4izJZChn9DKhOToRZ3qOMd8mwEkyFvjVEHqqkosoFYCwbZzrlvXYyjG8cNdwuVKD8VjnPJAHN0yCYnf3e9cODTh_Vh-AZMFg09oOnlgYq/w640-h458/anhinga-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Anhinga drying its wings. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy59X645msBJ-LlxS5RiiNT1-XkgoDw46UUA2U_EbN8r2FwhSO3AziKd6tAr5CfmI5-Im9gjONPQkYs1klp6Z0z2OQltfR7H9tL7Kf_sWP17NKJFIQJneaq5OY4brZaYhEPqxaTmS0IZvZPSKNhjSw-h_EgYcN9NNocXNCUkjIU6hjbpeX9LdcwVxk/s5219/anhinga-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3914" data-original-width="5219" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy59X645msBJ-LlxS5RiiNT1-XkgoDw46UUA2U_EbN8r2FwhSO3AziKd6tAr5CfmI5-Im9gjONPQkYs1klp6Z0z2OQltfR7H9tL7Kf_sWP17NKJFIQJneaq5OY4brZaYhEPqxaTmS0IZvZPSKNhjSw-h_EgYcN9NNocXNCUkjIU6hjbpeX9LdcwVxk/w640-h480/anhinga-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Anhinga</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHKQ1rBdyYiHuKsUul1mK3Z1KxfgGyslCHZ_xOrq4ZPxrmVYsUwA6LRoDK_scaAuE0jKTT_vt-pk-n13mVZsOjbkQ8DzZVeWu55pBpFz4iHX_Mp3bH2YcX2F5yeIx3uUxhK-lE4FZTwtHfza1HKCQAzvC_OabBGtY7IEr7OC9i8obZrmCDkQkD9NN/s6305/anhinga.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4835" data-original-width="6305" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHKQ1rBdyYiHuKsUul1mK3Z1KxfgGyslCHZ_xOrq4ZPxrmVYsUwA6LRoDK_scaAuE0jKTT_vt-pk-n13mVZsOjbkQ8DzZVeWu55pBpFz4iHX_Mp3bH2YcX2F5yeIx3uUxhK-lE4FZTwtHfza1HKCQAzvC_OabBGtY7IEr7OC9i8obZrmCDkQkD9NN/w640-h490/anhinga.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Anhinga</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28zYoYfBo6n9jraX7EocSguwM5Z3n049dAo43y5Bsnv2Vka39MEIzzupKmE6eABwDm0eNYq3qJcwN2FAlEJ1b1hokF2ZDzuDziAY94OBl30ELhBe7yJoPhpvb-UC-x7LmGkGCtiiUCZ-XKctNTraU5wnq-Qm9aOrWc0xALwd4CDIQ9-3V7pQz8z9C/s4859/heron,%20striated.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="4859" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28zYoYfBo6n9jraX7EocSguwM5Z3n049dAo43y5Bsnv2Vka39MEIzzupKmE6eABwDm0eNYq3qJcwN2FAlEJ1b1hokF2ZDzuDziAY94OBl30ELhBe7yJoPhpvb-UC-x7LmGkGCtiiUCZ-XKctNTraU5wnq-Qm9aOrWc0xALwd4CDIQ9-3V7pQz8z9C/w640-h428/heron,%20striated.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The beautiful striated heron, a smaller type of heron. Less than 20 inches long with a wingspan of two feet, these herons are common across the globe in warmer climates and are rated as "least concern" by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwJrnk6IoguqdnfZUTHRfOWS3lHK1g7xMvk3TVW8R8Qczk5b6e2JIBuhlVKAN7Kgg57tS3hrC9XoYSk2rFvgYftBE7oJab7G9b9NBxVLp-yxUoS0QHNU6GOsTr3-8QXZ-qpuXfyW7NV8Fbq6tRIungWqXY3ocpMOdaJzj74omodasOlyn6fSysurE/s5660/heron,%20tiger,%20juv.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4317" data-original-width="5660" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwJrnk6IoguqdnfZUTHRfOWS3lHK1g7xMvk3TVW8R8Qczk5b6e2JIBuhlVKAN7Kgg57tS3hrC9XoYSk2rFvgYftBE7oJab7G9b9NBxVLp-yxUoS0QHNU6GOsTr3-8QXZ-qpuXfyW7NV8Fbq6tRIungWqXY3ocpMOdaJzj74omodasOlyn6fSysurE/w640-h488/heron,%20tiger,%20juv.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A tiger heron juvenile.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When it's all grown up, the chick will look like the adult below, which measures about 30 inches in length.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN37zqc48dsD2XOFmEdFGeEdVVnfhRPhRCtYtt25xAslD64EY5Zl3DjBDljghn2adtTWKr5dFmsV-PbkNpuRFcJCSe-Ilq3VN6qtWw-bo1Ujau-BXtkQv7LTBmFZOwjqERl3OHtYBGor64MMhuwCu6d3FtRlMNGkxXOxHm1gyu2sxGVS0X8tAaV0U/s3524/heron,%20tiger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3524" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN37zqc48dsD2XOFmEdFGeEdVVnfhRPhRCtYtt25xAslD64EY5Zl3DjBDljghn2adtTWKr5dFmsV-PbkNpuRFcJCSe-Ilq3VN6qtWw-bo1Ujau-BXtkQv7LTBmFZOwjqERl3OHtYBGor64MMhuwCu6d3FtRlMNGkxXOxHm1gyu2sxGVS0X8tAaV0U/w640-h536/heron,%20tiger.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings up an interesting question: how do "they" derive a bird's length. It's done by laying a dead bird on its back and measuring from the tip of its bill to the tip of its tail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJiDYVYU6ZperF3nEXNJffxZA1TUs3xhmc5wCE0KyMBjGKjbPBIYo71g87quEnaCaEPhsoBeSKCGibzNDHhP3F-57MC6BQqT-j71g5SKzYcU4o6uuSo-MFtMDPbrc9MLy4CeVLi61XNRCM5k9bAhhalT43UpczFNwpkTXeKsS15kLiDl7pItO_jBd/s4251/KF,%20ringed,%20female.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3188" data-original-width="4251" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJiDYVYU6ZperF3nEXNJffxZA1TUs3xhmc5wCE0KyMBjGKjbPBIYo71g87quEnaCaEPhsoBeSKCGibzNDHhP3F-57MC6BQqT-j71g5SKzYcU4o6uuSo-MFtMDPbrc9MLy4CeVLi61XNRCM5k9bAhhalT43UpczFNwpkTXeKsS15kLiDl7pItO_jBd/w640-h480/KF,%20ringed,%20female.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A female ringed kingfisher. She was perched and sunning herself when we first saw her. Here, as the boat approaches, she begins to prepare to fly away.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We move out of the lagoon and into another by-way of the river where we find several caimans sunning themselves.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">It was not until I was editing and cropping the photo above that I noticed something and zoomed in to see what was.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PvA0TnY0udIMS_B3HFgnFgMpYXUfrQe7mpw8Hi7G8C_yQc0Z5PcsWuqGAFKmmXPUc1goqjL5xa0pvflZ9EtafA9zv5mxAEuW5b9YDbtfN_gablHrZaC3K1N6t-Ylwo3QV9eJCJhSnO81LpSQWP-k39CvwHT_LF2V-d5mdsrXaE4erGE8TPpCphw5/s2261/caiman-butterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="2261" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PvA0TnY0udIMS_B3HFgnFgMpYXUfrQe7mpw8Hi7G8C_yQc0Z5PcsWuqGAFKmmXPUc1goqjL5xa0pvflZ9EtafA9zv5mxAEuW5b9YDbtfN_gablHrZaC3K1N6t-Ylwo3QV9eJCJhSnO81LpSQWP-k39CvwHT_LF2V-d5mdsrXaE4erGE8TPpCphw5/w640-h368/caiman-butterfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">There is something on the caiman's snout!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> And it's a butterfly!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbYOLRbJUgaZGbHrvNl3k3uGNim_XQ2D2pvgAqk5Z1rmGjFaGkibRoBa1DGmyHypkLl4CXPAyHdf028FOVL0uHvkvu7epLDDNEGwpCUNRRhT5UlROnnWoVM56dSqHqrZNh0do8OvQ5HZuX-qXrG2unjlJGYOChxpymMh1JGQiL7rSm7OhRuZQccY5/s8256/caiman%20on%20beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbYOLRbJUgaZGbHrvNl3k3uGNim_XQ2D2pvgAqk5Z1rmGjFaGkibRoBa1DGmyHypkLl4CXPAyHdf028FOVL0uHvkvu7epLDDNEGwpCUNRRhT5UlROnnWoVM56dSqHqrZNh0do8OvQ5HZuX-qXrG2unjlJGYOChxpymMh1JGQiL7rSm7OhRuZQccY5/w640-h426/caiman%20on%20beach.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There's a jaguar in this photo. Can you see it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">No, well, maybe after lunch in the next chapter, I'll show it to you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN-CwcFDF_XW-BdoulSc4u57cI2OpsXgJHfon7If_LGnluGRRdJTB-_nUVCiXi5VDjwfYwSBuvPyi3p0I400SB2Ipwf1bxvdyfYqn6DNEG73Qzc-kuw1we_Kbgz5zi-fEkNBPfT5LfW3ZSo54U0xpj-FSg36-GDh6N1omsK8dweQxPqzpIyrYlasV/s8256/jag%20hidden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN-CwcFDF_XW-BdoulSc4u57cI2OpsXgJHfon7If_LGnluGRRdJTB-_nUVCiXi5VDjwfYwSBuvPyi3p0I400SB2Ipwf1bxvdyfYqn6DNEG73Qzc-kuw1we_Kbgz5zi-fEkNBPfT5LfW3ZSo54U0xpj-FSg36-GDh6N1omsK8dweQxPqzpIyrYlasV/w640-h426/jag%20hidden.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-49466442703856688572024-01-11T00:42:00.000-09:002024-01-11T00:42:03.262-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-five<p><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;">(To view photos full screen, click on one. That will open a slide show that you can scroll through.) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty-Five</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The River Wolves</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="paywall" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: BreveText, helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.108px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Though a family of giant otters can bring down a caiman, the alligator-like reptiles do (infrequently) prey on otters. In fact, they’re about the only thing that does. A family of giant otters is pretty much indestructible, so it’s a good thing they're happy just eating fish.--Wired Website</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="text-align: start;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfWrlBycX0ZM6BA7f-7aIBH0FsJ8wvaM5yCzMvXIE7L405RkMgYEeJ0umn0e6vSNs7Idc1HSI8KdqyTzOwwawIahgHcoSFWsY8f3G5MdVv9X1J5Ap_IyKscrlM2Y9cxTC2gAsq8dJtFA1wz0AIFp1rwjGxpwH2jCFiLhMhCG6yzczkDLNauQKTSBm/s530/Marcela-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfWrlBycX0ZM6BA7f-7aIBH0FsJ8wvaM5yCzMvXIE7L405RkMgYEeJ0umn0e6vSNs7Idc1HSI8KdqyTzOwwawIahgHcoSFWsY8f3G5MdVv9X1J5Ap_IyKscrlM2Y9cxTC2gAsq8dJtFA1wz0AIFp1rwjGxpwH2jCFiLhMhCG6yzczkDLNauQKTSBm/w172-h200/Marcela-2.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />On the water again after lunch, we spot a toco toucan on some branches far across the river. It moves down the limbs to take a drink.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dPZ9q0vQ85PyEDDw7QkGGnQ9MEVZd55mIb0mUUyt1WcGxL-EojKuw-BS9uA_fr96z8vbudYeUp-ySTZv0jnyxla0gsUkT1con_R9NFWwtSTe7hkxWeRGLk3mHmtDNt1rmIzFayOfosNc0rLhUbb5Oo8RVpfIYB-gvJBdCvoYS1hmblsG-aaC6ziJ/s5664/toucan%20H2O-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4046" data-original-width="5664" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dPZ9q0vQ85PyEDDw7QkGGnQ9MEVZd55mIb0mUUyt1WcGxL-EojKuw-BS9uA_fr96z8vbudYeUp-ySTZv0jnyxla0gsUkT1con_R9NFWwtSTe7hkxWeRGLk3mHmtDNt1rmIzFayOfosNc0rLhUbb5Oo8RVpfIYB-gvJBdCvoYS1hmblsG-aaC6ziJ/w640-h458/toucan%20H2O-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa7i-mQTKDJUCaggzEPzUWqYewLuBa_rPrE1tSab5l5FLOM06RZAIhqdiW_y_HbYPFrWn7FrsSwJT8ti5j8Tn_cBE8mnLPotd-gmEWGTWSW3ek9EbWu2FF2Fla8oQhpKP-tHUY_1f_2pr1YKfNNUmSuUBi3DwSiAXrmwKhMrJWf6M6QVMS4fp_6fW/s4225/toucan%20H2O.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3169" data-original-width="4225" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa7i-mQTKDJUCaggzEPzUWqYewLuBa_rPrE1tSab5l5FLOM06RZAIhqdiW_y_HbYPFrWn7FrsSwJT8ti5j8Tn_cBE8mnLPotd-gmEWGTWSW3ek9EbWu2FF2Fla8oQhpKP-tHUY_1f_2pr1YKfNNUmSuUBi3DwSiAXrmwKhMrJWf6M6QVMS4fp_6fW/w640-h480/toucan%20H2O.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbPPrpRtC5Np9xYO3p9oR0Q4cvbvoXt30MUlU3fCm4ZxnIgot1Hs6CiGz7XI7LPwcpZ_7zT50muRq2g4YSyGsJPIVWqh1JWq2z1RMntxBcJVBCDWq1jrb_JOwGMSYY9Nx3A2MA0n3u3KVxmsNq-pizmInw-guk8gnlVeijtB0Xbw_tff8pgRg5-g2/s3330/toucan%20H2O-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2498" data-original-width="3330" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbPPrpRtC5Np9xYO3p9oR0Q4cvbvoXt30MUlU3fCm4ZxnIgot1Hs6CiGz7XI7LPwcpZ_7zT50muRq2g4YSyGsJPIVWqh1JWq2z1RMntxBcJVBCDWq1jrb_JOwGMSYY9Nx3A2MA0n3u3KVxmsNq-pizmInw-guk8gnlVeijtB0Xbw_tff8pgRg5-g2/w640-h480/toucan%20H2O-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then!!! A family of giant river otters is moving upstream, fishing and eating as they go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The adults are adept at catching fish and the juveniles crowd around them hoping they they’ll share.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQknCXlAgJO6banSqPmMEoz_ozP3rF5OKJ66HSHBaaixe7YesihkYRXK_m67LmaZos7Q8fAXdoR02kGnWBE3mHcL_o2-kJwF0BjJtolapQCtQaKpf16tvp2P-G3lyfGWMcRGmifG0TFnh5Sh5ALzhFLJfayQDVOA-SPv2NcLoAVeVu8NHJsyoLCQ8i/s6481/otters%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4185" data-original-width="6481" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQknCXlAgJO6banSqPmMEoz_ozP3rF5OKJ66HSHBaaixe7YesihkYRXK_m67LmaZos7Q8fAXdoR02kGnWBE3mHcL_o2-kJwF0BjJtolapQCtQaKpf16tvp2P-G3lyfGWMcRGmifG0TFnh5Sh5ALzhFLJfayQDVOA-SPv2NcLoAVeVu8NHJsyoLCQ8i/w640-h414/otters%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The giant river otter is the largest member of the weasel family with some reaching six feet long. It competes with the jaguars for food. Their legs are short and stubby and end in webbed feet with sharp claws.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">They live in highly social groups of family members, numbering from two to twenty. They are monogamous. Litters number from one to five, and at nine to ten months the juveniles can hunt independently.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6amLMZK-qADAtkTY5N_5A1Eny2EXuPsiks2CK1d17v_65Qu0pq7fgWfKtCtJ-E0_AwU-OsCAQFVcT5SamjiNK9x9LrJXGaZ84Xj5ihTJBLuF3fReeIK8ewLTOYQhDOtSZ_npN6dBERDCQqM5QDjZlO4dFpVMnbqfy4CJLnyXm2E4h4C0v0NGPPFTV/s6149/otters%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3613" data-original-width="6149" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6amLMZK-qADAtkTY5N_5A1Eny2EXuPsiks2CK1d17v_65Qu0pq7fgWfKtCtJ-E0_AwU-OsCAQFVcT5SamjiNK9x9LrJXGaZ84Xj5ihTJBLuF3fReeIK8ewLTOYQhDOtSZ_npN6dBERDCQqM5QDjZlO4dFpVMnbqfy4CJLnyXm2E4h4C0v0NGPPFTV/w640-h376/otters%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlDpLu8IoqD1flDayZiaP0JogVCdilz1nfFWo9gOl7HrQ_SrWqtaPtL9SyUKrReMK6pEathCel18uEQVBbxP9URsNrQ3QkPTymGMbFLiU85R9ZTbF5uP-0cZRkzNGEVqqfdhnkHCG5EfPrZbxVKjfkiTsBz4ZeGO1UeUYtxpB0scwxDtvBeYYst51/s8256/otters%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="412" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_XM7xILRS8E" width="495" youtube-src-id="_XM7xILRS8E"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually, the otters reach a slit in the dirt bank. It’s their den. We spend more than an hour watching their behavior, taking photo after photo, more than 400 for me, plus a video.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iYxp_f0n3mU_2zIRycBsA6Stxc1MJZzVOSK3jJUCfaYvLqGw11MEm0V1Yl1le_649jbr4OUwdy6Y9XvQM9Ic3hg-mPlv7kV58DvDbPlR2z4a7byWePZXfNjvKVXVWxPcbpAh4e8Rj9EPuVnMrs9u2eAoMqKUUff8rMU7Pdz26jPmaXFLiHGRd_KL/s5498/otters%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3967" data-original-width="5498" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iYxp_f0n3mU_2zIRycBsA6Stxc1MJZzVOSK3jJUCfaYvLqGw11MEm0V1Yl1le_649jbr4OUwdy6Y9XvQM9Ic3hg-mPlv7kV58DvDbPlR2z4a7byWePZXfNjvKVXVWxPcbpAh4e8Rj9EPuVnMrs9u2eAoMqKUUff8rMU7Pdz26jPmaXFLiHGRd_KL/w640-h462/otters%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQvmsIr2b-dJOo9K8-n00LQUGLvpVddiIlAOvFZFR-QBxtP5oP4fB4uUMy8n7tEgyEq-Qnl-yfIgYKDM3FacmHcoAb7A1re38yA_beptKKejizpMRkqNpEpB0Yra3yNAuWmLjOPfj8eLtxfiYFvQXh44ChBPn6Yo_G3fJLw6Mcg0JiRbrs0CA3S-r/s7282/otters%20den%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4921" data-original-width="7282" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQvmsIr2b-dJOo9K8-n00LQUGLvpVddiIlAOvFZFR-QBxtP5oP4fB4uUMy8n7tEgyEq-Qnl-yfIgYKDM3FacmHcoAb7A1re38yA_beptKKejizpMRkqNpEpB0Yra3yNAuWmLjOPfj8eLtxfiYFvQXh44ChBPn6Yo_G3fJLw6Mcg0JiRbrs0CA3S-r/w640-h432/otters%20den%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I find the behavior very interesting—that they hunt and feed as a family and share what must be a very large den in the river bank. I wonder what they do when the flood season comes and the rivers overflow their banks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An adult otter calls the family to gather at the den. The call begins with a whistle and then something of a bark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">From Wikipedia: <i> </i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;">Duplaix identified nine distinct sounds, with further subdivisions possible, depending on context. Quick </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;">hah</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;">barks or explosive snorts suggest immediate interest and possible danger. A wavering scream may be used in bluff charges against intruders, while a low growl is used for aggressive warning. Hums and coos are more reassuring within the group. Whistles may be used as advance warning of nonhostile intent between groups, although evidence is limited. Newborn pups squeak to elicit attention, while older young whine and wail when they begin to participate in group activities.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_otter#cite_note-35" style="background: none; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[35]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;"> An analysis published in 2014 cataloged 22 distinct types of vocalization in adults and 11 in neonates.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mumm2014_36-0" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_otter#cite_note-Mumm2014-36" style="background: none; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[36]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Each family of otters was shown to have its own unique audio signature.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_otter#cite_note-37" style="background: none; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[37]</a></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the way back to the hotel, we find another jaguar that is unidentified so far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHYBw-z3SjHKBvm23PeNyCjNVoQxE-pEH6UQ_1XzJQ0cyBEG_jSWCHzehiSlpx4fpX3FRZFBdpN8wR3KNsHDarslvcopVdwrcT86MdoGoISprSbhJA0w-ZPvveAGfnkdVEctlxpUJ1kOvKCkmYKKfS16W0D5DYMJLz7uJAjkiVRBzi76ZGG3K8MT8/s5051/jag%20unknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a drama playing out in my bathroom. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I see a cockroach on its back, waving a front leg and a rear leg. Ants are attacking it, though they scattered when I turned on the light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9BnRrWcmlHdD9FcdLE8KfI3EuyH56hDB61BHbWlp9dwBtG49nz9BJeePtzXxBN2sm7DXwszMpuLehu0rhfUhsCZNMQVEyG8B57kMfuNSlbogBdf04GrdNrhyphenhyphenPy_nwXXjdMonXPHiZj7JK5cWCrtwXcLbh80bXcBiU70ldC81_GdD50_nL-3iqMS7/s2531/cockroach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="1940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9BnRrWcmlHdD9FcdLE8KfI3EuyH56hDB61BHbWlp9dwBtG49nz9BJeePtzXxBN2sm7DXwszMpuLehu0rhfUhsCZNMQVEyG8B57kMfuNSlbogBdf04GrdNrhyphenhyphenPy_nwXXjdMonXPHiZj7JK5cWCrtwXcLbh80bXcBiU70ldC81_GdD50_nL-3iqMS7/w490-h640/cockroach.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I take a piece of toilet paper and hold it above the cockroach’s front leg. It grabs hold and I move it until it is upright. It tried to get away, but with only a right front leg and a rear left leg, can only go in circles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I close the bathroom door and leave it to its fate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Some birds to take your mind off the cockroach:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_OmEFsXL2Je27jKBNItk4MmmnwC-OXom2bFBEBcDvWoE61dLf4AVAiZ7-8-uq7qEChRX9VT1qBGbwNpssQiWDUZmJG03VtiC-R3fdACTQNp0_scsh7LcvFnmWbB2eUfssLkf2rssy_QeTsCxTt5LWThHKAw-lkj2B7_SzwOlBzkWwUDddIdA6fK9/s1855/capybara%20shelly's%20video.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_OmEFsXL2Je27jKBNItk4MmmnwC-OXom2bFBEBcDvWoE61dLf4AVAiZ7-8-uq7qEChRX9VT1qBGbwNpssQiWDUZmJG03VtiC-R3fdACTQNp0_scsh7LcvFnmWbB2eUfssLkf2rssy_QeTsCxTt5LWThHKAw-lkj2B7_SzwOlBzkWwUDddIdA6fK9/w474-h640/capybara%20shelly's%20video.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fork-tailed flycatcher.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></div><span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4ZzfVg8Fi2EH67anlAvMGC6hgpEVl2MqmU98zGPRf331A5PhRljkHE6WQnQeAKQMgtTf6idcf0xJxjaXdtWz5O9ov9IGhLd-NIs9_OG8HkMMXIz_MfwMdD3wXx_YzYrL91-Z5GBiffdTF05Ryvhl1mvThk4ufnAwFC-7n3AaI4sSVpYvN9NUO_lP/s1603/cardinal,%20yellow-billed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1603" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4ZzfVg8Fi2EH67anlAvMGC6hgpEVl2MqmU98zGPRf331A5PhRljkHE6WQnQeAKQMgtTf6idcf0xJxjaXdtWz5O9ov9IGhLd-NIs9_OG8HkMMXIz_MfwMdD3wXx_YzYrL91-Z5GBiffdTF05Ryvhl1mvThk4ufnAwFC-7n3AaI4sSVpYvN9NUO_lP/w640-h480/cardinal,%20yellow-billed.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Yellow-billed cardinal<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPiAXEmHGEgm27OCohFwbaYXBDuh4KwWYBJaPZaVSrvICrBk8P9V2pJ4DullAvSGB0FphWXu_QwFfCSd3ou5KUdz20LKtgewqxG_soL-PIEMZcxLEmXtGpAze6z-yjrUJsvgb19p_9aqpGEeQ7jAra1X2kyiVoRqUOZ0o-bzImjSr5hwvlnp9oy3S/s3653/curassow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3653" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPiAXEmHGEgm27OCohFwbaYXBDuh4KwWYBJaPZaVSrvICrBk8P9V2pJ4DullAvSGB0FphWXu_QwFfCSd3ou5KUdz20LKtgewqxG_soL-PIEMZcxLEmXtGpAze6z-yjrUJsvgb19p_9aqpGEeQ7jAra1X2kyiVoRqUOZ0o-bzImjSr5hwvlnp9oy3S/w640-h480/curassow.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Curassow male.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6Iq9iuTNyvG-WbDA10fOwZ9gTRdaqanLMvVMDYu3bg_mo1lxoPlJ08uQEtKOpAkIz_nU7O3cLkuzM5DJVJtOnAL_41qTkL42UvWtKFdb2hi1x__m3Ke-_03f2_JpfRKGuENn2qNdrNCAuDF6hsq03eTh110syK9dXRtM9xdchRklI-u9-NsF3xZg/s1585/donacobius,%20blk%20capped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1585" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6Iq9iuTNyvG-WbDA10fOwZ9gTRdaqanLMvVMDYu3bg_mo1lxoPlJ08uQEtKOpAkIz_nU7O3cLkuzM5DJVJtOnAL_41qTkL42UvWtKFdb2hi1x__m3Ke-_03f2_JpfRKGuENn2qNdrNCAuDF6hsq03eTh110syK9dXRtM9xdchRklI-u9-NsF3xZg/w640-h480/donacobius,%20blk%20capped.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Black-capped Donacobius.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgYWVmBT31EwLAKhHyiq1PvrgJUEGZtbzatR4nDLPNZrKKR78TQvSYuCun0gJ2B8upLThGDefd78kDYHWhvQsYHCH4D3ONLvVHBHdOoKJde559bciIBPXk9PYgWireuJiaMmvyPVoqKCvgTMc8rVNHGAWLjgah8O9ZVmVI109TxfkWqfZ0rQ1aLd3/s3379/anhinga,%20female%20or%20sub-adult.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3379" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgYWVmBT31EwLAKhHyiq1PvrgJUEGZtbzatR4nDLPNZrKKR78TQvSYuCun0gJ2B8upLThGDefd78kDYHWhvQsYHCH4D3ONLvVHBHdOoKJde559bciIBPXk9PYgWireuJiaMmvyPVoqKCvgTMc8rVNHGAWLjgah8O9ZVmVI109TxfkWqfZ0rQ1aLd3/w640-h480/anhinga,%20female%20or%20sub-adult.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Anhinga female or juvenile.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-25058386875143375912024-01-07T16:13:00.003-09:002024-01-11T00:09:08.535-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-Four<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty-four<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Dragon Slayers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Traveling—it leaves you speechless,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then turns you into a story-teller.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">—Ibn Battuta<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2PcDaGRlpt5tQJ6ZKWdvcgOBJ8sekmDwTKCulvrraLaMvHs-qXlpUssi9-pyEBdsrKWvcQdkbQJ6A54ViWczP8Q4yH4L1D8crFa7JfW_bu18rjgIQarPOzTm6qCP3Z0F-BRQOSHEtM7trZrYtH27GqVW0I6CFljE5D4z2GhnYV4xdjJye_JX7qFD/s1310/jag%20spots.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1310" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2PcDaGRlpt5tQJ6ZKWdvcgOBJ8sekmDwTKCulvrraLaMvHs-qXlpUssi9-pyEBdsrKWvcQdkbQJ6A54ViWczP8Q4yH4L1D8crFa7JfW_bu18rjgIQarPOzTm6qCP3Z0F-BRQOSHEtM7trZrYtH27GqVW0I6CFljE5D4z2GhnYV4xdjJye_JX7qFD/w218-h123/jag%20spots.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The alarm on the iPhone under my pillow tells me it’s time to get up. I don’t want to. I had a restless night. My throat feels scratchy and my eyes seem to be looking through binoculars from the wrong end.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to stay in bed, but I tell myself that this might be my last international trip and I better take advantage of it. So, I’m out of bed and eventually on my way to the boat dock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Earlier than ever before, we find a jaguar prowling the river banks in search of a caiman. I think it’s Marcela, but when I look closely at the photos, I can’t see the little notch in her ear. So, I don’t know for sure. It might be a completely new-to-us jaguar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTGX-b-z-j66Zqc9bavjOUumgheUD3364V9sJHFZteENc1VMHZXHtbR3WIeXBIEF3KyoC-HI2fG2JPryIr2QtDmEBbTZxQzZla7dbt4UWpqKoyt6HSvSb7FW7xv0tAZ9bq4Tl0m2y6SSHeN1uCSbCuZtHMF8ILrRuUxhAncj-ajGvM7dZOVvlbW8g/s6049/Marcela%20hunting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We watch the jaguar hunt for a while. <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She swims through the water hyacinth and climbs over brush on the bank.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She crosses the river.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOEl15unxxeL8dP8w_8KTkT1AlsQIY8t5sUgrMKyQ5sSEp5cAGXRRkZuxrDyDXtuphxaSiGEpdmCcWgVvZw1HHFTeZC_Ihq4Ngx8wWniQdnH4STlzJZyJjfi49gJcmilE-3y0tx_GnlEfVvWFQZ2JLTqf3Wfs3X9EOKFgPCO0Ewn9kr3HC9QHOtlX/s3824/boats.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2570" data-original-width="3824" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOEl15unxxeL8dP8w_8KTkT1AlsQIY8t5sUgrMKyQ5sSEp5cAGXRRkZuxrDyDXtuphxaSiGEpdmCcWgVvZw1HHFTeZC_Ihq4Ngx8wWniQdnH4STlzJZyJjfi49gJcmilE-3y0tx_GnlEfVvWFQZ2JLTqf3Wfs3X9EOKFgPCO0Ewn9kr3HC9QHOtlX/w640-h430/boats.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>As you can see, the boat with the film crew is front and center. Always.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3qVhguetdxytBkGP-crdXGNjXs8ZeRNdEZHLNwKvL1EK7xdLv03XVeM1z8ToIiXzGTuK0FSvNkYk0lfbrLhZuGlPFxe8oU5Yr8TXdqwRBAuIFWuqN6tUWRd_2iaNfnPv9Kj_XTcj9X8pbiM8szvsIAT8w8efSn7EeglZ9Bety-fnZ-Y5xYny7EX1/s4032/capybara%20shelly's%20video.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3qVhguetdxytBkGP-crdXGNjXs8ZeRNdEZHLNwKvL1EK7xdLv03XVeM1z8ToIiXzGTuK0FSvNkYk0lfbrLhZuGlPFxe8oU5Yr8TXdqwRBAuIFWuqN6tUWRd_2iaNfnPv9Kj_XTcj9X8pbiM8szvsIAT8w8efSn7EeglZ9Bety-fnZ-Y5xYny7EX1/w640-h480/capybara%20shelly's%20video.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The jaguar can be seen immediately in front of the film crew boat.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWP-b61C_3UX7B0sarEELJUHYUSRL0Qjg46TINlkS3LcFM9PD04CENBBty4HMdEuhGUlbVB49NqT4FvqDUurK5KX9x8hFbwHmsp0COaR-mpvg3h00iTVEHcYiP1KvPyTHbEcJc90NmbK5FtNx1ePtOW3mN4CpI3_5-AezP6RYPaSoFiU8_U6otfLQ/s3955/jag%20crossing%20river%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2277" data-original-width="3955" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWP-b61C_3UX7B0sarEELJUHYUSRL0Qjg46TINlkS3LcFM9PD04CENBBty4HMdEuhGUlbVB49NqT4FvqDUurK5KX9x8hFbwHmsp0COaR-mpvg3h00iTVEHcYiP1KvPyTHbEcJc90NmbK5FtNx1ePtOW3mN4CpI3_5-AezP6RYPaSoFiU8_U6otfLQ/w640-h368/jag%20crossing%20river%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>In this photo, you can see how width a berth the boat drivers give a swimming jaguar. Except the film crew, which apparently has permission to get closer.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We move away to a new jaguar—Patricia. Patricia moves her two cubs to a shaded spot on the bank and they lie down to relax. Patricia is the mother of Medrosa and the grandmother of Marcela. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMI8vR7oRA41mjLJEQNB1ohI29CHQjsnLJ1cv7SfzrdTVaLvTiSMH9XK6cE_-Zp76otpw8R3neuJ_mSElsRiWwBeedOEY9ApFidM9OzC8K_WmYoUtOB5UfrYY8ECFQYsqrnBwzTkYLxxVB0cvnGbxdR0SzAPwmBmD5HU-8gKcCqRfMssbJUZ8xKMDE/s4012/Patrica%202%20cubs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2761" data-original-width="4012" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMI8vR7oRA41mjLJEQNB1ohI29CHQjsnLJ1cv7SfzrdTVaLvTiSMH9XK6cE_-Zp76otpw8R3neuJ_mSElsRiWwBeedOEY9ApFidM9OzC8K_WmYoUtOB5UfrYY8ECFQYsqrnBwzTkYLxxVB0cvnGbxdR0SzAPwmBmD5HU-8gKcCqRfMssbJUZ8xKMDE/w640-h440/Patrica%202%20cubs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jaguar and cub. This might be Medrosa or her mother Patricia.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are busy snapping photos when a half hour later, we get word that Marcela has caught a caiman! Back we go to watch her catch her breath.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXdVG2CF5fsxThrHJrMvl_p_cjlFJQdHaMfyvpv6VwfhsS1epsXQ_JGoU3qWjNlN-zh7fy2Iel8c7V42v47HxoMm5klnkp3OA9mUpQDHsz2FA2RcjsYk4yAhlyNENZjH8nNpMpXwVbK2iN8MXP3Sbjhz_zDSDGbaUr843EFk3z-jHSxRizAFbXOzC/s7275/Marcela,%20caiman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4891" data-original-width="7275" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXdVG2CF5fsxThrHJrMvl_p_cjlFJQdHaMfyvpv6VwfhsS1epsXQ_JGoU3qWjNlN-zh7fy2Iel8c7V42v47HxoMm5klnkp3OA9mUpQDHsz2FA2RcjsYk4yAhlyNENZjH8nNpMpXwVbK2iN8MXP3Sbjhz_zDSDGbaUr843EFk3z-jHSxRizAFbXOzC/w640-h430/Marcela,%20caiman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Marcela is right in the middle of the photo. See how well-camouflaged she is? Also see how we sometimes have to work around passengers in other boats for clear shots?</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She looks to choose her route up the steep river bank and grabs the reptile by the head. The boat drivers were pretty sure she would catch one today as she hadn’t eaten in two days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-hTWTqTXmFBz5ipxcVNYGH-ATaSZ3qLje6UEpjyqwmhVP70U-C6zSFzaeJomE7uNgv98Zu72fXHbHhpefg_O_Bv_s1ZEbx5ed7N5c-AQ39Hrji25rXbHTsq9g8psULs7S7J7L9YyF-w6rxB3JUCtVeTu9SaEn5p7em1gW_VAjhS2oCHGtgSXh2Xj/s4823/Marcela%20caiman%20look%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3450" data-original-width="4823" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-hTWTqTXmFBz5ipxcVNYGH-ATaSZ3qLje6UEpjyqwmhVP70U-C6zSFzaeJomE7uNgv98Zu72fXHbHhpefg_O_Bv_s1ZEbx5ed7N5c-AQ39Hrji25rXbHTsq9g8psULs7S7J7L9YyF-w6rxB3JUCtVeTu9SaEn5p7em1gW_VAjhS2oCHGtgSXh2Xj/w640-h458/Marcela%20caiman%20look%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>She looks up at the top of the river bank, perhaps checking for intruders or how difficult her climb will be.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfsZaOMkmhr4iZmNtRRDnyaMl72_zxjd2TrXX3ezAzCR7w4F9z4r11FOWRYU41lh9n3fOrZP3vgUJk8K2kXOJDEmh0kp_bLrnNhXp3BP2yU40D8K9PcfB7sCA3PzLqiNMVbfc9IVBCSwSiHGKXuZcEDLCcyP9y9mAyZnMBDd6ME9eiVlr-8z5OUOM/s5313/Marcela,%20caiman-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3383" data-original-width="5313" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfsZaOMkmhr4iZmNtRRDnyaMl72_zxjd2TrXX3ezAzCR7w4F9z4r11FOWRYU41lh9n3fOrZP3vgUJk8K2kXOJDEmh0kp_bLrnNhXp3BP2yU40D8K9PcfB7sCA3PzLqiNMVbfc9IVBCSwSiHGKXuZcEDLCcyP9y9mAyZnMBDd6ME9eiVlr-8z5OUOM/w640-h408/Marcela,%20caiman-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMncQax7jSJvOQDUoXFlnJNObwVx7PslF1C3qwcOX0PYIIalf6Chx-_cNe_jHTzNaT8mH9oMJPGZtilZ_9FlKjOY7R-1Wf3jMBRSJleYnsbXdsUuvKD5j_8DMIk18W7zpADCmGEHdANPdtMZ0mwcnUk4xSg0_ANbv_3V0p-GmR-G2YsOtwCu9zOL8/s3081/Marcela,%20caiman-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="3081" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMncQax7jSJvOQDUoXFlnJNObwVx7PslF1C3qwcOX0PYIIalf6Chx-_cNe_jHTzNaT8mH9oMJPGZtilZ_9FlKjOY7R-1Wf3jMBRSJleYnsbXdsUuvKD5j_8DMIk18W7zpADCmGEHdANPdtMZ0mwcnUk4xSg0_ANbv_3V0p-GmR-G2YsOtwCu9zOL8/w640-h522/Marcela,%20caiman-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>She choses a brushy area to make her climb with the caiman in her mouth,</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfHmhgYT5UHjoH0PG12WEpgdsgeN3WuDvplmJ7SwcFpu9dvVD62RsS4L3mKcPnOElKCzd0DwsUy21-u1y1EcwV0EmqmWjV1xXAvMoCINlAYMCCPH0G1QiOqmFkgeWwmxyaynU2LoUPTZGF5f4RBd1vaLs-CTLaBxeheftujGOcmBF11knfMBblX4W/s3309/Marcela,%20caiman-4.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2482" data-original-width="3309" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfHmhgYT5UHjoH0PG12WEpgdsgeN3WuDvplmJ7SwcFpu9dvVD62RsS4L3mKcPnOElKCzd0DwsUy21-u1y1EcwV0EmqmWjV1xXAvMoCINlAYMCCPH0G1QiOqmFkgeWwmxyaynU2LoUPTZGF5f4RBd1vaLs-CTLaBxeheftujGOcmBF11knfMBblX4W/w640-h480/Marcela,%20caiman-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA4O3PBdm-lEDEV5moOePheCjH9QrcGDio1Om86aiYnkJhE_ykWq_VUKuR8nFV-0cNjh07VSaT1pBnGoNUF7f-dDvMRnKyyoMxLU4s0I0f9gw6QwFCSvWxsRmM1oiXM6Of7AU24ZFObe6DYGbUQiOEvJjJmRfurOBrwHdiz8jp037Al6BkX39wC6x/s2927/Marcela,%20caiman-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="1983" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA4O3PBdm-lEDEV5moOePheCjH9QrcGDio1Om86aiYnkJhE_ykWq_VUKuR8nFV-0cNjh07VSaT1pBnGoNUF7f-dDvMRnKyyoMxLU4s0I0f9gw6QwFCSvWxsRmM1oiXM6Of7AU24ZFObe6DYGbUQiOEvJjJmRfurOBrwHdiz8jp037Al6BkX39wC6x/w434-h640/Marcela,%20caiman-5.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>And away she goes. I assume the rest of the caiman is under Marcela's body.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Up she goes and into the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back in the river, another new-to-us jaguar has just crossed the river with her two cubs and are making their way to some trees where they stop to relax. This jaguar mom is Ibaca.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBSwMqot8UNjbhxWfLlf7tWfifP58flgDZagl4BLy83oYUzZIw05UorVlOJvrKQRVN31xuy-0L9TQSoZyxkLth88m8igMpokL1syxjerEALFHbchbP0GPtuHEQKDX7IDWtBO508gXnUIByNV5dcvHVXdbS4SXIhw7b_Xsn9rXFjOk99btJdaVEtnz/s4118/Ibaca%20cub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LxC1zTR9Y3ayV51QKm5mws2sfs9TiAlpv8A6JHx6eIoboIZeEsy94seLXnf5KDruMWi8WeFf4_nYfUKQTlso5iq9aGVPiu26uC3yndhy0EmyijglNMSF39NdXmANsnweES9LCRPd5BmaF7pkCSOzlSr-Cea8uGMWoHQ8oFFKVcofs0QmU63j93wD/s8256/Ibaca%20cub-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LxC1zTR9Y3ayV51QKm5mws2sfs9TiAlpv8A6JHx6eIoboIZeEsy94seLXnf5KDruMWi8WeFf4_nYfUKQTlso5iq9aGVPiu26uC3yndhy0EmyijglNMSF39NdXmANsnweES9LCRPd5BmaF7pkCSOzlSr-Cea8uGMWoHQ8oFFKVcofs0QmU63j93wD/w640-h426/Ibaca%20cub-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEPECVAEVzFbqGCJgg6cnwGIDETmTYWbTpCOAXwqKHZt2ZnkAzuAXwWph8puX31b1RgURrCB8rcar44lF6-Awr7Aazm-TFWPMzmsT8qfkhTpGvzxnWu_NlIE5BR4Gn6sCqAiYuuuUt8JMXtiV3wBsooCIkdH_fioKj3hSd1DyR_C3UW8fPYqAYjf2/s7490/Ibaca%20cub-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4781" data-original-width="7490" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEPECVAEVzFbqGCJgg6cnwGIDETmTYWbTpCOAXwqKHZt2ZnkAzuAXwWph8puX31b1RgURrCB8rcar44lF6-Awr7Aazm-TFWPMzmsT8qfkhTpGvzxnWu_NlIE5BR4Gn6sCqAiYuuuUt8JMXtiV3wBsooCIkdH_fioKj3hSd1DyR_C3UW8fPYqAYjf2/w640-h408/Ibaca%20cub-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two cubs of Ibaca.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhsBQf8EM8r4hpLgP7UJkz-_oIiE5kThdWeU9S4DDv5SlERNioMRQ4j8RoIka97d1yKzahdjrfMLmGl__IgHkFhNbHjoyAAEoy_HilckFWACJ-GGwi8Qq0NXlKgnpBgkgG8Y0cdH39_t57ZZABNRZpCsLFZ4sS56KKO0Ipzrl3fjzUabL7YO6MM14/s3441/Ibaca%20cub-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2787" data-original-width="3441" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhsBQf8EM8r4hpLgP7UJkz-_oIiE5kThdWeU9S4DDv5SlERNioMRQ4j8RoIka97d1yKzahdjrfMLmGl__IgHkFhNbHjoyAAEoy_HilckFWACJ-GGwi8Qq0NXlKgnpBgkgG8Y0cdH39_t57ZZABNRZpCsLFZ4sS56KKO0Ipzrl3fjzUabL7YO6MM14/w640-h518/Ibaca%20cub-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4403" data-original-width="6164" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRTJHK3BeDOogCStFlb09_c_NFlwZUKmInU4bYSaVEqwTZokuKacyBRv47dOKLnMhdNuR0B0vzg91upmm3lTUtbjnOqo-iHIG0hg8WoDZdNYGi_wM_Piq56X01KdHX3FZpuSSPgP6nsZRYflCXQe5db6eza1ok60mSg1yhtJiuKQHHcWVDoHxhVLW/w640-h458/Ibaca_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ibaca</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFjUCfHaF8deeJrOYcdXJ6s6gcVSlTKg16o9dbXCqF4yUMQAv3bCnr-66W7whq6PWwy6ninFBqi7h-irCyVM3vEeqrDt9lCoR3ODvRUOVEaDhOySi1HEeiIl_lh7gIZSVueX8ALN5rHNhHMY91xmI4xq1Bm55Fecyl6LvViF_WlpQ9fgKFnZOG_vz/s7117/Ibeca,%20both%20cubs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3738" data-original-width="7117" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFjUCfHaF8deeJrOYcdXJ6s6gcVSlTKg16o9dbXCqF4yUMQAv3bCnr-66W7whq6PWwy6ninFBqi7h-irCyVM3vEeqrDt9lCoR3ODvRUOVEaDhOySi1HEeiIl_lh7gIZSVueX8ALN5rHNhHMY91xmI4xq1Bm55Fecyl6LvViF_WlpQ9fgKFnZOG_vz/w640-h336/Ibeca,%20both%20cubs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ibaca at right, the two cubs at left. The dark spot is the second cub.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back at the hotel for lunch, Shelly catches a family of capybara near the dining hall and takes this video:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="330" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZMN0Vo3SeYM" width="397" youtube-src-id="ZMN0Vo3SeYM"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It might as well be a still shot because they don't move!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, time for a rest break before our 3 PM boat ride.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><br /></span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-82972378773712561172024-01-06T15:56:00.004-09:002024-01-06T15:56:50.651-09:00National Bird Day<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Yesterday, Jan. 5, was National Bird Day. I discovered that too late to post photos for the day, so I am now going to show you some of my favorite bird photos. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">All of these photos were captured about a mile from my home, except for the Say's Phoebe.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am still working on the next chapter of the Brazil Journals, and it's a doozy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVCJOv4ZRPo9hlimzdXENED9FP4wcd2LX3SOCtv3-wRZ6SBQ6mbO1s_wYo0NoZtNznChq8iRcPqCZxJ_hyYYVmyn181TXyfj7WAOSQg-BU1tjfDB7i05SHBTrcu167LHd_Jdyx8TtVdgUrbpaGZXFZ3lNTbc5IVoIGTuVNOZa7qlIqmnFKnyUesPC/s2639/April%202020-55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="2639" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVCJOv4ZRPo9hlimzdXENED9FP4wcd2LX3SOCtv3-wRZ6SBQ6mbO1s_wYo0NoZtNznChq8iRcPqCZxJ_hyYYVmyn181TXyfj7WAOSQg-BU1tjfDB7i05SHBTrcu167LHd_Jdyx8TtVdgUrbpaGZXFZ3lNTbc5IVoIGTuVNOZa7qlIqmnFKnyUesPC/w640-h458/April%202020-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saw What owl in nest box<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5l1Muw3vG5tUQv0HVO6a9Jep-UKfcXZwkngxNcvBToPEMcx68XDpwsa9_8Ukfrj-YLLJv9Ur3SJIhVYMLKZHgqcalaa_u8SuT3BzWED03JxeRpTHCLfxXTmNtJSOiXuD3_qCKd3UpnZCb8tWIPQ5EOQFWSn7YaPRqavz1vwF39-01DmpqJr-lpVh/s960/savannah%20sparrow%20on%20grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5l1Muw3vG5tUQv0HVO6a9Jep-UKfcXZwkngxNcvBToPEMcx68XDpwsa9_8Ukfrj-YLLJv9Ur3SJIhVYMLKZHgqcalaa_u8SuT3BzWED03JxeRpTHCLfxXTmNtJSOiXuD3_qCKd3UpnZCb8tWIPQ5EOQFWSn7YaPRqavz1vwF39-01DmpqJr-lpVh/w426-h640/savannah%20sparrow%20on%20grass.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Savannah Sparrow.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn1T4sxsg4B2k9sws0csDlm1ZyPu6l_cYZQVwO3pSI6k3S7k2_LC5ngK4LOCp3Oxca6Hey3cGRltRiUM9pqZwPk6nceCCX1jY0JdBIt5HcUT5C3GOH2orU9Hgei-c0c3KTv4JS0Ge9bCYnvVX5QIy6nDKQF8JzWXpte69kWI9LZYRGB6cUm37r5f3/s1062/swan%20at%20sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1062" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn1T4sxsg4B2k9sws0csDlm1ZyPu6l_cYZQVwO3pSI6k3S7k2_LC5ngK4LOCp3Oxca6Hey3cGRltRiUM9pqZwPk6nceCCX1jY0JdBIt5HcUT5C3GOH2orU9Hgei-c0c3KTv4JS0Ge9bCYnvVX5QIy6nDKQF8JzWXpte69kWI9LZYRGB6cUm37r5f3/w640-h454/swan%20at%20sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trumpeter Swan<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8TWEQ7smtz9WiNIPk_7_FQW3SKUprqtsxv5RGYz05fehkYXFe1ZSs52gmi9INgkwnhxx9WD7Gf0yUR9kQJ3PvFf7UUGql22v2OlDzDlUccjNHOmeUfX5I_h6IB52wX9z04E_deUC_7nvy7tJRzNJtPm7iNHAunEe6T5PDY6ADttiAqK0sJJt4qhO/s2780/untitled-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2780" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8TWEQ7smtz9WiNIPk_7_FQW3SKUprqtsxv5RGYz05fehkYXFe1ZSs52gmi9INgkwnhxx9WD7Gf0yUR9kQJ3PvFf7UUGql22v2OlDzDlUccjNHOmeUfX5I_h6IB52wX9z04E_deUC_7nvy7tJRzNJtPm7iNHAunEe6T5PDY6ADttiAqK0sJJt4qhO/w640-h390/untitled-19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Mergansers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooNzhE1k96xcqnOOzAgwQX4hjgFnUaIo-B2xPDNnYJWJsVu-6qT6lhb32LIpvW-5bxr0pz8w33rm43pkB-rtjMH5fFo6kz_tsMjdJagzgOKLk0jhjdZKf0btaAC4YsaEZp2UlSGfTEuyG_11RT3VrLJ911cISjR6pdSF3vL5UBgDxxeu_9N8KMik6/s1193/23-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1193" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooNzhE1k96xcqnOOzAgwQX4hjgFnUaIo-B2xPDNnYJWJsVu-6qT6lhb32LIpvW-5bxr0pz8w33rm43pkB-rtjMH5fFo6kz_tsMjdJagzgOKLk0jhjdZKf0btaAC4YsaEZp2UlSGfTEuyG_11RT3VrLJ911cISjR6pdSF3vL5UBgDxxeu_9N8KMik6/w640-h458/23-26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Belted Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8Cl6-YPK2vDwvo7ex0nT5_4kO-NBaiExHHac8TPxX-zdvVIVmckHmMWZawcQxHyZJoGjmn6glO8ZjPIzhRqnt-2Vrlx1eicyWHIXNv_cyb_k36z0QA1iICH9-n5cTLdlxTJ4e83Tsm_9wQWB9AzhqS2K_vbjTyzL4-gm6qKkiwp0gTDkqz4A0Ict/s960/eagle,%20bronzed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="643" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8Cl6-YPK2vDwvo7ex0nT5_4kO-NBaiExHHac8TPxX-zdvVIVmckHmMWZawcQxHyZJoGjmn6glO8ZjPIzhRqnt-2Vrlx1eicyWHIXNv_cyb_k36z0QA1iICH9-n5cTLdlxTJ4e83Tsm_9wQWB9AzhqS2K_vbjTyzL4-gm6qKkiwp0gTDkqz4A0Ict/w428-h640/eagle,%20bronzed.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frosty juvenile Bald Eagle</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJZmitjRKCgXolgCKsN7shYSaPfs_aAXHcyUXSCfCNPVHDbAPHVVAEWEFqFNBs30yECQRdtTPuSHiwbQHj36oUnVCQwTLhZZktGQ7UqWqKJn7By0kr4Jv_ex_GCIWn0wSc3UIGrvr86wKGfULLtJEm91pTT3EJqRw3FJll_GrWTtaiW5lW95dv3Eb/s1938/eagle,%20ice,%20breath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1938" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJZmitjRKCgXolgCKsN7shYSaPfs_aAXHcyUXSCfCNPVHDbAPHVVAEWEFqFNBs30yECQRdtTPuSHiwbQHj36oUnVCQwTLhZZktGQ7UqWqKJn7By0kr4Jv_ex_GCIWn0wSc3UIGrvr86wKGfULLtJEm91pTT3EJqRw3FJll_GrWTtaiW5lW95dv3Eb/w640-h426/eagle,%20ice,%20breath.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald Eagle defending his salmon from Black-billed Magpie.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvHSIS2S-Hg9rI4k8rn8unlS-bmc_QTllarDVzzdgce84UOjw7SZYJR93YhaaJ0YOvp_M7Artv-RR0t_jqA42T2f48nk4vVtX1zYQZKDdpfG4PYV1thv-pL9dckujYVSsD33H6chF5T4TwGCWMnLvKQO3KYQIZC0rRVWnYos8F-mv91_xP79IWv11/s1766/goldeneye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1766" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvHSIS2S-Hg9rI4k8rn8unlS-bmc_QTllarDVzzdgce84UOjw7SZYJR93YhaaJ0YOvp_M7Artv-RR0t_jqA42T2f48nk4vVtX1zYQZKDdpfG4PYV1thv-pL9dckujYVSsD33H6chF5T4TwGCWMnLvKQO3KYQIZC0rRVWnYos8F-mv91_xP79IWv11/w640-h426/goldeneye.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Goldeneye</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4BNRkf7-o8cbOoVDBTXUGvT8iaOcbafq8fQXm1QesMriiL2jWS5lBSrmpXJmZGuUzelIWmGlGxTrGM9D-4_Pw_pnxkj3oNzPFU7J48zRvOgZtZMSNpt2Uh5YCp_KvznGU3VRYfgLHzj0rSF1nnW2lpJDFJGbSIePASUaGAIVh09JICpTR-gCT2kS/s1117/mallard%20pair%20in%20snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1117" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4BNRkf7-o8cbOoVDBTXUGvT8iaOcbafq8fQXm1QesMriiL2jWS5lBSrmpXJmZGuUzelIWmGlGxTrGM9D-4_Pw_pnxkj3oNzPFU7J48zRvOgZtZMSNpt2Uh5YCp_KvznGU3VRYfgLHzj0rSF1nnW2lpJDFJGbSIePASUaGAIVh09JICpTR-gCT2kS/w640-h426/mallard%20pair%20in%20snow.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mallard pair</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96QHUkwm3a-LEfBwNh5cY0IQkfcfDSuDOc180rK3GXxXZoFUrYqKmpQQGMWP9CMZh2KaousAjM1Zw_mquoVOs_UdIledJb5sYMdRze915OXsM8BnsoR8Wu-fNULJBoRekLJSNzBX4fcpTiaLRO9dpBEflK8nK5o9FMf2LDdsGfaD-JX2RU3rG4uuL/s2131/merganser,%20common%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="2131" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96QHUkwm3a-LEfBwNh5cY0IQkfcfDSuDOc180rK3GXxXZoFUrYqKmpQQGMWP9CMZh2KaousAjM1Zw_mquoVOs_UdIledJb5sYMdRze915OXsM8BnsoR8Wu-fNULJBoRekLJSNzBX4fcpTiaLRO9dpBEflK8nK5o9FMf2LDdsGfaD-JX2RU3rG4uuL/w640-h378/merganser,%20common%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Merganser</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezbgd5KMtOlW0enaTRxx2ZGYw8oTzZBDKysXDNKDZDZ_5tneCEump3Y_1IFkfhCnXGWUiVdW9f1fNYJHW7Km2HqfSc1uho5GsIma7slXPT5FoGLRSIRkYKMDW9XdCVcjRRvqEPF_t_q06-ktr3ZFTzBO1WD5XKPtmhMKlGwAdv8oLsJC51j0QhwON/s1600/puffins,%20three%20tenors.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezbgd5KMtOlW0enaTRxx2ZGYw8oTzZBDKysXDNKDZDZ_5tneCEump3Y_1IFkfhCnXGWUiVdW9f1fNYJHW7Km2HqfSc1uho5GsIma7slXPT5FoGLRSIRkYKMDW9XdCVcjRRvqEPF_t_q06-ktr3ZFTzBO1WD5XKPtmhMKlGwAdv8oLsJC51j0QhwON/w640-h356/puffins,%20three%20tenors.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horned puffins</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYbwcYj8TEXWrkt5vVV_ehKc1gxiYjDMDHXEESOjVZ-NLFaW2mqoJW016gKo2I0VflSBbv8FTBsxb5M2abkPu78Rb9i-PCjjTzvIx-2MCE_b7ZfPR3OFxHj3DZ2P3fTV2gqeMfUvkpXdCy86IPeG4xzsi9RzoVWbJ0j8ZdMw3QK35gBs6-JPBwaTK/s3000/says%20phoebe-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="3000" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYbwcYj8TEXWrkt5vVV_ehKc1gxiYjDMDHXEESOjVZ-NLFaW2mqoJW016gKo2I0VflSBbv8FTBsxb5M2abkPu78Rb9i-PCjjTzvIx-2MCE_b7ZfPR3OFxHj3DZ2P3fTV2gqeMfUvkpXdCy86IPeG4xzsi9RzoVWbJ0j8ZdMw3QK35gBs6-JPBwaTK/w640-h458/says%20phoebe-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say's Phoebe</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXdKYIfsLiFWOaInmDmRtlQAPnizoJvVfP3rqEaNsZHXA1vgkglhW5kmy09OZE-M02MYCrL1In1MfTlYsrxC7hC33He8Z0S2R61utkf2Oveiw9idwxDkb9NP0L0lU5RgXZqpapsmLOqcsbAdAWvaq3E03UpRPwaj2qdwhYh7X6ae7dHqLpHbNmkuF/s2277/scaup%20thugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2277" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXdKYIfsLiFWOaInmDmRtlQAPnizoJvVfP3rqEaNsZHXA1vgkglhW5kmy09OZE-M02MYCrL1In1MfTlYsrxC7hC33He8Z0S2R61utkf2Oveiw9idwxDkb9NP0L0lU5RgXZqpapsmLOqcsbAdAWvaq3E03UpRPwaj2qdwhYh7X6ae7dHqLpHbNmkuF/w640-h394/scaup%20thugs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Thugs". Scaup ducklings</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCIYn80zoj6-x3HZ-uX8v9u8W1x4FwlVGOMjZ-kRcqvOS-crHU4Uqv4CBYarct4Toujw92YtpelqZAJrybKbOAkW9Rd68L8p94iiDtvFOq1ZKdSXXtBph7LA9QBO9uZSXa2r_1pH0A2GPCSFnc1FU3yG1-iUHa5oQIMwYh3jSLEse_mngFTyn2oMN/s1891/scaup%20young%20bathing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1891" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCIYn80zoj6-x3HZ-uX8v9u8W1x4FwlVGOMjZ-kRcqvOS-crHU4Uqv4CBYarct4Toujw92YtpelqZAJrybKbOAkW9Rd68L8p94iiDtvFOq1ZKdSXXtBph7LA9QBO9uZSXa2r_1pH0A2GPCSFnc1FU3yG1-iUHa5oQIMwYh3jSLEse_mngFTyn2oMN/w640-h426/scaup%20young%20bathing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Dreamer"</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FMjL3iK1T7DNIxFfgyBfCTAwnlABrRHPIOcN44lbqYf9DYOPc1DnXizFiPteQd-aanOk0mnY9UAhVbeJ6WkS7NEEAFXq9yWnldGw9kS6XWyc5D0EkhGsesJ689p6mb3Anziey1al-GWGIYl78456XFW5dDgZNSosKF3WvbbdVl2tdGibPvGLaEB9/s3547/trumper%20swan,%20head%20in%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3547" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FMjL3iK1T7DNIxFfgyBfCTAwnlABrRHPIOcN44lbqYf9DYOPc1DnXizFiPteQd-aanOk0mnY9UAhVbeJ6WkS7NEEAFXq9yWnldGw9kS6XWyc5D0EkhGsesJ689p6mb3Anziey1al-GWGIYl78456XFW5dDgZNSosKF3WvbbdVl2tdGibPvGLaEB9/w640-h458/trumper%20swan,%20head%20in%20ice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trumpeter Swan in spring</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGllB1O_KlfMP0T6-bVYewweC7fixU2CoTOZoBnGeig2lYVPg78vxEXpibQoFecNA4fJ7SXC9cRJ4Z4gRV-8-L61UFMfWnH3EfQx55aWzHnG3cTZQLfQS0JqV-4BHlY_cNDJe66wMFtZ7BzeimJ_mlnn5GpqD8IF8xJmYXIrm6RdLy4DEF-WgbOkMi/s4287/trumpeter%20swan,%20%20Tern%20%20Lake,%20spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4287" data-original-width="3215" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGllB1O_KlfMP0T6-bVYewweC7fixU2CoTOZoBnGeig2lYVPg78vxEXpibQoFecNA4fJ7SXC9cRJ4Z4gRV-8-L61UFMfWnH3EfQx55aWzHnG3cTZQLfQS0JqV-4BHlY_cNDJe66wMFtZ7BzeimJ_mlnn5GpqD8IF8xJmYXIrm6RdLy4DEF-WgbOkMi/w480-h640/trumpeter%20swan,%20%20Tern%20%20Lake,%20spring.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trumpeter Swan pair at Tern Lake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2Nqz7MHE7Ul9avxo-MsT-WX671jNOUdRBaDtRbw2Auo4PSWxGH0kNt39SkNYjZ1-fBlIPsDGMnFPDBB7w2FxVVfl60Tbs_rc1KF089MmJOCMl4haJAuygCK8lehkNDk_ru2dffAaEMfMK1wWUD2mAE_Bxz6K_RDgY673zq2XbP42lRP8EmJ2DmpF/s4389/dipper%20Sept%209%202017%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="4389" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2Nqz7MHE7Ul9avxo-MsT-WX671jNOUdRBaDtRbw2Auo4PSWxGH0kNt39SkNYjZ1-fBlIPsDGMnFPDBB7w2FxVVfl60Tbs_rc1KF089MmJOCMl4haJAuygCK8lehkNDk_ru2dffAaEMfMK1wWUD2mAE_Bxz6K_RDgY673zq2XbP42lRP8EmJ2DmpF/w640-h426/dipper%20Sept%209%202017%20LR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Dipper singing in the rain.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KoRzSUnACgXJdcHDTa7t8kylqCj9Zl1v0MIJsILE9Zd9ycyScX6BkS194cWE3xc_9dRqXZ2Qcqib5mz4b432O0tWSYBWDl5Xbx87CDClyl8rI3feA6hcwQ2gecVLeyiVTgwQ3e6Xno5czTUVMtYQVJkPkYWfSogta0ZFxNMrWBdjJTeofqU_-UhL/s902/DSC_0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KoRzSUnACgXJdcHDTa7t8kylqCj9Zl1v0MIJsILE9Zd9ycyScX6BkS194cWE3xc_9dRqXZ2Qcqib5mz4b432O0tWSYBWDl5Xbx87CDClyl8rI3feA6hcwQ2gecVLeyiVTgwQ3e6Xno5czTUVMtYQVJkPkYWfSogta0ZFxNMrWBdjJTeofqU_-UhL/w410-h640/DSC_0376.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree swallow that just fledged. Not sure about this flying thing.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G0UrxMZyQmkCbWa62sCwlRK1SqSQY5d6GhsUEofvh7CyxeegKJ0btKQl0pJedBJDn-dZE4vcvY2GAO6KLcHbunSpU_wYjGU01_Idfn8sseJDzjLluL-pA_3TymsJL0mxQCijimZfZ8hDw3nMtKRaaDCv-X4lKlMvq5sV9j2fduHyjenbmzafJlET/s2256/DSC_0484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="1496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G0UrxMZyQmkCbWa62sCwlRK1SqSQY5d6GhsUEofvh7CyxeegKJ0btKQl0pJedBJDn-dZE4vcvY2GAO6KLcHbunSpU_wYjGU01_Idfn8sseJDzjLluL-pA_3TymsJL0mxQCijimZfZ8hDw3nMtKRaaDCv-X4lKlMvq5sV9j2fduHyjenbmzafJlET/w424-h640/DSC_0484.JPG" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellowlegs</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMMN1zkWbI7pxVRj6afnlzLBweDUyT0DOolD8MBb48JSxBaVWC4JqQbjtFQCTeixKhogDndSQkxDadsoQLWlDvnz3PyZz62uhgXaPOTTjrJUqxpss7vIK44WvBgFaT7Rb14NTGcKbI2IcZiwlePVY3XnIujjhfP4Ny8yS3mnskOopv0BMAsAwev9r/s3000/turn%20arm-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="3000" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMMN1zkWbI7pxVRj6afnlzLBweDUyT0DOolD8MBb48JSxBaVWC4JqQbjtFQCTeixKhogDndSQkxDadsoQLWlDvnz3PyZz62uhgXaPOTTjrJUqxpss7vIK44WvBgFaT7Rb14NTGcKbI2IcZiwlePVY3XnIujjhfP4Ny8yS3mnskOopv0BMAsAwev9r/w640-h458/turn%20arm-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandpiper on lily pads.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY23gIveiC7aJ4RYk3OfJAtMEpc8FzcfxkEgptcVpc_kFXWN4fpovEMlBIopm7rFAM-Bcc_S78hqdETgNRrlumheknr3min0yCG1aTjNAgy0xBT9ke0h72eKAqien4YmWo-wOw2g6OK3yLOtGyU9TZwRJicHdZzd3xI0RrkHXBMLoTevha3U0N1PM/s1961/yellow-rumped%20warbler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1961" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY23gIveiC7aJ4RYk3OfJAtMEpc8FzcfxkEgptcVpc_kFXWN4fpovEMlBIopm7rFAM-Bcc_S78hqdETgNRrlumheknr3min0yCG1aTjNAgy0xBT9ke0h72eKAqien4YmWo-wOw2g6OK3yLOtGyU9TZwRJicHdZzd3xI0RrkHXBMLoTevha3U0N1PM/w640-h428/yellow-rumped%20warbler.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-rumped warbler coming at me.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-54390826963726383522024-01-04T17:55:00.004-09:002024-01-04T17:55:41.773-09:00A Blooper in the Jaguar Generations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Correction:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel the need to correct my last post. I got the jaguar generations mixed up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The grandmother jaguar is named Patricia and we did not see her until the next day. She is the mother of Medrosa, who is the mother of Marcela. Our guide Octavio calls Patricia the greatest mother of the region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will correct the actual post when I have time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know this doesn’t make any difference to you, but it does to me and is pertinent to events to come in a future post. My next post will introduce you to Patricia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What about Ti? She is from another line of jaguars.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-79662002352250481242024-01-01T15:26:00.004-09:002024-01-04T17:56:55.958-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-three<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">A Correction:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I feel the need to correct this post. I got the jaguar generations mixed up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The grandmother jaguar is named Patricia and we did not see her until the next day. She is the mother of Medrosa, who is the mother of Marcela. Our guide Octavio calls Patricia the greatest mother of the region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I will correct the actual post when I have time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I know this doesn’t make any difference to you, but it does to me and is pertinent to events to come in a future post. My next post will introduce you to Patricia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">What about Ti? She is from another line of jaguars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Twenty-three<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Jaguar Generations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A ship in a harbor is safe, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">but it is not what ships are built for.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">—John A. Shedd<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMUokHTBI7YXWj-qAgedhgMWVto0sIc9x2DzFODTsLnzWgiGT1VzVvtxuNsCkcxPW3brnBTmjwn_W7SxJCtBsFsPscT-5tnI7itImMZawicrTP-GKYM4sBGJbjtzMLZjV0MGye3kP7pmZcq7fGCNid3OS2wfgBLCuVpLpv5iUBld4clZGIZWMKebf/s1447/9%20Medrosa's%20cub.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1447" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMUokHTBI7YXWj-qAgedhgMWVto0sIc9x2DzFODTsLnzWgiGT1VzVvtxuNsCkcxPW3brnBTmjwn_W7SxJCtBsFsPscT-5tnI7itImMZawicrTP-GKYM4sBGJbjtzMLZjV0MGye3kP7pmZcq7fGCNid3OS2wfgBLCuVpLpv5iUBld4clZGIZWMKebf/w200-h188/9%20Medrosa's%20cub.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It is so hot when I walk out of my room to go to lunch that I feel like I’m stepping into a convection oven. I spent the last hour trying to cool down from the morning boat ride and now I'm in the heat again.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1a-3UajZRtc7t381fSAbqAjCtx1fgRJXY-KqsAsPBT4ihhgJKNUXIka-aPdHoBAsXSQyg1vu30MGQaCaVpC6qi_Y50Ze5d3iLhPAYvBUbT2W2xcQxc5Zq7k36qJfch54SCQKHGk6L6Z4puWrP7AWraPaSLxp4iMe8V0r1A6_ZKQ6QX0XTgSn_3g3t/s3088/Jeanne%20hot.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1a-3UajZRtc7t381fSAbqAjCtx1fgRJXY-KqsAsPBT4ihhgJKNUXIka-aPdHoBAsXSQyg1vu30MGQaCaVpC6qi_Y50Ze5d3iLhPAYvBUbT2W2xcQxc5Zq7k36qJfch54SCQKHGk6L6Z4puWrP7AWraPaSLxp4iMe8V0r1A6_ZKQ6QX0XTgSn_3g3t/w240-h320/Jeanne%20hot.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Now, heading to lunch, I am wearing a tee shirt with a “cooling towel” given to us by Marg Wood. The towel is made of some material that is not terry cloth and is stiff as a board when dry. It’s wet now and wrapped it around the back of my neck with the ends tucked under the front of my tee and I don’t give a hoot about how I look. It is serving its purpose quite well.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">In consideration of the extreme heat, Octavio sets three o’clock as the afternoon boat time. This makes a lot of sense not only because the light is too harsh for photography earlier but also because the animals most likely will be sleeping in the shade and difficult to find.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">However, some animals hide better than others and 45 minutes after we launch, we find new jaguars. It is Medrosa and her young cub, asleep on a quiet part of the lagoon waters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPtHqGVYl_4CHNMxjwKEeXJrfUGIa99tHd6JjtmzLbYULbdrrrs-xGvn04I1W9DTCLzWJIfpoGCP0T0w74cddwUSF5DOfeD7tcI8_Wx_Hz1mu0-hzF1K1JXG8WvSYwv4xPmv9yWRium5N5XdjJAJ3054WjfGWxe8j9-IdHT1oMhC7PmqJgK_VPvlV/s5691/medrosa%20and%20cub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3308" data-original-width="5691" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPtHqGVYl_4CHNMxjwKEeXJrfUGIa99tHd6JjtmzLbYULbdrrrs-xGvn04I1W9DTCLzWJIfpoGCP0T0w74cddwUSF5DOfeD7tcI8_Wx_Hz1mu0-hzF1K1JXG8WvSYwv4xPmv9yWRium5N5XdjJAJ3054WjfGWxe8j9-IdHT1oMhC7PmqJgK_VPvlV/w640-h372/medrosa%20and%20cub.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The cub is at left.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This marks an occasion to remember: Ti, seen this morning, is the mother of Medrosa, so the cub is Ti’s grandson. AND! Our most frequently seen jaguar, the two-year-old Marcela, is the daughter of Medrosa, so the cub is Marcela’s half-brother.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">To make it easy:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Ti, who is mother of</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAXB9zdUCd7Wwa1DYoEHjC53aBJun6II_ixH4av4CA_5yS3AbkU1JNZu-46O7yMs3jEOT1C5SCwwZ2LzKEberj5bxF1f0NIw-v_s5j4VN1FdqQQQ3kTo6n7VzMJDEavCHbAiJyJ49FdOsx-lH3wBfKiNHP06ZaKRZT5WStLZQ7BdYIuVRXX6B31GM/s1974/jaguar%20Ti%20in%20water%20close%20up.jpg" style="clear: right; 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font-size: 16pt;">Medrosa, who is mother of </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiKkuNkFatNBdlXSvabFwVcon3LzRK_9sXYbUyreGzUYKuVyHvNc6kM7jhRfy3BnHlQZ0FWZnxR37W2mSSfeO7VqbEh84XV2EMJlj09csVWR5qvBrhD4Qln_ufLK22eiPxNFERFFYimfl6FuQbyo5WfXxsDhZQWcwf_hW4JFcEieRfqKXW1Zh0qQE/s5691/medrosa%20and%20cub.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3308" data-original-width="5691" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiKkuNkFatNBdlXSvabFwVcon3LzRK_9sXYbUyreGzUYKuVyHvNc6kM7jhRfy3BnHlQZ0FWZnxR37W2mSSfeO7VqbEh84XV2EMJlj09csVWR5qvBrhD4Qln_ufLK22eiPxNFERFFYimfl6FuQbyo5WfXxsDhZQWcwf_hW4JFcEieRfqKXW1Zh0qQE/s320/medrosa%20and%20cub.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Three generations of jaguars today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">If you're wondering how they can be identified, Octavio has a book with photos and descriptions of each jaguars sighted in the area (and perhaps other areas). They use the "necklace" around the throat, other spot formations, injuries, etc. to tell them apart.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">So far today, we caught a glimpse of a male, didn’t get photos of two males way far off in the vegetation, saw two males asleep on the river bank, saw Marcela, saw Ti, and now Medrosa and her cub. Nine different jaguars today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The cub moves to a very photogenic spot and watches the paparazzi for a while, then goes back to sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSG4QR4iR9zwHZS70SqwpVyoOsrCwf73CZVowWzc4fPpDk3Lsm3lYO7L-n76O6lCi94hP9TNrC3wlg9XEM_y4kIQkBK3PSkgNzQSDyNJwwaD_2iIcQ6gI02Y00_GfOsz2qvfic5sIeYAhYNOq01-PvmtOI2cOTtYj5rvdKLqrcMF0-TJK3VmVqSt4/s6144/M's%20cub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4389" data-original-width="6144" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSG4QR4iR9zwHZS70SqwpVyoOsrCwf73CZVowWzc4fPpDk3Lsm3lYO7L-n76O6lCi94hP9TNrC3wlg9XEM_y4kIQkBK3PSkgNzQSDyNJwwaD_2iIcQ6gI02Y00_GfOsz2qvfic5sIeYAhYNOq01-PvmtOI2cOTtYj5rvdKLqrcMF0-TJK3VmVqSt4/w640-h458/M's%20cub.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QUEcFGbyrdjX5Lxt_Q3UFFDjc48aw1XUfBBuxKFhGcYkp71tTm7GS4DQe3pBB0c51IcrWiXgyny1kVOzkzDU2MG57wNHnHEj58gJMC46wXMlxZq5FGosidVF_I5_gOKdFS0WttzFqHoFfF02Ao08L-bxqKWbvW6OfcdxEI8z50hXCP0I_siswP7B/s5294/M's%20cub-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3775" data-original-width="5294" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QUEcFGbyrdjX5Lxt_Q3UFFDjc48aw1XUfBBuxKFhGcYkp71tTm7GS4DQe3pBB0c51IcrWiXgyny1kVOzkzDU2MG57wNHnHEj58gJMC46wXMlxZq5FGosidVF_I5_gOKdFS0WttzFqHoFfF02Ao08L-bxqKWbvW6OfcdxEI8z50hXCP0I_siswP7B/w640-h456/M's%20cub-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">The paparazzi are hot, but entranced. The umbrellas come out as we wait.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">A couple of the boats are associated with a crew filming for the Brazilian government. I think it’s supposed to be some tourism-oriented film. In practical terms for the rest of us, that boat gets closest to the animals and occasionally moves in front of some boats, much to the ……ummmm….dismay of the passengers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfUyH4TXkYVVdMt_HyjonC9UvQSnCzm-t4u3e-Cw3ndCPNzHV9iAzAfFziUA5yAJRvE1rfwKWBOVNzhXVJ8cL0Ue2w3l70IgJ9CCPD6VTVyK0Ow0FsWqwcibt1z_zXy31yaGhokp_UAvYKRMvbHHHf97E8xs2w24pBWS5fYWPDDQhkSKnoxbosQHr/s8256/phptp%20crew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfUyH4TXkYVVdMt_HyjonC9UvQSnCzm-t4u3e-Cw3ndCPNzHV9iAzAfFziUA5yAJRvE1rfwKWBOVNzhXVJ8cL0Ue2w3l70IgJ9CCPD6VTVyK0Ow0FsWqwcibt1z_zXy31yaGhokp_UAvYKRMvbHHHf97E8xs2w24pBWS5fYWPDDQhkSKnoxbosQHr/w640-h426/phptp%20crew.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Watch this videos to get an idea:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9T8oM5sxsc" width="479" youtube-src-id="f9T8oM5sxsc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>This is a cell phone video. The shaking and jerky movements are caused by my left shoulder "ratcheting" as I move.</i></span></div><p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Eventually, we leave Medrosa and her cub and scout around for anything that comes our way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">On a sandy beach on the main river channel, we stop to watch a couple of large-billed terns. One has a fish and can’t seem to get another tern to take it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">He carries it around, drops it back into the water, retrieves it, walks around, tries to swallow it, drops it back into the water, picks it up again and in the end, before we leave, is thrashing it wildly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaop4pI6pw5ObtRyWpNaoT5nGyz2PVhCa2EvvyUXZAQfu6__LLEk3cW8RW_Gg1lotCh5zl03Jx2C50RvX-wzxJNYCrevZFBi48Se5FAmWwmAb_cKGGMOxnPzRwppH1zxx7k5VSraqSCOwX1e0qmSJeQPecdr2Y44AQ-1vvfLcBtgXJCogoPwLD3IoI/s2770/tern%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="2770" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaop4pI6pw5ObtRyWpNaoT5nGyz2PVhCa2EvvyUXZAQfu6__LLEk3cW8RW_Gg1lotCh5zl03Jx2C50RvX-wzxJNYCrevZFBi48Se5FAmWwmAb_cKGGMOxnPzRwppH1zxx7k5VSraqSCOwX1e0qmSJeQPecdr2Y44AQ-1vvfLcBtgXJCogoPwLD3IoI/w640-h426/tern%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIGfzt9dukrBeBFHShboVyG3oac1iQvpIQE4uQgo-DGpHOzhn-328hvvSA_B9JMJRUtTsq1OYCnVgxec9l8XaV1ogxZxcgEQvDYIUoJWMC_19MvDrllnIZ3NEmXc3QLOi6AjC2gMN4zo6w8K63soQG5ayGokVycYdP5pB0vqPPgy1msZ0s6CiQXCr/s4599/tern%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="4599" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIGfzt9dukrBeBFHShboVyG3oac1iQvpIQE4uQgo-DGpHOzhn-328hvvSA_B9JMJRUtTsq1OYCnVgxec9l8XaV1ogxZxcgEQvDYIUoJWMC_19MvDrllnIZ3NEmXc3QLOi6AjC2gMN4zo6w8K63soQG5ayGokVycYdP5pB0vqPPgy1msZ0s6CiQXCr/w640-h378/tern%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMy4FL58ufbbstjT9RoG-fQ3hDiRbqJNob0zkJsBDdv8oPnRW0yJBWZYV47hTkESC924jwcSkYyEW5imBSvFC_em8_RBvIrU4IYEPtmG74vMBDLJ9rWDEvRX5PoFY5bF_AVY_gnXhyphenhyphen7hBI5dkds-r3h1TgJR1Tmo1cv7OmvLXxCs3Z3zgs6K4qSWxR/s2286/tern%203%20dove.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="2286" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMy4FL58ufbbstjT9RoG-fQ3hDiRbqJNob0zkJsBDdv8oPnRW0yJBWZYV47hTkESC924jwcSkYyEW5imBSvFC_em8_RBvIrU4IYEPtmG74vMBDLJ9rWDEvRX5PoFY5bF_AVY_gnXhyphenhyphen7hBI5dkds-r3h1TgJR1Tmo1cv7OmvLXxCs3Z3zgs6K4qSWxR/w640-h458/tern%203%20dove.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a dove. I got bored watching the silly tern.</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kJUTW8fDhBpTxUN_KNtZwVXopePkDDUE8kru3RkxGml6YBx95wktyFJmbrDoklTQ8k1WGWn952wMvzJCvCYY1Ywy_9jS3kUPrPn_gBu7UicaTC3oUmpaCItsHBG0wV-qVeN2YbsgpJNYgJNLbaPO3l7TrGxh-lmdmiE88WwR94xlzbqcmAgFQWMS/s2927/tern%204%20plover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2927" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kJUTW8fDhBpTxUN_KNtZwVXopePkDDUE8kru3RkxGml6YBx95wktyFJmbrDoklTQ8k1WGWn952wMvzJCvCYY1Ywy_9jS3kUPrPn_gBu7UicaTC3oUmpaCItsHBG0wV-qVeN2YbsgpJNYgJNLbaPO3l7TrGxh-lmdmiE88WwR94xlzbqcmAgFQWMS/w640-h448/tern%204%20plover.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">And a pied lapwing.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">We go back into the lagoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Medrosa has left her cub to go hunting. No doubt she told him to stay put, but he wanders to where she disappeared.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ip3jahuAZtB7BXXm5jXgyjvOLAX8XULTNGTIXhVNYHtCNfJ7Gbpv9uNgTiGZT-ggGuBj9cv3FNk9etWx3dk5pnTIam62rn0L2hQBSlvE77S9Si-ucpvuVr2UhWU4KM_gVbtP-2H57dwZ37s0EO3lM9ip5qzxX1_5AhVeeoti8mApkw8vTGuWDc2L/s8256/M's%20cub%20alone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ip3jahuAZtB7BXXm5jXgyjvOLAX8XULTNGTIXhVNYHtCNfJ7Gbpv9uNgTiGZT-ggGuBj9cv3FNk9etWx3dk5pnTIam62rn0L2hQBSlvE77S9Si-ucpvuVr2UhWU4KM_gVbtP-2H57dwZ37s0EO3lM9ip5qzxX1_5AhVeeoti8mApkw8vTGuWDc2L/w640-h426/M's%20cub%20alone.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">As we leave, he is still staring after her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">This evening, my throat feels a little scratchy. I wonder if it’s because of the heat blasting into my nose or if I’m catching cold.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Early to bed and some vitamin C for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-34748015497569906542023-12-29T20:28:00.002-09:002023-12-29T20:29:37.319-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-two<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty-Two<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Day of the Jaguars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">—Ghaniya Dewy Arassyi<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9pXtnSxKkvJGctAuZsbM4im9FoGhLjAut6kbSx7IvKqJ3ywV6Cc-inyruCCrFP1I0k-l6-E_KKTDYRXu-ghimtCzF2O9xvmIcQLxlavS_Pl7fW-9hyij8G6_H5Wyo2ZticSdMSHaRdmDCTqluphST-AuuYyyDT1WwRUIeSSOCBj-1buXPF61oRO_/s687/%20iconcapped%20heron.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="687" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9pXtnSxKkvJGctAuZsbM4im9FoGhLjAut6kbSx7IvKqJ3ywV6Cc-inyruCCrFP1I0k-l6-E_KKTDYRXu-ghimtCzF2O9xvmIcQLxlavS_Pl7fW-9hyij8G6_H5Wyo2ZticSdMSHaRdmDCTqluphST-AuuYyyDT1WwRUIeSSOCBj-1buXPF61oRO_/w200-h198/%20iconcapped%20heron.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><br />Once again, we leave the dock at 5:30 in the morning as the sun begins to rise and bathes the scene with golden light.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Soon we are abreast of the jabiru nest, but none of the birds want to pose for us.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A male jaguar has been spotted so off we go on a “Ferrari boat ride” only to spot just the tip of its tail as it disappears into the tall vegetation. No pix. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUenXoy8b-J1eZSPKTzNR6VDTbkkWk5UTVffF1aHBNfOx4Zeyg6eHadSHEgue0CENJudCCWk963z_SIJGMjlhzH6O-z2m5mdi-Ssp6OsolJty0IlNj3gLdqEAOXEBNMrhniSUxNF4TYgbG_0Cp0LCTF4tN1AMlSkzJc_T1MNnrZF9YQrBQeMCJ82OS/s3992/4%20lagoon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3992" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUenXoy8b-J1eZSPKTzNR6VDTbkkWk5UTVffF1aHBNfOx4Zeyg6eHadSHEgue0CENJudCCWk963z_SIJGMjlhzH6O-z2m5mdi-Ssp6OsolJty0IlNj3gLdqEAOXEBNMrhniSUxNF4TYgbG_0Cp0LCTF4tN1AMlSkzJc_T1MNnrZF9YQrBQeMCJ82OS/w640-h438/4%20lagoon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As long as we’re in the lagoon, we take a look around and spot two Tiger heron nestlings. They are big enough to fledge and certainly that nest is crowded if they both lie down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTyn9GD6ZNAwkG1ljNtBrnWnlipzWKlc64V6_AJ3VwGHtWFEGp90_GPlRTzM6-suzN0OyBU5LuwIOEwihSm7jmmQWEsecIaWwy3Sif1eGWV4IovqfrnLNRF6rfApKedrX-sAx0PJtQmNGl91KXRmO4_JghjGuY9bXvx5OVWCcJqhuRrB3_L3TpBYj/s8256/tiger%20heron%20chicks.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTyn9GD6ZNAwkG1ljNtBrnWnlipzWKlc64V6_AJ3VwGHtWFEGp90_GPlRTzM6-suzN0OyBU5LuwIOEwihSm7jmmQWEsecIaWwy3Sif1eGWV4IovqfrnLNRF6rfApKedrX-sAx0PJtQmNGl91KXRmO4_JghjGuY9bXvx5OVWCcJqhuRrB3_L3TpBYj/w640-h426/tiger%20heron%20chicks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back on the main river, our old faithful Marcella makes her appearance. The boat drivers let other drivers know when they’ve spotted a jaguar. It does increase traffic to the sighting, but then everyone gets to see a cat. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQMhJhgvVHZd2NZhpqUK4568RD72zC3nk00REJfZWtCUixs1E-LGd9y_Zw9XhM0rYCGj_IWCUirz9BdsVWI8qIde2zLY9Ha381G2KO7nOlepzMiUg5XNh61QQHCb3Lt_9Z85TmyzeFMN7JG7jxGfV7iB7q3ZBcoIhTaLYvdxPppLX4n8ESkVhtt0h/s5078/5%20Marcela.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3585" data-original-width="5078" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQMhJhgvVHZd2NZhpqUK4568RD72zC3nk00REJfZWtCUixs1E-LGd9y_Zw9XhM0rYCGj_IWCUirz9BdsVWI8qIde2zLY9Ha381G2KO7nOlepzMiUg5XNh61QQHCb3Lt_9Z85TmyzeFMN7JG7jxGfV7iB7q3ZBcoIhTaLYvdxPppLX4n8ESkVhtt0h/w640-h452/5%20Marcela.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TmlaCEGzAzSsdkYRaAI9SuWCPRpg1IDcst-aEZxu4PwrUHRQBdQXDljDg24cEk8cWqtY6dqzC9u_hKR0aUPdMO9UZ-skYvju-a3WhNbqsOITp2B6AiFdgWS1zDSymjj17dbv0LagGF52Pt0Ns9onxy2U6phuCfSX4lNBY8MGS9imp30yHP66_koq/s5455/6%20Marcela%20swim.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3430" data-original-width="5455" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TmlaCEGzAzSsdkYRaAI9SuWCPRpg1IDcst-aEZxu4PwrUHRQBdQXDljDg24cEk8cWqtY6dqzC9u_hKR0aUPdMO9UZ-skYvju-a3WhNbqsOITp2B6AiFdgWS1zDSymjj17dbv0LagGF52Pt0Ns9onxy2U6phuCfSX4lNBY8MGS9imp30yHP66_koq/w640-h402/6%20Marcela%20swim.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Once again Marcelle obligingly swims the river.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This happens in Africa, too, when a guide finds a lion, leopard, or cheetah. He lets other drivers from his camp know so they can bring their guests there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Occasionally, photographers ask for a couple minutes before the guide texts the spotting. Sometimes it’s granted and sometimes not. It works both ways, so usually they let the other guides know in a reasonable time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marcella swims along the river in her search for a caiman. We leave her to explore other tributaries and find some capped herons. All but one fly away and that’s enough for me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We get some good poses and shots of this unique bird.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then we race to another lagoon where two juvenile male jaguars were seen. This time we find them sleeping in dense vegetation right along the bank.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxj8ZUGWmqF-hVcBvHZBqH6rNdLRGodxei9_IDozPpPI2M0m2-4fSMdRroDLw_AmwOd8DmPtyZpHW2OozMPb5WN_FMFo5gJYI3U5fM6rWS8VxiGmH6OG_B4wJMNfeJzODxUhyphenhyphen4BRytRnMEnS7Al3CbqrVw7EwWYAlswNfw-NGIiwBI5LuCAJQohwu/s4516/jaguar,%20two%20males.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3226" data-original-width="4516" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxj8ZUGWmqF-hVcBvHZBqH6rNdLRGodxei9_IDozPpPI2M0m2-4fSMdRroDLw_AmwOd8DmPtyZpHW2OozMPb5WN_FMFo5gJYI3U5fM6rWS8VxiGmH6OG_B4wJMNfeJzODxUhyphenhyphen4BRytRnMEnS7Al3CbqrVw7EwWYAlswNfw-NGIiwBI5LuCAJQohwu/w640-h458/jaguar,%20two%20males.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The second jaguar is in the vegetation over the rump of this one in front.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During late morning, a jaguar named Ti appears in the dense vegetation and climbs down the bank to hunt. 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After about 45 minutes of following Ti, I catch her leaping for a caiman but the reptile escapes. It happens that quickly. One second they’re hunting and the next they’re leaping.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mbnQNtb60O56_fqMxCViXqrxL1P6eNLm_aP4lJikWI9KzMNrr-UIPSbwOOJhk23VKKqtXzFb_Qy76nJ5XeS8DmOszN4DD_tNAn9HWbK2BPJeAgZDJRDKBM5-hMoG2Li1VCS-JnNpEZgOQ3kuqYrNBVbi2EekJTECp1WbrRs5SV_zzJ8rykZV8Tez/s7656/18%20Ti%20leap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5104" data-original-width="7656" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mbnQNtb60O56_fqMxCViXqrxL1P6eNLm_aP4lJikWI9KzMNrr-UIPSbwOOJhk23VKKqtXzFb_Qy76nJ5XeS8DmOszN4DD_tNAn9HWbK2BPJeAgZDJRDKBM5-hMoG2Li1VCS-JnNpEZgOQ3kuqYrNBVbi2EekJTECp1WbrRs5SV_zzJ8rykZV8Tez/w640-h426/18%20Ti%20leap.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE LEAP!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So far today, we have seen five jaguars. What will this afternoon bring?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s time to head back to the hotel and a break from the hot sun. I look at a small thermometer I have attached to my photo bag and it reads in the mid-to-high 100-and-teens! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S0w3wRGJFAVtMZa-C4Lq41p5dv413V0mw3CDc-0YdkJDZwQ61A7Y7IHtmHQlWHh9qO57HBpFr8eQg3xyqBWvDAJ83PlSyMefllxwvc0s3yb-U9lED5QEEl1-qJxcLJqbkiHg11_sh7yEWqbdiOBwJztSmKyP7lJYEfgh7nF0xzgYsjQ6Y0oxnTCi/s2885/21%20so.%20screamers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="2885" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S0w3wRGJFAVtMZa-C4Lq41p5dv413V0mw3CDc-0YdkJDZwQ61A7Y7IHtmHQlWHh9qO57HBpFr8eQg3xyqBWvDAJ83PlSyMefllxwvc0s3yb-U9lED5QEEl1-qJxcLJqbkiHg11_sh7yEWqbdiOBwJztSmKyP7lJYEfgh7nF0xzgYsjQ6Y0oxnTCi/w640-h458/21%20so.%20screamers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of Southern Screamers</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Can’t be, I think, though I do think it’s the hottest day yet and I am wiped out by the time we get back. I leave my photo bag with its little thermometer outside on a chair in the shade, sans cameras, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I check the temperature after a while. It still reads over 110. I bring it in and check it against the air-conditioned room. It still agrees with that temperature.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-69449661544204101582023-12-26T14:47:00.003-09:002023-12-26T14:47:49.133-09:00The Misadventures of Me and How was Your Christmas Weekend?<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I had to pinpoint exactly when the trouble began, I would state unequivocally it started when I woke up late Saturday evening, looked at the clock, and realized the electricity was out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not again, I muttered, and went back to sleep. Sunday about 5 AM, I woke up again. Still no power. The house was getting cool and I decided I would stay in my nice cozy, warm bed until daylight and damn the torpedoes. Daylight, this time of year, is around 9:30.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I got up just before ten and wanted a warm breakfast in my 59-degree house before I tackled the no-electricty chores. No power means no microwave unless I braved the cold and started the generator and I wasn’t ready to tackle that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, I boiled some water for tea and then got out the frying pans and lit two burners—one for eggs and one for a pre-cooked patty sausage that was frozen and needed to be thawed/warmed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After eating, I went to the garage to put on some warm clothes so I could shovel a path to the generator through a new 16-inch snow dump, but a smoke alarm was beeping at me for no apparent reason other than to annoy me. I tried waving a broom under the alarm, but that didn’t do anything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was located right over my truck and I could not reach it unless I pulled the truck out of the garage. In order to do that, I had to disconnect the electric door opener and raise the door manually. It sounds easier than it was. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhyphenhyphenyys5jNkO-0eJxildlkm9aowvk0pjkLgEbjcbZVLU0YFeT9SIxPglyD_P7q4xx_7BD-px1nxbW9Xy8QdgPhEkoxvTO2GHMbRGv79pNvBC17fHlxDMdGzl3PaxtTOZ401i1IBcwJNvijg_wdQbef4-Jp6KAT7xp6Adhk2ZamceOFSTOmHC1AcGrS/s4608/garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhyphenhyphenyys5jNkO-0eJxildlkm9aowvk0pjkLgEbjcbZVLU0YFeT9SIxPglyD_P7q4xx_7BD-px1nxbW9Xy8QdgPhEkoxvTO2GHMbRGv79pNvBC17fHlxDMdGzl3PaxtTOZ401i1IBcwJNvijg_wdQbef4-Jp6KAT7xp6Adhk2ZamceOFSTOmHC1AcGrS/w640-h480/garage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My garage is more full than usual this winter. In addition to my truck and mini-van, a four-wheeler and the John Deere riding lawn tractor are stored inside. It make getting around difficult.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember, when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong in an-ever-increasing continuum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could not reach the cord to disconnect the opener drive. I hauled a ladder over and still couldn’t reach the cord. I employed a broom to bring the cord closer and yanked on it when I caught it. Then I lifted that heavy door, employing a push broom to get the door high enough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw3pdulkoA_SCcoXUvF3rpt2bgIbw8MCTXKF8GLcpy_5cnryqpA8c4Hg05SKiRB13FRPVDprXt5WK6sbsKwUkCGqJ4RjM638rGbuy5BxUCK6soJEdyXX0mBzAxy5SSg-Ohti__ZJyHP190AQOfZuXHZob44Sui3-Zhjm75j4qjJoTNQUxdQfa2Vn2/s4608/garage%20alarm-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw3pdulkoA_SCcoXUvF3rpt2bgIbw8MCTXKF8GLcpy_5cnryqpA8c4Hg05SKiRB13FRPVDprXt5WK6sbsKwUkCGqJ4RjM638rGbuy5BxUCK6soJEdyXX0mBzAxy5SSg-Ohti__ZJyHP190AQOfZuXHZob44Sui3-Zhjm75j4qjJoTNQUxdQfa2Vn2/w480-h640/garage%20alarm-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yanking on this red cord detaches the drive that opens the door so the door can be lifted manually when the power is out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I pulled the truck out into the 16” of new snow and went back in to deal with smoke alarm, which was beginning to really annoy me. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Climbing the ladder, I was able to reach the garage door and pull it down. I moved the ladder over to below the alarm and tried to shut it off. Apparently just opening the door and getting fresh air was enough because it stopped beeping. That was just before I was going to yank it out by its roots.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMhS-vevHhwpa2txAJMXekBtz-iwvswt8hMzjruZDbEaKZI3iA1p8DNnGvLVVey-3-OrDe7ojQ0YXnN0uf4CPgBfGWBfPQWK0WDo5Tj5CcVScLN8BqzPwo9PeWYtMQ2M9zoKwomB60SRS5oNMw3y7vBB55UzzL56VI93aho8JbVZvRXLM2MJcWxT7/s4608/garage%20alarm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMhS-vevHhwpa2txAJMXekBtz-iwvswt8hMzjruZDbEaKZI3iA1p8DNnGvLVVey-3-OrDe7ojQ0YXnN0uf4CPgBfGWBfPQWK0WDo5Tj5CcVScLN8BqzPwo9PeWYtMQ2M9zoKwomB60SRS5oNMw3y7vBB55UzzL56VI93aho8JbVZvRXLM2MJcWxT7/w640-h480/garage%20alarm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smoke alarm is hanging by its roots right next to the orange cord.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donning some warm clothes, I grabbed the shovel and went out to clear a path to the generator. I started it, went back in the garage and tried to manually set the transfer switch which would bring electricty to the parts of the house that are wired to the generator. The automatic transfer switch quit working some time ago and now I have a little lever that I use to pull down on the switch. Well, when I did that, a piece of the switch broke off and the little lever was now useless.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, now what? Screwdriver—multi-purpose tool. Carefully, and hoping I didn’t get electrocuted, I managed to get the switch levered down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now it was time to put the truck back in the garage so I moved the two ladders out of the way and manually opened the garage door. For the life of me, I could NOT get the truck backed in <i>correctly.</i> In and out, all the while letting cold air into the garage which feeds cold air into the house, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At length, I managed to catch the right-side mirror on the garage opening and break it. Got the truck in and inspected the damage. I will need a whole new assembly. In the meantime, the whole thing is wrapped in a bungee cord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Used a ladder to reach that damn garage door and pull it down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I went upstairs and went back to bed. I read by “Kindlelight “until I fell asleep for a long nap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That was my Christmas Eve day. Hope yours was better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">PS: An avalanche closed the highway from late morning on the 24<sup>th</sup> until early evening. The power stayed out all Christmas Eve day and night, as well as all Christmas Day until about 8 PM while the temperature plummeted to 6 degrees below zero. Today, it’s a brisk 16 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBi-yf8v8-3cbayJVvNZ50WDBS9gA7kD1geOiSmo9XnjqDNGnQxFJCfvvNFqp73QS0ZSA6utT8__vbcFl5tw6b4ekRChs6P-ehk3A4m8qnSvqoG6YV5J-AmR7Mt8x28tL2zj2hu_I2hsyL2IBw9xd-jAkX7w9yaQjrrJ5oT9DAixiM7olzddXsSq3/s3789/tree%20mtn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="2842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBi-yf8v8-3cbayJVvNZ50WDBS9gA7kD1geOiSmo9XnjqDNGnQxFJCfvvNFqp73QS0ZSA6utT8__vbcFl5tw6b4ekRChs6P-ehk3A4m8qnSvqoG6YV5J-AmR7Mt8x28tL2zj2hu_I2hsyL2IBw9xd-jAkX7w9yaQjrrJ5oT9DAixiM7olzddXsSq3/w480-h640/tree%20mtn.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lights on this tree were not illuminated all weekend.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-28963756053127659562023-12-25T20:43:00.002-09:002023-12-25T20:43:28.456-09:00A Longer Interlude than Expected<p> The interlude lasted longer than expected for a couple reasons, the foremost being a huge dump of snow that knocked out electricity to this valley--but only in one small area that included me.</p><p>We had 8 to ten inches of snow Friday, then 16 inches Saturday. I think. I am getting the days mixed up.I have never seen this much snow so early in the winter. Seven feet? Eight feet? Who knows anymore. There are giant piles in my yards and I think I'll open a ski resort.</p><p>Anyway, no electricity all Christmas Eve day and no electricity Christmas Day until about 8 PM. In addition, the temperature started going down today and it's already minus 6 F., but at least the things that keep other things from freezing are working now.</p><p>That's a big WHEW!</p><p>Now it's time to recover and get back to the Brazil Journals. Haven't been able to work on them because there's no computer, no Internet, no nothing when there's no power.</p><p>I don't feel very Christmasy right now but I hope yours was wonderful and a darned sight more relaxing than mine.</p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-67924996975705938252023-12-23T20:15:00.002-09:002023-12-23T20:15:40.742-09:00Brief Interlude continued<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> The forecast called for a change in the weather that threatened to ruin the feathery, frosted tree branches that transformed this area, so I grabbed my camera and headed the seven miles into Moose Pass to get some shots there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGre59d-rPbM-FCrNc4qekh-RyYM8Qf2YHMoA2i71Eb09QqoAAQp9mvl4l9up7_jT7hHy8tAlQfeGZNO6xbi-ROYF9XZNnACFBkMrl7pTZKZCHnasVPftJVLBYBZBo7Fmftrveeg_GBtsmSmkryTPM5BaHa_8THiozI4dUYh26UTMgU__rlmi1z16L/s2713/mi%2035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="2713" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGre59d-rPbM-FCrNc4qekh-RyYM8Qf2YHMoA2i71Eb09QqoAAQp9mvl4l9up7_jT7hHy8tAlQfeGZNO6xbi-ROYF9XZNnACFBkMrl7pTZKZCHnasVPftJVLBYBZBo7Fmftrveeg_GBtsmSmkryTPM5BaHa_8THiozI4dUYh26UTMgU__rlmi1z16L/w640-h458/mi%2035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mid afternoon is late to be taking photos in December.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Driving past Trail Lake.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhheQILEL4tb3hUtQNeB76QkNm2GrMpjelkDAh3vLRc_gF-z7i6l2HzdyOdmPsxpMM8PtjskdX2JNejwy2oaF5cdqCYfTCnQ8-mLRwHpRQk2sLZKO8d1ow4EDq5dVfNgSP4YPti2ODyM3NfzvmywXD3Ts23lY9D4y5ISgRbyyRF4ZF1GqocyTBhOCK/s4404/TraIL%20lake-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="4404" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhheQILEL4tb3hUtQNeB76QkNm2GrMpjelkDAh3vLRc_gF-z7i6l2HzdyOdmPsxpMM8PtjskdX2JNejwy2oaF5cdqCYfTCnQ8-mLRwHpRQk2sLZKO8d1ow4EDq5dVfNgSP4YPti2ODyM3NfzvmywXD3Ts23lY9D4y5ISgRbyyRF4ZF1GqocyTBhOCK/w640-h384/TraIL%20lake-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know the original use for this little building, but I sure like the looks of it.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZA3e9v8VgLJKgk-192ZsZ-zglCdUZh-pSgoHjRvi5aodG8dtiskTCVu233foz9H7oE9zoSGdma4NrJUZaSyxKMkr7O-YvXRcGhXjSvbLiUJIpDTx87HnGUjcrz70cWcY_VH79w_6OUVKpTG051Cl31wDrKViNJRCD_S0WdaWnH36iVTM5MO7x2Nj/s3356/condits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3356" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZA3e9v8VgLJKgk-192ZsZ-zglCdUZh-pSgoHjRvi5aodG8dtiskTCVu233foz9H7oE9zoSGdma4NrJUZaSyxKMkr7O-YvXRcGhXjSvbLiUJIpDTx87HnGUjcrz70cWcY_VH79w_6OUVKpTG051Cl31wDrKViNJRCD_S0WdaWnH36iVTM5MO7x2Nj/w640-h514/condits.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And the official greeting sign.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR2cxFqPd6Rp882QABVquA4eZU0rhJesqll9A00K8qPuhZyuaLgEq_gvGjEbaEpj7LA7pvm7ajwC0I40DtUGfgJ2ZrPzurC9tXR81KXzHYOajQTGen0n7j2VhEz3HOEoaeAaR7FcbsGudq8WJ79lvLBufKtwI-9n_Q_jnYgoeDSk0fGGEfINtiRaG/s2618/sign%20Dec%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2618" data-original-width="1964" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR2cxFqPd6Rp882QABVquA4eZU0rhJesqll9A00K8qPuhZyuaLgEq_gvGjEbaEpj7LA7pvm7ajwC0I40DtUGfgJ2ZrPzurC9tXR81KXzHYOajQTGen0n7j2VhEz3HOEoaeAaR7FcbsGudq8WJ79lvLBufKtwI-9n_Q_jnYgoeDSk0fGGEfINtiRaG/w480-h640/sign%20Dec%2022.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The town Christmas tree.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhWorN2XSdIx2p6fPqP_I_159hWFecS1CBdVgs5MuK6JHZZRWfogaNApBstVB-gDYoUMqRXrCKJFoNnOgbRE3tFSkNyE2ruDlzioGxhQFbD97Di7igH8tx4p9SoSsRU4gSp8XjpPNNJxchXvMcI4QMZOjkaGfqx6nxe-uZsY-n4hQZORtADZCQpL1/s4355/town%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4355" data-original-width="3019" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhWorN2XSdIx2p6fPqP_I_159hWFecS1CBdVgs5MuK6JHZZRWfogaNApBstVB-gDYoUMqRXrCKJFoNnOgbRE3tFSkNyE2ruDlzioGxhQFbD97Di7igH8tx4p9SoSsRU4gSp8XjpPNNJxchXvMcI4QMZOjkaGfqx6nxe-uZsY-n4hQZORtADZCQpL1/w444-h640/town%20tree.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One of, if not the oldest buildings in town is the iconic Estes Bros store. It's almost a 100 years old.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If the state highway design engineers get their way, it will be demolished to make way for highway improvements. The store pre-dates the highway that is threatening to destroy it.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4549" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YyKEFzWq2rQJ-Ck_cjkaOc4j-1CxYHxuiECLuKUrfSDeP5WbFsfvsTsQuNCZA0Vw2uANtet2H5CxlO4iYuggP5CKKt8OUtoQM-qK4-p-b5vdDSUJNCQ-KkBBaD9e04Pt1lp9cEMFCdAj18nJZYYIxKvZaETlbYJsf4jcPCXF1w-TL7e66AXtxzJA/w640-h450/store-2.jpg" width="640" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A closer look.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvX7CQY1PRNGsdIWQGWJ-QtheiN60pdPC7IMDVydSVMRZX4pr2IFskp_BBBPx94ehOQHSQ2TtVlHiUN18LsgNXNsmI8_uE5G1QAtN3LQ-vCENr1E1ux26fnCZgQ71cxNSJUOQACt6aOg2NvqYyHHl38KmoX1AMnaESgWXrERvQv2LS_04UVOc3hal/s4274/store.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="4274" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvX7CQY1PRNGsdIWQGWJ-QtheiN60pdPC7IMDVydSVMRZX4pr2IFskp_BBBPx94ehOQHSQ2TtVlHiUN18LsgNXNsmI8_uE5G1QAtN3LQ-vCENr1E1ux26fnCZgQ71cxNSJUOQACt6aOg2NvqYyHHl38KmoX1AMnaESgWXrERvQv2LS_04UVOc3hal/w640-h426/store.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then there's a lodge that has been here since the 1950s. First called the Jockey Club, it is now called Trail Lake Lodge.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGxEyJZPO3xBSdCqQJdG6DwdWOW3IWsd2ul3kh3NkXg5GmliPQ6-pzpTN2ZfIOhX0vfhKwcyi6ObqyGhWi_wuG5OgSXpSdSH64Cm5rJ8guxJ0ET6uBbuIdl46yINxICLRLTtlIl_4XBd3hJ7vmVFoyKtgVso0Jf7fvjkSByTmDe3Tl1dQJhxXoYpZ/s4008/lodge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="4008" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGxEyJZPO3xBSdCqQJdG6DwdWOW3IWsd2ul3kh3NkXg5GmliPQ6-pzpTN2ZfIOhX0vfhKwcyi6ObqyGhWi_wuG5OgSXpSdSH64Cm5rJ8guxJ0ET6uBbuIdl46yINxICLRLTtlIl_4XBd3hJ7vmVFoyKtgVso0Jf7fvjkSByTmDe3Tl1dQJhxXoYpZ/w640-h426/lodge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Across from the lodge is the community hall/library.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcUUffYB59JkzkTcIif_Xxd335P-S-YoxGKrYJ5nXMmqsnwb_zOj1uNGJUFRDkPWUWAYKvTvXSnaV0bva02SDliq1cxhVHa7ZgxGwFRZk6yLqQ5cUsAFD9z1Q62kxwFszzyt1xH_o_h3VnaZ-5xTmXXeaE02PE3UcJxc5BZdjU3G5ahUR4aVrxULU/s3667/hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2577" data-original-width="3667" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcUUffYB59JkzkTcIif_Xxd335P-S-YoxGKrYJ5nXMmqsnwb_zOj1uNGJUFRDkPWUWAYKvTvXSnaV0bva02SDliq1cxhVHa7ZgxGwFRZk6yLqQ5cUsAFD9z1Q62kxwFszzyt1xH_o_h3VnaZ-5xTmXXeaE02PE3UcJxc5BZdjU3G5ahUR4aVrxULU/w640-h450/hall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And the Methodist church.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYUKGil_u9vs1pmakawXYQ8_iDBsKwivz21BF1UFTMHvoU8GxgMvS0KTgBLxB0S6KjsF5-UljO_UAQdLzQkbHb28u9up8IDX2qCQQAUamWHQjww8yviCENpOCPmSW5DYMLz9ai91RVXh0IFqQ4hw1bIa_UEx0NA-0FctV5YE4RlhNTyAESUylp-Cp/s4218/church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2809" data-original-width="4218" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYUKGil_u9vs1pmakawXYQ8_iDBsKwivz21BF1UFTMHvoU8GxgMvS0KTgBLxB0S6KjsF5-UljO_UAQdLzQkbHb28u9up8IDX2qCQQAUamWHQjww8yviCENpOCPmSW5DYMLz9ai91RVXh0IFqQ4hw1bIa_UEx0NA-0FctV5YE4RlhNTyAESUylp-Cp/w640-h426/church.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Down the road is the Alaska Railroad siding with a snowplow parked and ready.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthVX88T41FZIMp5KQQcPJwkSBTnNepzFsKxLBrZmwMcp-fmdO5yEE3AeKYdfHUUL2do3ogBH0iMTxV_zmU9TDRqS8nsGZMdnXoKlCsCBmdhlzdI75K9jxWxHP2jJP3qRY-Cg0j-Dg8ngAgTIT-Ze2UYAXMnjo1lFvXdSim1WFn7AQDmH-PE3N1ZDq/s3178/ARR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="3178" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthVX88T41FZIMp5KQQcPJwkSBTnNepzFsKxLBrZmwMcp-fmdO5yEE3AeKYdfHUUL2do3ogBH0iMTxV_zmU9TDRqS8nsGZMdnXoKlCsCBmdhlzdI75K9jxWxHP2jJP3qRY-Cg0j-Dg8ngAgTIT-Ze2UYAXMnjo1lFvXdSim1WFn7AQDmH-PE3N1ZDq/w640-h442/ARR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The post office.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXrppN2LK39S9Nl5HJHofKFqn7kGLfxX7MHaRVnTL_ECX00TAZ8IXW9OWjiRT_IEzztN7P7bIsZsqjYvRXIerldz1YN93wju0AW6_ZENM0DOHeZQBa_i8zO4oxE0NNF9tsQYxOLbU71wr-Y83J5oR-WUEc793tCoZyLAocyDe0Y862bkrDd1ZDwhJ/s2649/post%20office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2183" data-original-width="2649" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXrppN2LK39S9Nl5HJHofKFqn7kGLfxX7MHaRVnTL_ECX00TAZ8IXW9OWjiRT_IEzztN7P7bIsZsqjYvRXIerldz1YN93wju0AW6_ZENM0DOHeZQBa_i8zO4oxE0NNF9tsQYxOLbU71wr-Y83J5oR-WUEc793tCoZyLAocyDe0Y862bkrDd1ZDwhJ/w640-h528/post%20office.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">On the way out of town, one of the prettiest homes in downtown.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzWDDk_lcF2_9jC4eAuY24SKy_KnPsk50LeH3qscNAiRB2MCO6o_w-2g1Fhx9QwzxpdSqJJLyFFHd1dG_BeM5TIWc00RZ_pKtyckkN9HmSLBXJxEjP5h_bXj7RvNZrwMgxB57RvlwBx33a65vBhl2miNh4sCdoCWYa6bNWg3UYgDIKouFpgwvP7Um/s4576/kathy's.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="4576" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzWDDk_lcF2_9jC4eAuY24SKy_KnPsk50LeH3qscNAiRB2MCO6o_w-2g1Fhx9QwzxpdSqJJLyFFHd1dG_BeM5TIWc00RZ_pKtyckkN9HmSLBXJxEjP5h_bXj7RvNZrwMgxB57RvlwBx33a65vBhl2miNh4sCdoCWYa6bNWg3UYgDIKouFpgwvP7Um/w640-h432/kathy's.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Another iconic building is the old Moose Pass Inn, scheduled for demolition because of its advanced state of deterioration.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDkFv18BzRTvs3WNqev9qBLa9GWvMmJbxkzVENOIXi9rT3Xk-lE3OT8isSKHCa3gFEno3zw04QTZMg8o7YACh3BmbDIpGc3o3Lj9D_8snp6CSr7O0q7AvKytWiYuCmtRFLz17g5T9FgMeS_kJ-AyvSd-CROUONE__Huih86kghFdyn_FEqzJ_L457/s3783/Inn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="3783" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDkFv18BzRTvs3WNqev9qBLa9GWvMmJbxkzVENOIXi9rT3Xk-lE3OT8isSKHCa3gFEno3zw04QTZMg8o7YACh3BmbDIpGc3o3Lj9D_8snp6CSr7O0q7AvKytWiYuCmtRFLz17g5T9FgMeS_kJ-AyvSd-CROUONE__Huih86kghFdyn_FEqzJ_L457/w640-h492/Inn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trail Lake again from the other angle.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhQBJ-Pt1_BqpeI6gWwTjcWBCDXbfeY1Py6xc0XeHITaP3zMAcR9SwZRO1DKnNJLMvtZdY81upTUkdT-zgwyNC6dF8tZSffoW6PG1OolzLoS3uX_FT-XfYNt-sUbm1I8t6WyXEVNbKkWPVkh-bn7ivQhqJcHlpvgWSeK-ZGZHAmWgW0PJ9G8S3j2d/s3781/TraIL%20lake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="3781" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhQBJ-Pt1_BqpeI6gWwTjcWBCDXbfeY1Py6xc0XeHITaP3zMAcR9SwZRO1DKnNJLMvtZdY81upTUkdT-zgwyNC6dF8tZSffoW6PG1OolzLoS3uX_FT-XfYNt-sUbm1I8t6WyXEVNbKkWPVkh-bn7ivQhqJcHlpvgWSeK-ZGZHAmWgW0PJ9G8S3j2d/w640-h458/TraIL%20lake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p>And back out the Seward highway.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eU6sX8qtoSpvrKBzNDuH4AHZi8ZoCl_ID5ufpm8iJnEZ0acXHDl-Zi1i_Vaf8Z5bWhJTZNgFekClZuKPAxeZZQUyWiDKqkcsWW87NxkuUYB-XHKvjmv7q8X5wKN5HKQgLtbk6c6LdhVCTzCN9YEACBVHUUfyQs1_sfW1NfW9DNbOPBr_CfYUiDLc/s4800/Mi%2035-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eU6sX8qtoSpvrKBzNDuH4AHZi8ZoCl_ID5ufpm8iJnEZ0acXHDl-Zi1i_Vaf8Z5bWhJTZNgFekClZuKPAxeZZQUyWiDKqkcsWW87NxkuUYB-XHKvjmv7q8X5wKN5HKQgLtbk6c6LdhVCTzCN9YEACBVHUUfyQs1_sfW1NfW9DNbOPBr_CfYUiDLc/w640-h426/Mi%2035-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoyed a brief tour of a snowy Moose Pass.</span></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-60913333054582244252023-12-22T11:14:00.004-09:002023-12-22T17:18:15.103-09:00A Brief Interlude<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> While I write the story of the day we saw seven jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal and prepare the photos that go with this remarkable day, I want to show you what things look like around here this snowy December.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It began several weeks ago with a three-foot snowfall. Along with that snowfall came a two-day power outage due to trees falling onto transmission lines.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavvbuwiL5vDKeZf4CsDuMHOWt8EAFAApotfCbuQFE3Nel2sdA_uOg1sg_kP4A6jB7NbqQPUSscltWhAAOWJE-h88OZUAsFdyanJ7ajjqGJhurd1R_KlyxfTtXT2icEqmvhi9IzgzqgvXUQ-yHbtT8O4OPibzfOuN_ZOmfogpXTSt5b1j917RlwOTD/s4032/rails%20Thurs%20am-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavvbuwiL5vDKeZf4CsDuMHOWt8EAFAApotfCbuQFE3Nel2sdA_uOg1sg_kP4A6jB7NbqQPUSscltWhAAOWJE-h88OZUAsFdyanJ7ajjqGJhurd1R_KlyxfTtXT2icEqmvhi9IzgzqgvXUQ-yHbtT8O4OPibzfOuN_ZOmfogpXTSt5b1j917RlwOTD/w640-h480/rails%20Thurs%20am-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Snow level on the deck is almost as high as. the rails.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgDs0xFKPfDnvtxNVbdQEMxP5mcC4OnqIoMGEtbCMwElx5327XH7J27b77J-GrOT7OgsPUaYE0muAg_3OaQSEYCUUgUtft0UyLJ9wGHPkvu7_IiR7QsNsjGmTKJ501BPXMTIqu47NTeHkSvooM0ABj8YP5nS8BC6GuT3QPPVDHjgbGVPtVmwB6FL9/s4032/jay-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgDs0xFKPfDnvtxNVbdQEMxP5mcC4OnqIoMGEtbCMwElx5327XH7J27b77J-GrOT7OgsPUaYE0muAg_3OaQSEYCUUgUtft0UyLJ9wGHPkvu7_IiR7QsNsjGmTKJ501BPXMTIqu47NTeHkSvooM0ABj8YP5nS8BC6GuT3QPPVDHjgbGVPtVmwB6FL9/w640-h480/jay-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Took me a couple days to get rid of all this snow so I could fill the bird feeders.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Qps0A2zj4dtQxnr_FYRyW3i6BqVmZJsgwReMtKhnw48KbWTapSbNcmEJKR7j3tB_xCwm9ZIxMOSOLKOM-7ity8rEgCTaKUT7Hbo-tnIp9aik31pB9iM6YsMwIAwwJOCblJd7neOZCOdoM7mWlAc9QgcR96Og21bQb3PJmXVRhoaWcxvvYGXvRgw/s4032/jay-8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Qps0A2zj4dtQxnr_FYRyW3i6BqVmZJsgwReMtKhnw48KbWTapSbNcmEJKR7j3tB_xCwm9ZIxMOSOLKOM-7ity8rEgCTaKUT7Hbo-tnIp9aik31pB9iM6YsMwIAwwJOCblJd7neOZCOdoM7mWlAc9QgcR96Og21bQb3PJmXVRhoaWcxvvYGXvRgw/w640-h480/jay-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Those orange markers are 42" high.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcC2WDu-z1nKoH4zDP397l1R5R8ZRS3xelZzKC_3P813dJ5WMBuf1Yz8Eeuc2kGRWeW-78ap0qQHU-SjchJeCZ-Qp3QaVm-cRyKx_Rpkdbla4gH7to63RzE35Owme_PLh5Giv-pnJ6w8z4p7yr6N5SeOsLGdl2duV-hEFxyeIPk1UeK76Hku6QQS8/s4032/jay-10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcC2WDu-z1nKoH4zDP397l1R5R8ZRS3xelZzKC_3P813dJ5WMBuf1Yz8Eeuc2kGRWeW-78ap0qQHU-SjchJeCZ-Qp3QaVm-cRyKx_Rpkdbla4gH7to63RzE35Owme_PLh5Giv-pnJ6w8z4p7yr6N5SeOsLGdl2duV-hEFxyeIPk1UeK76Hku6QQS8/w640-h480/jay-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Where to put all that snow?</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYaSv5F2trQiSqYsiNHpRJcIqx85UF86PtPsH0vuPaERfSIlB0EEfbGS1harLyGc8afqrLtjjWEKr6j48IT0BtfAsZDtBn4Up3mwRtbpXmIozNZmxjVMchDFvEeDD8Nkck4qXl8UkTdLljjO__mV1v_drBwyKjgfjMR4FbFNdU3V3JZd9Nz6-8B4g/s3918/rails%20Thurs%20am-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3918" data-original-width="2938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYaSv5F2trQiSqYsiNHpRJcIqx85UF86PtPsH0vuPaERfSIlB0EEfbGS1harLyGc8afqrLtjjWEKr6j48IT0BtfAsZDtBn4Up3mwRtbpXmIozNZmxjVMchDFvEeDD8Nkck4qXl8UkTdLljjO__mV1v_drBwyKjgfjMR4FbFNdU3V3JZd9Nz6-8B4g/w480-h640/rails%20Thurs%20am-6.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanksgiving cactus bursting into bloom.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After we dug ourselves out from that, a warm front moved in, along with wind, and knocked all the snow off the trees. However, that same storm dropped wet snow that froze onto the tree branches, and everything else, and once again the trees looked like they were flocked.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was different, though. That frozen base could not be knocked off by the weight of more snow. A couple more storms brought more powder snow and <i>viola! </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-n8PxlxihPNVjaFvdOgp0qeMlbxGgZfge2g_idzrjEydj5O6XAK52WaCMaEloRchBbjaOIGSel8Yb6AHK_grDZcfOGmkjguaiw73n9Lp0VgAADG3qM4r9sVuaOn1HXB30kgw7s29pPzEpsVraXcBF9i1Esdbcv9yIY0BIKjS48VATNhDsIH1e_Bq2/s2283/chickadee.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2283" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-n8PxlxihPNVjaFvdOgp0qeMlbxGgZfge2g_idzrjEydj5O6XAK52WaCMaEloRchBbjaOIGSel8Yb6AHK_grDZcfOGmkjguaiw73n9Lp0VgAADG3qM4r9sVuaOn1HXB30kgw7s29pPzEpsVraXcBF9i1Esdbcv9yIY0BIKjS48VATNhDsIH1e_Bq2/w640-h480/chickadee.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Black-capped chickadee.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nOP5waTsQpzqHD5g_OuUEOQHNJZjxDrkhMeT0_wB2WGOiIlrEk3rRc2s3az1rM33IGa2RteVLwigDfsGJDF2ctu8_MvRFwFs5QgAiwby_No3mmS5OEF2MDZCUfY59QogsTrSaDPMxMkkX9xkWuXCgF7bHPXbXzDuCPFGGOqLDMBHr-glMZfpsgUx/s3611/downy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="3611" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nOP5waTsQpzqHD5g_OuUEOQHNJZjxDrkhMeT0_wB2WGOiIlrEk3rRc2s3az1rM33IGa2RteVLwigDfsGJDF2ctu8_MvRFwFs5QgAiwby_No3mmS5OEF2MDZCUfY59QogsTrSaDPMxMkkX9xkWuXCgF7bHPXbXzDuCPFGGOqLDMBHr-glMZfpsgUx/w640-h460/downy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Downy Woodpecker at the suet block.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazXNFA5sbGxg08Scwj6nt179Xp9WRgfCKY2VlKVKqsU7LGks-WP38d0A8CN2xcQiBJI579KqNspCBvmG9398S6EMFYj9Zh8uMNz4Zz6ekFgEgqG8fNfsD0pwJ66tavWpgfLWNH0hu9RIRtT1IcilalFLCa2P0rwUQi_DiqNJLH3aqcyTKyJKrkBjC/s3955/jay%20peanut%20butter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="3955" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazXNFA5sbGxg08Scwj6nt179Xp9WRgfCKY2VlKVKqsU7LGks-WP38d0A8CN2xcQiBJI579KqNspCBvmG9398S6EMFYj9Zh8uMNz4Zz6ekFgEgqG8fNfsD0pwJ66tavWpgfLWNH0hu9RIRtT1IcilalFLCa2P0rwUQi_DiqNJLH3aqcyTKyJKrkBjC/w640-h518/jay%20peanut%20butter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Steller's jay with a mouthful of peanut butter.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt5I2Yd2iMDzrgP4iW7ioAAWVtAR5xOJ6-tpz9J6Eoat7oFlrPBe6QDsTkQicZwhHFK9V6Xno7mb-e3d85WZfAEflztspo9NjshDsUi1R6Ah7KKQJSN4H9AHWQFRnE3mrzGvjGSS6cMVhNtinQeSd5GF8HdwmS9UltQUaTocVmRL8zkwKTONZIPIT/s3918/grosbeak-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="3918" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt5I2Yd2iMDzrgP4iW7ioAAWVtAR5xOJ6-tpz9J6Eoat7oFlrPBe6QDsTkQicZwhHFK9V6Xno7mb-e3d85WZfAEflztspo9NjshDsUi1R6Ah7KKQJSN4H9AHWQFRnE3mrzGvjGSS6cMVhNtinQeSd5GF8HdwmS9UltQUaTocVmRL8zkwKTONZIPIT/w640-h458/grosbeak-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pine grosbeak. I was a little concerned that she was here by herself for several days.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_suzDBSpIRL7kQhS-c98o2z1Iymsag8y2TaCGWIsvY29quQB5E2reT0gPoWNBWmtobHOpOONSfIEzHZUrChfEpHKCItALwOWYickoJAelnIpJzNorFlzP4kPPTAoZF7Dou77lVIdLDA2zui0iNdEz3l5DJEoCbWxfrNb65MqiSfCc_Uu9cZdi4K_S/s3783/grosbeaks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="3783" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_suzDBSpIRL7kQhS-c98o2z1Iymsag8y2TaCGWIsvY29quQB5E2reT0gPoWNBWmtobHOpOONSfIEzHZUrChfEpHKCItALwOWYickoJAelnIpJzNorFlzP4kPPTAoZF7Dou77lVIdLDA2zui0iNdEz3l5DJEoCbWxfrNb65MqiSfCc_Uu9cZdi4K_S/w640-h458/grosbeaks.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Then a flock of five came by and I thought she'd leave with them. But no. One stayed WITH HER!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU4TTBDslhmrBZCG1SWOMLvRejbTC_bNE5I8C9YIvXgHATcW2uAkCWy5VZLpcJ6Amdec9-v_s9uB6TqxhXsANtjWKUh2mQTOfCM9hQN4Xyy03DiciuBD-y7ZYWnjHiZ4WqmKrwE6k94fvaRNLZEmrFMEs7Y7dtqBuhh5t3KdKt6cH8WEqAdv2tEZI/s3457/Hairy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2649" data-original-width="3457" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU4TTBDslhmrBZCG1SWOMLvRejbTC_bNE5I8C9YIvXgHATcW2uAkCWy5VZLpcJ6Amdec9-v_s9uB6TqxhXsANtjWKUh2mQTOfCM9hQN4Xyy03DiciuBD-y7ZYWnjHiZ4WqmKrwE6k94fvaRNLZEmrFMEs7Y7dtqBuhh5t3KdKt6cH8WEqAdv2tEZI/w640-h490/Hairy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hairy woodpecker, larger than the Downy woodpeckers.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTJcqKm12CQ-CbiwV6RjTkg7V-oyYsXKU9RPnXVqCYwOFgthLW6bG_vVw55SwKvIB7Da5sG-lJbinYlXCEEDb4qI4iE0ukDgn2wDvnpKjHkdP0DjTI3DeXO1zx1oUsiQmrPVMsF0jVtnhEILghJ0wAicDfPVtulOsBPyX2Vn5ZfaLHwL2MR3FoOX7/s4800/hse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTJcqKm12CQ-CbiwV6RjTkg7V-oyYsXKU9RPnXVqCYwOFgthLW6bG_vVw55SwKvIB7Da5sG-lJbinYlXCEEDb4qI4iE0ukDgn2wDvnpKjHkdP0DjTI3DeXO1zx1oUsiQmrPVMsF0jVtnhEILghJ0wAicDfPVtulOsBPyX2Vn5ZfaLHwL2MR3FoOX7/w640-h426/hse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We now have a beautiful snow-covered landscape. I've been out taking photos around the area to commemorate the occasion.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGNctVKXLmsUF9DA7chpoC-0SxkLe9cDr5TIOfE2DIcld37Ps1-QigZIVlRX_-Mzs11ObRzTaZsui6_vnYe7HKGXMXiUNWWvZzXBeTRf7oS6HZQvaSbYlQn20kE4qL_7WarOi03s3xUTSez6rfwEbhG_vuFaV96ULcSH52S2CLj-JYb1Kyv3MCsOg/s4480/mountains-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4480" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGNctVKXLmsUF9DA7chpoC-0SxkLe9cDr5TIOfE2DIcld37Ps1-QigZIVlRX_-Mzs11ObRzTaZsui6_vnYe7HKGXMXiUNWWvZzXBeTRf7oS6HZQvaSbYlQn20kE4qL_7WarOi03s3xUTSez6rfwEbhG_vuFaV96ULcSH52S2CLj-JYb1Kyv3MCsOg/w640-h458/mountains-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Look how low the phone lines are hanging.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC3Ia7A0cwLHejNiiNTe1q7W_BBCVxXzg-T4rYhOoq5MSoMGBUlkizJFBgn1430GZ1AqHoHJMk1sfwQ81KL_uZnMuqy5an1blop2BNGGiaRWceFDb0efFmY5iDDCvh1sZdnPaLxRqgGS285hkk1_lG5PFc3ruKV0fQzZA1crmGjLw9d9Ag2s2lAJ7/s3877/%20TL%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="3877" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC3Ia7A0cwLHejNiiNTe1q7W_BBCVxXzg-T4rYhOoq5MSoMGBUlkizJFBgn1430GZ1AqHoHJMk1sfwQ81KL_uZnMuqy5an1blop2BNGGiaRWceFDb0efFmY5iDDCvh1sZdnPaLxRqgGS285hkk1_lG5PFc3ruKV0fQzZA1crmGjLw9d9Ag2s2lAJ7/w640-h458/%20TL%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mist over Tern Lake.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwDcXpO4HBLFQJFlpsz5PEaTqv912ghnie9b1_ukRVtXl-22DbAny5263vVoxw3_vTtzm-Zt4aZLdWiRfF1dizyd66554qdBxZWixpS1pS524-ZwdCa9MGM3KtMTHewaQbvMq4V-tbdCFXBRMSPzjTjpTA1V9T2_4f2A5XU-Yu80TgYDNMXRW0puc/s4800/loft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwDcXpO4HBLFQJFlpsz5PEaTqv912ghnie9b1_ukRVtXl-22DbAny5263vVoxw3_vTtzm-Zt4aZLdWiRfF1dizyd66554qdBxZWixpS1pS524-ZwdCa9MGM3KtMTHewaQbvMq4V-tbdCFXBRMSPzjTjpTA1V9T2_4f2A5XU-Yu80TgYDNMXRW0puc/w640-h426/loft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>View from my loft.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSrfGepp48aO1ry6R1WwAeQFUJBNdclmfmMFTVd-CgiEk5JTM6UqWGLlNpXpp396B8Fo6gBf26MP0f66HjLUjsQRr8PQMOW5Yi4sa-9cWkVKpEHfm_e0wkGP-qUjerJfinzF4Mz2Rs0PhbLCcLAiDFR8DQgwWIeeQ4dyxmP91penkA2UA7kkHvRRJ/s4608/home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSrfGepp48aO1ry6R1WwAeQFUJBNdclmfmMFTVd-CgiEk5JTM6UqWGLlNpXpp396B8Fo6gBf26MP0f66HjLUjsQRr8PQMOW5Yi4sa-9cWkVKpEHfm_e0wkGP-qUjerJfinzF4Mz2Rs0PhbLCcLAiDFR8DQgwWIeeQ4dyxmP91penkA2UA7kkHvRRJ/w480-h640/home.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></div>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-16375872657205804152023-12-18T17:29:00.000-09:002023-12-18T17:29:03.575-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty-One<div class="separator"><p class="MsoNormal" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter Twenty-One<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">We Don’t Need No Stinking Shade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The heat index is somewhere between OMG and WTF!</i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>--Author unknown </i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQtbX4lWrfkQl2-yyeCyPKMGuENQ3rLJv696ox1DiubdWXRbJoMA4ImXBj1Ei-y4fpotwHl4sUiOJBp1ZJw3oPCyG6xsLFb-tq-eYrXOyGU4BPuehOiWZDNSFW85szpogJXTS0w3xQ8tsfO_Vw-DZude2kp_pP8XRDW3wkWtwBQVKQNrHhlEnkgmE/s4032/me-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQtbX4lWrfkQl2-yyeCyPKMGuENQ3rLJv696ox1DiubdWXRbJoMA4ImXBj1Ei-y4fpotwHl4sUiOJBp1ZJw3oPCyG6xsLFb-tq-eYrXOyGU4BPuehOiWZDNSFW85szpogJXTS0w3xQ8tsfO_Vw-DZude2kp_pP8XRDW3wkWtwBQVKQNrHhlEnkgmE/w150-h200/me-4.jpg" width="150" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I can’t help but feel a wisp of envy as I walk past the aluminum boats tied off in their slips. Fastened to the gunwales, or gunnels, of the boats are frameworks of aluminum poles that support fabric roofs to shade the boats’ passengers. They are called biminis.<br /></span><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Then, near the end of the dock, I reach our boat. There is no pole framework, no roof, no shade. We will be <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">offered up on an aluminum skillet to the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">relentless Brazilian sun. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fNSW2YOB6emjpXGXkmHCXQ7zUBx1eHZoiGrKmdlURnVU_eL6O4IBLBkBenddtsmbbOs8tzKKC7jM515h-xTWnSmI4Dh7qMmKtziy2LK2JPqMRXNHVXUT3nOKLaJsU6Z7eBlQfPg9mQzUKDUmFQMDgSWZQfYLV1CQPI9uoC5P-laZSb-sxlgGx4VS/s4608/boat%20dock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fNSW2YOB6emjpXGXkmHCXQ7zUBx1eHZoiGrKmdlURnVU_eL6O4IBLBkBenddtsmbbOs8tzKKC7jM515h-xTWnSmI4Dh7qMmKtziy2LK2JPqMRXNHVXUT3nOKLaJsU6Z7eBlQfPg9mQzUKDUmFQMDgSWZQfYLV1CQPI9uoC5P-laZSb-sxlgGx4VS/w640-h480/boat%20dock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We’re tough, I remind myself. We ‘don’t need no stinking shade.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I select my seat and settle in. Camera bag and camera with the big lens goes on the non-slip padded floor, along with my water bottle. I don the life vest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">For myself, the transition to fully clothed shade is slow. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When we first arrived in Brazil, Sergio we received presents from Octavio—a water bottle, a neck gaiter, and a pair of fingerless gloves. He said we would find them very useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wondered about that. Who wants to wear more clothing when it’s so hot?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I started the trip, as always, with UPF (ultraviolet protection factor) shirts to keep the sun off my arms and neck. When needed, I wore a blue cap that had a flap on the back to kept the sun off my neck. It worked fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GCOQKhlt_GpbleFq3LgoLGSDS4wOwQxQUddQ_EittSCfWU7tPAz9auwlUx592F5s_l1sFyTmyUMvantu6W3ihyAnMuf4Soce4lJQWfTW31NiJUCfw3-vP0L9LKMN0-n_SZZ6j9hZk7LsUJz3wq_eKGgb0tCi-p-GLoGoim1IobczHt1iqEi8Rkre/s4032/SPF%20shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GCOQKhlt_GpbleFq3LgoLGSDS4wOwQxQUddQ_EittSCfWU7tPAz9auwlUx592F5s_l1sFyTmyUMvantu6W3ihyAnMuf4Soce4lJQWfTW31NiJUCfw3-vP0L9LKMN0-n_SZZ6j9hZk7LsUJz3wq_eKGgb0tCi-p-GLoGoim1IobczHt1iqEi8Rkre/w640-h480/SPF%20shirt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The next addition to my outfit was a cool tie, my old standby. It has polymer absorbent crystals inside that soak up water and cools by evaporation against the skin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It isn’t until we reach Hotel Porto Jofre and spending long hours on a small aluminum skiff, completely exposed to the hot sun, that I don the neck gaiter. That keeps the sun off most of my face and I'm surprised that it cools my skin rather than makes it hotter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz82YVQgfiLyVyhsDVPk4KfJeyD3aFXVsnLsNoH00hgbSkoIwZOk1TaeX16cklsA0hp7BjasggYcbeNCQOtHcqkVJuQsHK5tbuyFX7uG_OUZS4WHFS2pYG7VCi9zvnLzACm1xw4_PYLSmRKhBHzd1blNZCvqiTyOOL2_3XALboXKMoa8Mt8S5dGht/s3088/me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz82YVQgfiLyVyhsDVPk4KfJeyD3aFXVsnLsNoH00hgbSkoIwZOk1TaeX16cklsA0hp7BjasggYcbeNCQOtHcqkVJuQsHK5tbuyFX7uG_OUZS4WHFS2pYG7VCi9zvnLzACm1xw4_PYLSmRKhBHzd1blNZCvqiTyOOL2_3XALboXKMoa8Mt8S5dGht/w480-h640/me.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As the blistering days go on, the neck gaiter is adjusted to cover more of my face. Then, I start soaking it in cold water and pulling it on dripping wet. That's very nice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoyEY4Hzl9H7nW2wd5IKawYNPClCYjn8P_hhPffPgHxzVf3W_4fuaS4_crIaVYTJZGrJhoLItKsgaMwTtfUfTimzt0C0pewY1Nk8IgVMqv_-D-imMXOLkxXR17C3A2XIi6iGWlbfxAs-CEJetIFi7Ht8VE8gaw8A47DMZMDpzZEJZYcWLJSJRz0Gq/s3088/me-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoyEY4Hzl9H7nW2wd5IKawYNPClCYjn8P_hhPffPgHxzVf3W_4fuaS4_crIaVYTJZGrJhoLItKsgaMwTtfUfTimzt0C0pewY1Nk8IgVMqv_-D-imMXOLkxXR17C3A2XIi6iGWlbfxAs-CEJetIFi7Ht8VE8gaw8A47DMZMDpzZEJZYcWLJSJRz0Gq/w480-h640/me-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At the same time, the fingerless gloves come into use because my hands were tanning too darkly. The gloves have no fingers so we can manipulate our cameras and change settings, something that is almost impossible to do with full gloves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpH7-NFwKF6a1ufHBR3cjDvUs4qhO3UCkLoQcPxZRqZFtIFl73uucudO77KYSXVaxIu5KyRO8gVTY7-cVVvfUhmj1mHbKv7HjMoLuObyJaH_36IUqEpXQjUOAvcIYlqcSyF0mQUXFdR_v7ZxXvg8FvnUQGZN_1vl14bsRYd2mDmJFJepiZ-Qn3dnzk/s1920/Jeanne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpH7-NFwKF6a1ufHBR3cjDvUs4qhO3UCkLoQcPxZRqZFtIFl73uucudO77KYSXVaxIu5KyRO8gVTY7-cVVvfUhmj1mHbKv7HjMoLuObyJaH_36IUqEpXQjUOAvcIYlqcSyF0mQUXFdR_v7ZxXvg8FvnUQGZN_1vl14bsRYd2mDmJFJepiZ-Qn3dnzk/w640-h360/Jeanne.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hanging on to my Tilly hat so it doesn't blow away as the boat goes rapidly down the Cuiaba river.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The only disadvantage is picking up the aluminum water bottle without fingers covered. They are too hot to handle with bare skin. We quickly learn to keep the bottles in the shade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The final addition is a blue cooling towel given to each of us by Marg Wood, who arranged this trip. It has to be soaked in water. After that, you can use it for wiping your face or any other purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I drape it over my head, under my hat. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CXP6WTxXZaG2nkSFPPK3qmi-sPuQSQr6TtI1JlD5wRn2Afw97vHPODODc7nVeTD85fyiNo1XEzfkYmVbb_AITCNw1qcqmgugpXJm2XD7pdJ215f5e5NlqAr4UpCkwRLCa-9MtkkZVT4EySZAsxVRZRhk4ubg6iwkuuDJry0fo6o2cxFSsS2WMx21/s4032/me-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CXP6WTxXZaG2nkSFPPK3qmi-sPuQSQr6TtI1JlD5wRn2Afw97vHPODODc7nVeTD85fyiNo1XEzfkYmVbb_AITCNw1qcqmgugpXJm2XD7pdJ215f5e5NlqAr4UpCkwRLCa-9MtkkZVT4EySZAsxVRZRhk4ubg6iwkuuDJry0fo6o2cxFSsS2WMx21/w480-h640/me-3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> One day <span>when going to lunch after</span> a particularly grueling hot morning, I draped it around my neck and tucked the long ends under the front of my tee shirt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Did I care what I looked like? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxi1_3MK0DSA0QalYRrdC84uuoGI4ZgiSvuMo2zkguqWbMYeqIzGfNwu5nbkBec-j8V8zSo-WvyRaHDy6iKBV90UzmKN9WiD-pf5MAxGj-CWCDv4_NnIXWXd0JfKTOyXpDD1T4elPj9HQhbdzu1Mhyphenhyphen2IOpXw0ugkF_SLccSEgOxSXweTHVnCs5mDV/s3088/Jeanne%20lunch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxi1_3MK0DSA0QalYRrdC84uuoGI4ZgiSvuMo2zkguqWbMYeqIzGfNwu5nbkBec-j8V8zSo-WvyRaHDy6iKBV90UzmKN9WiD-pf5MAxGj-CWCDv4_NnIXWXd0JfKTOyXpDD1T4elPj9HQhbdzu1Mhyphenhyphen2IOpXw0ugkF_SLccSEgOxSXweTHVnCs5mDV/w480-h640/Jeanne%20lunch.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Hot? Darned right. This is the hottest day yet. My hair is soaked with sweat.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Not at all, though I do a quick intake of breath when I look at some photos of myself. This long-time Alaskan has little to no experience with hundred -degree weather and I am implementing everything I have to beat the heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Every day I think that I am not sweating, yet when I stand to get off the boat, my clothing is soaked from my shoulder blades down to the backs of my knees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We also make use of the small umbrellas that Octavio has available. They are very welcome when we are sitting and waiting, which is something wildlife photographers are prone to do. Waiting for the subject to do something other than sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So, we survive. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And those boats with the biminis? The poles would be in the way of our lenses. I find another use for their fastening points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My blue hat has no chin strap. Shelly catches it the first time it blows off, Octavio the second time. The third time it lands in the river and we have to go back for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then I start wearing a Tilly hat, but it too does not have a chinstrap. After it's caught a couple times and lands in the water the last time, I remove the strap from one camera and fasten the swivel snap to the drawstring of the hat and the other to the bimini clip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It doesn’t take long before I make another adjustment. I fasten the strap to a belt loop on my safari pants! Now I am mobile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Viola! <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1k7tCVWmY0AopB3pEcPqnJns1Pn3HG6nZWIbhPQkK9IjT8-STcKg0vxgU8KnIVAlT4HdAhuWPV8PAkA7Vv6jJ5-7H8dc1ZxR9-V0tDjn5g5RSzPsjHOnl9x51uB3k7f4DwDIaesWgPloB-lTAv6laEaBkv8BMd0_EuMbhmyW7J3jsTRjh0v9EEIz3/s4608/hat%20tether.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogqjw3lb4KtqGWUiW3UwicAW8l4fniOQtYAEpEoJdToWA32UJ3Fxmi33p5Eq3NZ1NMML9zXTFmExZJexdzUbOIPZ3enUNhLT0RJgc9V1qNTB3dYR_H3Wz6WWwGcoOYeVjyLaw9vERymx6GJDm0MrVEdKqus5A5xcLidCzSoSozMKi2FMOLHm2_i_T/s8256/boat%20driver.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogqjw3lb4KtqGWUiW3UwicAW8l4fniOQtYAEpEoJdToWA32UJ3Fxmi33p5Eq3NZ1NMML9zXTFmExZJexdzUbOIPZ3enUNhLT0RJgc9V1qNTB3dYR_H3Wz6WWwGcoOYeVjyLaw9vERymx6GJDm0MrVEdKqus5A5xcLidCzSoSozMKi2FMOLHm2_i_T/w640-h426/boat%20driver.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>This boat driver improvises with a cardboard box bottom.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrUpBONOMnPhXgM02dfuTYgB4nrhrzRpHpJbedPpcVXsZFM8w7e8rgKw0kgl77g4Qx7AEpLZb6hOlj5uVNr7GTandumCoNTlRKueFAfl71AGW259rOubt35tTOKqM_0R4FR5gkTAqPsW_6e1SmvqkFby8P-YxtAjbhYdaU6hr6GcpRBHd46OPV9L_/s4032/Jeanne-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrUpBONOMnPhXgM02dfuTYgB4nrhrzRpHpJbedPpcVXsZFM8w7e8rgKw0kgl77g4Qx7AEpLZb6hOlj5uVNr7GTandumCoNTlRKueFAfl71AGW259rOubt35tTOKqM_0R4FR5gkTAqPsW_6e1SmvqkFby8P-YxtAjbhYdaU6hr6GcpRBHd46OPV9L_/w480-h640/Jeanne-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Taking a break in the shade of a tree while we wait for a jaguar to wake up.<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> ***</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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There is a brown black-banded hawk sitting low on a branch just left of center.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtN1UA2_exeHez1GKkRfXPYw0lpoKEXiEunO7j3Berg1Z-wFixUuYe3clwTWMYbW6PIN8IydJ0N-w1Jgfhi6DhFcxF48jdpPY6oxlNw_l6ga2vdeFqmeVNRpr8ZoXoYqi0rffzdmU9Tah1MKR4fv4rJXt4YOkXDjxwF9dH-uUlcu77I4tFPMo61Pa/s6002/hawk,%20black%20collared.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4339" data-original-width="6002" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtN1UA2_exeHez1GKkRfXPYw0lpoKEXiEunO7j3Berg1Z-wFixUuYe3clwTWMYbW6PIN8IydJ0N-w1Jgfhi6DhFcxF48jdpPY6oxlNw_l6ga2vdeFqmeVNRpr8ZoXoYqi0rffzdmU9Tah1MKR4fv4rJXt4YOkXDjxwF9dH-uUlcu77I4tFPMo61Pa/w640-h462/hawk,%20black%20collared.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Black-banded hawk.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwto7wJULHeeb6IDgB0DEYYhc3XI76nXwaG80JU-QE2yjIJKpVfsaaUvWTI5qiSPw9Mi6P6IxrnRXWZARW6gvFG9_wdBOABT88zYQPOyk4-C83fQ9fPppMzb1mTUHL96nPkxKYJZ217LwiBkTiPR2yJjjfNwvsQrC70mMf_c2bR-H-k9FsLaib5Z3R/s2927/lapwing,%20pied.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2927" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwto7wJULHeeb6IDgB0DEYYhc3XI76nXwaG80JU-QE2yjIJKpVfsaaUvWTI5qiSPw9Mi6P6IxrnRXWZARW6gvFG9_wdBOABT88zYQPOyk4-C83fQ9fPppMzb1mTUHL96nPkxKYJZ217LwiBkTiPR2yJjjfNwvsQrC70mMf_c2bR-H-k9FsLaib5Z3R/w640-h448/lapwing,%20pied.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pied lapwing</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Below is a bird sometimes called the "Jesus bird" for its seeming ability to walk on water. Long toes enable it to traverse lily pads and other water vegetation with ease. The females are larger than the males, which is maybe how they settled into their reversed roles with the female mating with a male, laying a clutch of eggs in a nest that HE built, then wandering off to another male and repeating the process. Sometimes, females mate with three or four males, leaving the males to tend the eggs and raise the young. A male carried the hatchlings under his wings, and the sight of a male with multiple long legs and toes hanging from under his wings is a sight to behold. A little creepy, but a sight nonetheless. The females, meanwhile , are living the life!</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI5b_2-ZmFlTHeZ7CYTFcT6uVXu3Ib_8QxFzo34ygGGecgIlM6SRogndho1TyHcq7Q2IsE3VexTDGMkgM2g-iCpQL8AObXSgTLVSqu0Fik8H2cz8MAoJSKoWsfRZW3LfIL3ugHYpBKxbRyi48_rsv6FBMwdPZMilNHbmiFIwUii6JawGPo7AA0KYD/s7087/jacana,%20wattled.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4318" data-original-width="7087" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI5b_2-ZmFlTHeZ7CYTFcT6uVXu3Ib_8QxFzo34ygGGecgIlM6SRogndho1TyHcq7Q2IsE3VexTDGMkgM2g-iCpQL8AObXSgTLVSqu0Fik8H2cz8MAoJSKoWsfRZW3LfIL3ugHYpBKxbRyi48_rsv6FBMwdPZMilNHbmiFIwUii6JawGPo7AA0KYD/w640-h390/jacana,%20wattled.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Wattled jacana, about nine inches long and weighing 5 oz and less.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029159028015312900.post-2784579235732214772023-12-14T07:18:00.004-09:002023-12-14T12:58:06.847-09:00The 2023 Brazil Journals, Chapter Twenty<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter Twenty<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Marcela<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“Jaguars possess an air of mystique,</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> as if they hold the secrets of the jungle in their souls.”—Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1391" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWhxdGT4JIV9es0_iOV1XomLjyNibyMnd43qE4u2NoLdIkx4T85n0gKuGcCCzLXI_HZB9R4QJhGBpK1SHCb-7qKCHeFHM11NdH85fmF5hteiD9m9n8JrxZaLjxM5IpHJRlG7vt25zP8NyNwseIVglGMIKKyjI5PObY_2rQm2w3T0b6My5M8koJzlN/w200-h195/Marcela%20log%20lick-7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vanderlay backs the boat out of its slip at 5:20 in the morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmucpAYpgjTANJYMl1pIRYUnrXUjsSxFVYgVFgxBbmrkLzaXscYPQtpqy60HHJTT5HqeXrAdvW2KXtNVXSHzab6dXCwLZJ6YBsF0zJ3h8SOCUGLNXnUtQedcDi6wFtaP6EgOqJIdRBp29AIR9SxXOGzlqXFG3AsOdswiNvlcxeOKxsMrCoE5ZcNgHH/s3871/dock%205-30%20AM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2903" data-original-width="3871" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmucpAYpgjTANJYMl1pIRYUnrXUjsSxFVYgVFgxBbmrkLzaXscYPQtpqy60HHJTT5HqeXrAdvW2KXtNVXSHzab6dXCwLZJ6YBsF0zJ3h8SOCUGLNXnUtQedcDi6wFtaP6EgOqJIdRBp29AIR9SxXOGzlqXFG3AsOdswiNvlcxeOKxsMrCoE5ZcNgHH/w640-h480/dock%205-30%20AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">We start </span><span style="font-size: 26.666666px;">the</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> photo day with an anaconda </span><span style="font-size: 26.666666px;">that lives</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> among the rocks at the base of a cliff along the river.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uP2dbsDTjWHSdFUM5AESprDFN58raj9-HIqQpBosFZ1WhGrJVysWJpWlRnaQNPH5Vn-uFTE4R20Ka9wzsYoxVMC6B_wJsxFx7ANF3jMBGhsqh2N0b4HTV_r9glYA9Kl2D2xz9fqpcEEb-Zf5Hsy_0OZMB1-Q3uGWkhz1W1KFyusI-E_Xq3VTbXaz/s8256/anaconda-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uP2dbsDTjWHSdFUM5AESprDFN58raj9-HIqQpBosFZ1WhGrJVysWJpWlRnaQNPH5Vn-uFTE4R20Ka9wzsYoxVMC6B_wJsxFx7ANF3jMBGhsqh2N0b4HTV_r9glYA9Kl2D2xz9fqpcEEb-Zf5Hsy_0OZMB1-Q3uGWkhz1W1KFyusI-E_Xq3VTbXaz/w640-h426/anaconda-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>There's the body; where are the ends?<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RLo9X-aopn_kbKcTLEng9cu_NK0E0A0nIBxEL2Gnv9ZkK0ErfhFDoDUbpl9TlJBYHwGDvQaPL3Qr0Cv1W6wBcVLFenplUzpTjnv9KVLWDb7F4SIPDgIfPYEkdyU20PKPywsFLYg5v8dZkEmcelG2DEQzKvPr3VB5vG7PqmWx4UdVsIaFJIg7_Yhq/s8256/anaconda.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RLo9X-aopn_kbKcTLEng9cu_NK0E0A0nIBxEL2Gnv9ZkK0ErfhFDoDUbpl9TlJBYHwGDvQaPL3Qr0Cv1W6wBcVLFenplUzpTjnv9KVLWDb7F4SIPDgIfPYEkdyU20PKPywsFLYg5v8dZkEmcelG2DEQzKvPr3VB5vG7PqmWx4UdVsIaFJIg7_Yhq/w640-h426/anaconda.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">More body!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBx0uWnVvXFmfZI2sPcB2MLajeDIkJoxGqj40Tfm_1MNo7zWUYUUEa6jYUC9pFCRiwxT9fLgbyFKOzkBQTflhMteC3MkRlfzmRKcC7mN5cy9s4a9zTaOJwTiWX6Zj_EMfuVHYGeRexjI7ef44xCkwbKp1jsPm0PvTG_Kp9HcYOnIqQlyl7yq9HOQz/s8256/anaconda-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBx0uWnVvXFmfZI2sPcB2MLajeDIkJoxGqj40Tfm_1MNo7zWUYUUEa6jYUC9pFCRiwxT9fLgbyFKOzkBQTflhMteC3MkRlfzmRKcC7mN5cy9s4a9zTaOJwTiWX6Zj_EMfuVHYGeRexjI7ef44xCkwbKp1jsPm0PvTG_Kp9HcYOnIqQlyl7yq9HOQz/w640-h426/anaconda-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Even more body!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzACO3ydaNK6_Tdch5v6aRimOXnw0bVqXrdu_dfsKfZGAh40FjbiJMH5yqsYO75E7AxMjbDsmk0pEWUzWlR8-griu17FM9QIzJuKrkC6GdvtFBI72u20whWPi72EHEs_8z_s9zSBJwMUesE2e7lWY-DlUSEs3-KpRQyq2Wp24P5vQ2agjQKE9lEdT/s4395/anaconda-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2990" data-original-width="4395" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzACO3ydaNK6_Tdch5v6aRimOXnw0bVqXrdu_dfsKfZGAh40FjbiJMH5yqsYO75E7AxMjbDsmk0pEWUzWlR8-griu17FM9QIzJuKrkC6GdvtFBI72u20whWPi72EHEs_8z_s9zSBJwMUesE2e7lWY-DlUSEs3-KpRQyq2Wp24P5vQ2agjQKE9lEdT/w640-h436/anaconda-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>There you are!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3ubbrQMzWHJkn95Ojm-dvNoe6xV-ucH2iKbGh0dzJBf7Vyvgqo5xZg6bSS_zCictpiWiN10la8eK1UMFDWO_6TBPvYKS44FhPNJ1_-z2KOjd-moNqsTzavlbx1i2t0OaAJ_bRrNGPkXN7haUA-SI-U1Q_O9tZtQbKo4wEg8TiI613bnzASUPs1_U/s4608/anaconda%20head%20to%20tail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3ubbrQMzWHJkn95Ojm-dvNoe6xV-ucH2iKbGh0dzJBf7Vyvgqo5xZg6bSS_zCictpiWiN10la8eK1UMFDWO_6TBPvYKS44FhPNJ1_-z2KOjd-moNqsTzavlbx1i2t0OaAJ_bRrNGPkXN7haUA-SI-U1Q_O9tZtQbKo4wEg8TiI613bnzASUPs1_U/w640-h480/anaconda%20head%20to%20tail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Head to tail.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">By 6 A.M we are upriver and photographing Marcela, the two-year old female jaguar that we saw yesterday.</span></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">By 8A.M., I have more than 600 photos of Marcela!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Later, Octavio is smiling and shaking his head in that gesture universally recognized as bemusement.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">“I have many guests who come here hoping to see a jaguar swim across the river and they never do," he says. "This morning, in just a couple hours, we have seen Marcela cross three times!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj974F4dwe_nxxwoI7mkzoXLL6EJJfkd0ZgVWcKbkO7Bxrwabkjp7Gw6rjlW2t_PPrmFk2_H0OLV54AwtnbVasijUTfZOot2FUgLL5VUZyCelRKat0xAdSrhN1_pvvyrRWp55Egby2KibtvpEtILLQN8JGeECG59wvzPCTwg-NfUGaLLXlPVbbzFg0l/s7123/Marcela%20crossing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="7123" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj974F4dwe_nxxwoI7mkzoXLL6EJJfkd0ZgVWcKbkO7Bxrwabkjp7Gw6rjlW2t_PPrmFk2_H0OLV54AwtnbVasijUTfZOot2FUgLL5VUZyCelRKat0xAdSrhN1_pvvyrRWp55Egby2KibtvpEtILLQN8JGeECG59wvzPCTwg-NfUGaLLXlPVbbzFg0l/w640-h216/Marcela%20crossing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>First crossing.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qSH9GAAj_shxyYvF_gKnySDS_op7LLbZ8YC2_PrXFUoxn2LzDrK41NsU1q0SiNH9APf3DS8XAC4uvVwOLQqEUqoWJaheK9ymyP3_EK2ZrmvfQGHvVeeuCISB4wYHr-t4-QyD2tYkblDXn2nnCXvAm_X12b6kDVIj-qLeBgpvhyphenhyphendr8NQ1Jf9seSKJ/s2027/Marcela%209%20am%203rd%20crossing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2027" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qSH9GAAj_shxyYvF_gKnySDS_op7LLbZ8YC2_PrXFUoxn2LzDrK41NsU1q0SiNH9APf3DS8XAC4uvVwOLQqEUqoWJaheK9ymyP3_EK2ZrmvfQGHvVeeuCISB4wYHr-t4-QyD2tYkblDXn2nnCXvAm_X12b6kDVIj-qLeBgpvhyphenhyphendr8NQ1Jf9seSKJ/w640-h458/Marcela%209%20am%203rd%20crossing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Second crossing</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajIALW-BusdphUKBoGef5l3Uz_0Z3Uxmosx2lPLfE2agf1GrtTnBiM8IXR86FJD5lMH9NUnuWPyv3T8agROORChWRJhPur-PgcNPpMRn8c1LjSsbL0WDGL9YogZ2vvMxv7cZPymmwyq2dWld51yL80EGjY0OzmVowlK3NoQJXPvXl5Xrs2CYKa71_/s3937/Marcela-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3214" data-original-width="3937" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajIALW-BusdphUKBoGef5l3Uz_0Z3Uxmosx2lPLfE2agf1GrtTnBiM8IXR86FJD5lMH9NUnuWPyv3T8agROORChWRJhPur-PgcNPpMRn8c1LjSsbL0WDGL9YogZ2vvMxv7cZPymmwyq2dWld51yL80EGjY0OzmVowlK3NoQJXPvXl5Xrs2CYKa71_/w640-h522/Marcela-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Third crossing</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Let’s talk about jaguars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">They rank third in size among the larger wild cats in the world, with tigers first. Second are lions, (then jaguars), leopards, pumas, and cheetahs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Jaguars look a lot like leopards. Each has a necklace of spots, one of the things that can identify individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb__igkvK13zLNtw9mrgleOL6W4tDW0KMfYUTpHWd1i-XYfAW2T-WcmC-7d6KpGi5nU5D2mMa9eB_TPC_5woibj-YngtLH3wHHuWZA9OnhyfkWdrXAjY6HxWzlinw61awGRBubr2uPW2BjFdppgHr-5vd9yXwS45AZrUYtTE3NkeIEH0UyhTsRQPG/s5504/Marcela%208-30%20AM-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="3669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb__igkvK13zLNtw9mrgleOL6W4tDW0KMfYUTpHWd1i-XYfAW2T-WcmC-7d6KpGi5nU5D2mMa9eB_TPC_5woibj-YngtLH3wHHuWZA9OnhyfkWdrXAjY6HxWzlinw61awGRBubr2uPW2BjFdppgHr-5vd9yXwS45AZrUYtTE3NkeIEH0UyhTsRQPG/w426-h640/Marcela%208-30%20AM-2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHslNnEJbpP8XA-sbI_bvE_jFLDb_fJKJLcIBcIPmM_9PWxlSIjcZN5beLLPUVtnwkRFP9GtA6WssA99eyVoCXd3knNLsESfxxWTdWvUk59ifrm4cP4BtJOcbMt4LJKyWPYByKZG74JphBWJmAJz1inw7baulnM_jRiBGvswhPgeFFXAFbVjF-o67/s8256/Marcela%208-30%20AM-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHslNnEJbpP8XA-sbI_bvE_jFLDb_fJKJLcIBcIPmM_9PWxlSIjcZN5beLLPUVtnwkRFP9GtA6WssA99eyVoCXd3knNLsESfxxWTdWvUk59ifrm4cP4BtJOcbMt4LJKyWPYByKZG74JphBWJmAJz1inw7baulnM_jRiBGvswhPgeFFXAFbVjF-o67/w640-h426/Marcela%208-30%20AM-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1g6cQnb60GbVin_dzqLeN9dtl32KsXq9NA3e4lRFAZbO1_8aKgD2RLrsktV8kWDEDStdr8u4czwkuLTYSV6rS-KMtdQh8PS444dt9JjMIhFnoO-Pk4nNlBB2dvZtsBFsFeqarUZ8AuICKYjDfsx0X2P2h0EEBr4RbQdYPIwRfYKDQF5TuUTKMW4A/s7539/Marcela%209%20am%203rd%20crossing%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5318" data-original-width="7539" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1g6cQnb60GbVin_dzqLeN9dtl32KsXq9NA3e4lRFAZbO1_8aKgD2RLrsktV8kWDEDStdr8u4czwkuLTYSV6rS-KMtdQh8PS444dt9JjMIhFnoO-Pk4nNlBB2dvZtsBFsFeqarUZ8AuICKYjDfsx0X2P2h0EEBr4RbQdYPIwRfYKDQF5TuUTKMW4A/w640-h452/Marcela%209%20am%203rd%20crossing%20after.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">They can grow up to nine feet long, including their tails, and weigh up to 350 lbs., whereas leopards, even though they can reach the same length, only weigh up to 165 lbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">A leopard can carry a prey animal that is three times its own body weight up a tree, whereas a jaguar has a lifting strength of 700 lbs., and can drag a large caiman up a steep river bank.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Jaguars are stockier, bulkier than leopards. They also have no fear of water and, in fact, spend much of their days in the water hunting for caimans. Leopards prefer to hunt on the land for antelope and other land game, which they carry up a tree to keep it safe from other animals that would steal it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Jaguars aren’t afraid of any other animal, except other jaguars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We aren't the only people with Marcela. Watch the video below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="431" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0OnGU-ZNKQ" width="519" youtube-src-id="u0OnGU-ZNKQ"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">We watch Marcela hunt for three hours, catching her in and out of the water, watching from the high river banks, swimming through rafts of floating water hyacinth where the caimans like to linger on the surface.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">Marcela swims across the river three times. She has only to check the area and look across the river, and the boat drivers instantly give her a wide berth. They back their boats away from her intended crossing and don’t move until she is on the other side. Some boats are upriver and some are downriver and they leave about 100 yards in between for the jaguar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JisYA69BAbvsLL931uE5OtfDXqUFZcDOmgLgJBzhlqYkF1D7MLLpLCveOOqKOqLVcz9H2JV528vzM8OUWFZGvTZeKGL-CMZb_QO1F0pueLd4gaJ3dBGHqSKLCERvz9SzKcZ_HTt5pOLZWlPPk9RCB__5oyTUkjCvgxFtqcAhaKU9sdtLnECCR4we/s8256/Marcela-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">After a while, Marcela disappears out of sight in gteh vegetation, so we visit a beautiful lagoon. Floating water hyacinth line both sides of the narrow water passage and birds galore are in the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;">This video shows how the floating water hyacinth moves up and down with the boat's bow wave. I think Shelly took this video.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="366" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nc55UtLL1wE" width="440" youtube-src-id="nc55UtLL1wE"></iframe></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3QF8fG3ZOx8rv8FrXDuJbwmfVqcv1_wIsmdq6f5cp-V767HAkhMe1L2Q3sF5OhxU94V-L2d-NCHd1g1mlLyUW81-j826ByhkOyF5DPlx2ymfod7MAnt3Z90C-xLlEv6ZTFBF0fO5Sf6pgCq91IDgGOr5YHiUuroHNlWLVUgTZqYehyNmPZf5_Y_j/s3692/otter%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3692" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3QF8fG3ZOx8rv8FrXDuJbwmfVqcv1_wIsmdq6f5cp-V767HAkhMe1L2Q3sF5OhxU94V-L2d-NCHd1g1mlLyUW81-j826ByhkOyF5DPlx2ymfod7MAnt3Z90C-xLlEv6ZTFBF0fO5Sf6pgCq91IDgGOr5YHiUuroHNlWLVUgTZqYehyNmPZf5_Y_j/w640-h474/otter%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Our first sighting of a giant river otter.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo_NzcodZWLVv8IQmJ5bNIs8FhCCLzn8e9FvVpq1bT1iZv-F8R1n-9Fi50nwld6UZUjGBl4AI__ngzP_4AkbbzyFQ3mFC7ZSoq9rjmj4aYtFHls2u3YU7nbXhk8SIaZb0oMvS1KN08r9FOcux6_qLsgw3v_W11ggrAPfLKJJm2wU0PZdEJLdixZM6/s1397/donacobius.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo_NzcodZWLVv8IQmJ5bNIs8FhCCLzn8e9FvVpq1bT1iZv-F8R1n-9Fi50nwld6UZUjGBl4AI__ngzP_4AkbbzyFQ3mFC7ZSoq9rjmj4aYtFHls2u3YU7nbXhk8SIaZb0oMvS1KN08r9FOcux6_qLsgw3v_W11ggrAPfLKJJm2wU0PZdEJLdixZM6/w432-h640/donacobius.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Black-capped Donacobius</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then, we are back with Marcela, still hunting intently for caimans. I add another 230 shots to Marcela’s album.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It’s hotter than blazes as we head back to Porto Jofre for lunch and a very welcome afternoon break from the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Because of the intense heat, we don't go back on the river until 3 P.M. We encounter no jaguars. No doubt they are hiding from the sun, too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Instead, Vanderlay takes us into another lagoon and I am thrilled with all the birds, especially in the late afternoon golden light.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsMHqkPpw1dW3OWpXrldog3ac3KaOGZvq6nGyaI1kmIQM0v2sIgP3zVjl2JmyB65LMabzdsrE46yDbe7lGP7yme4Y3zHAWSqC1NZLqnu9f9xIbOFefYLszdjbBMw1gAnJLvrWQRl0RsmXZFxvbbWuiNKxghS-9SEIJAv8DLlFwqQ5G6C3H1dFzZv-/s4017/anhinga-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3057" data-original-width="4017" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsMHqkPpw1dW3OWpXrldog3ac3KaOGZvq6nGyaI1kmIQM0v2sIgP3zVjl2JmyB65LMabzdsrE46yDbe7lGP7yme4Y3zHAWSqC1NZLqnu9f9xIbOFefYLszdjbBMw1gAnJLvrWQRl0RsmXZFxvbbWuiNKxghS-9SEIJAv8DLlFwqQ5G6C3H1dFzZv-/w640-h488/anhinga-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Anhinga</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0HgItwNOoQRoWc-Uk_FTe4eriJYTHqdSN8g3vQG-8H_hYOy6fA-GqEukEm6W-aJAU_Q3X_vaB3LHhwumoYQM-tX9hjQXB1FO4W6bW6fcvl8MWxj_So21Q1qtY1uhEGGEHf-FV1SX8SrDC_8J61rxuI50aCUsVXXDxNwNZl_JsudXqjpwoeELy4eL/s4135/anhinga-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3101" data-original-width="4135" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0HgItwNOoQRoWc-Uk_FTe4eriJYTHqdSN8g3vQG-8H_hYOy6fA-GqEukEm6W-aJAU_Q3X_vaB3LHhwumoYQM-tX9hjQXB1FO4W6bW6fcvl8MWxj_So21Q1qtY1uhEGGEHf-FV1SX8SrDC_8J61rxuI50aCUsVXXDxNwNZl_JsudXqjpwoeELy4eL/w640-h480/anhinga-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Anhinga with its wings out to dry.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-K_RU9ekKJhs0fwdhMVcXhH7L0gF2O_kuaQcxWKUPQWmYXbjZ_2vomR6gdjj3A02N8O5WX9AyQVHMsnCDoQPm8z-oAbAXrm56rN0FeAga357QTXbPpei0t2ApU0gMr2Hemnqp3C_wxsFHo_NHx9ET-YGn11qizrRBu3tuAprGD1m-LaJCmGdqupe/s6193/anhinga.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4424" data-original-width="6193" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-K_RU9ekKJhs0fwdhMVcXhH7L0gF2O_kuaQcxWKUPQWmYXbjZ_2vomR6gdjj3A02N8O5WX9AyQVHMsnCDoQPm8z-oAbAXrm56rN0FeAga357QTXbPpei0t2ApU0gMr2Hemnqp3C_wxsFHo_NHx9ET-YGn11qizrRBu3tuAprGD1m-LaJCmGdqupe/w640-h458/anhinga.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Anhinga<br /><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXjKPOahA-MxyLeoGKyHjcuXnQnOdEIkIQtnsPSghH9ZhNwn4Q4qmKkVhezk4WBdnvZRZid1fP7LlJv56tyzuFfDIhyXyQtWhy2sDMWeQv0r-92OAsckr_J1otD_AKQ4m9Y7skqVKDoOqWXhHjuBrVumlIN6h_K1Z1XaJ6X-W_luPHz7MAxjyQNZq/s8256/caiman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="8256" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXjKPOahA-MxyLeoGKyHjcuXnQnOdEIkIQtnsPSghH9ZhNwn4Q4qmKkVhezk4WBdnvZRZid1fP7LlJv56tyzuFfDIhyXyQtWhy2sDMWeQv0r-92OAsckr_J1otD_AKQ4m9Y7skqVKDoOqWXhHjuBrVumlIN6h_K1Z1XaJ6X-W_luPHz7MAxjyQNZq/w640-h240/caiman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Caiman swimming close.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTVd_p1LLkM6PhFk9WIZD_H-Gg94Sbcmu9JjsavZqxckxWwG6Xu0e4N_usVoblPicA9yS3_DgagNW0cjsVac4uNlpUXf1xLAN_JzSPBa6oS3Bhb7lhTwJTl6FmCdavL9VQaMihMsckinq1SaiSS9ZeIySyOjmvPMMhgsKCk8OOTP0D3fXSLlCE0Fz/s3407/cormorant.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2434" data-original-width="3407" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTVd_p1LLkM6PhFk9WIZD_H-Gg94Sbcmu9JjsavZqxckxWwG6Xu0e4N_usVoblPicA9yS3_DgagNW0cjsVac4uNlpUXf1xLAN_JzSPBa6oS3Bhb7lhTwJTl6FmCdavL9VQaMihMsckinq1SaiSS9ZeIySyOjmvPMMhgsKCk8OOTP0D3fXSLlCE0Fz/w640-h458/cormorant.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Cormorant.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TugFmethWtgeaKReg2xjsq3z3gMjc6JbFq-vK3M6yXA5hr1bVGPIJgxZE4NPPG19cvEi-poZmqcKeDBxciYUQJix1EpNgznsYuGrZXw08ldIetyhSamOijqWpHLu7s5sEyPjzul9ngvawlXlkRhOlMG1GUn3Amsi5A-c1KjaVWmDI6_xA0h3KPlQ/s4176/hawk,%20black.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4176" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TugFmethWtgeaKReg2xjsq3z3gMjc6JbFq-vK3M6yXA5hr1bVGPIJgxZE4NPPG19cvEi-poZmqcKeDBxciYUQJix1EpNgznsYuGrZXw08ldIetyhSamOijqWpHLu7s5sEyPjzul9ngvawlXlkRhOlMG1GUn3Amsi5A-c1KjaVWmDI6_xA0h3KPlQ/w640-h478/hawk,%20black.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Black Hawk</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vWYmRHjLoy60RuhBHy1oPkcb3xKiPyO-Pnu39HldjyVT_1hT8MBBPMlnuMKgA5qN4x0YS01PKBNJowNcVC9XCJw8a-oV8Mya8UeSMlbixnTQCREtdMjus7EOP7XuPs39uF5PbFZzzO18QGZHxGRxB3EEIvDxQ7WCvAXHesU3SRJ3WN1ZauL5rgII/s7339/heron,%20tiger%20in%20hyacinth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="7339" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vWYmRHjLoy60RuhBHy1oPkcb3xKiPyO-Pnu39HldjyVT_1hT8MBBPMlnuMKgA5qN4x0YS01PKBNJowNcVC9XCJw8a-oV8Mya8UeSMlbixnTQCREtdMjus7EOP7XuPs39uF5PbFZzzO18QGZHxGRxB3EEIvDxQ7WCvAXHesU3SRJ3WN1ZauL5rgII/w640-h480/heron,%20tiger%20in%20hyacinth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger heron</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3524" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfRBY5Md0oKTj1qbbcevyUFY9ffH1ea3GhJAdQ2xKjNPbEnxsEFHweinRYTPy1q1zdnv-sQtRGGEOuwODtMiDzFCqYFu5cwLIE0tOMxSaBkVmGbEv1cvtS12p281a-qIBpthA9FfhiYvqi15jz5liIUmgJrJ3VRw-sVcpKNCux0uK7v67OWXesrTn/w640-h536/heron,%20tiger.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Tiger heron</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfRBY5Md0oKTj1qbbcevyUFY9ffH1ea3GhJAdQ2xKjNPbEnxsEFHweinRYTPy1q1zdnv-sQtRGGEOuwODtMiDzFCqYFu5cwLIE0tOMxSaBkVmGbEv1cvtS12p281a-qIBpthA9FfhiYvqi15jz5liIUmgJrJ3VRw-sVcpKNCux0uK7v67OWXesrTn/s3524/heron,%20tiger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIDdcT3UN9f_2cE11QXSlLnan-xuccIVM_lQG23AiBlbJXTZiB8Q119NcoY-CT3ftF-tDkBYTf8rpNYXAqHjokX8CRY3CblcnjiCIZrY_OnMDCpYMYRvtjSQzxdeTRD7KHLLRbw3tC8CqolqurJyenhCxCCtZ75fAUUVVQur96jbj3uGSDL3br56b/s3044/jacana,%20wattled-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3044" data-original-width="2283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIDdcT3UN9f_2cE11QXSlLnan-xuccIVM_lQG23AiBlbJXTZiB8Q119NcoY-CT3ftF-tDkBYTf8rpNYXAqHjokX8CRY3CblcnjiCIZrY_OnMDCpYMYRvtjSQzxdeTRD7KHLLRbw3tC8CqolqurJyenhCxCCtZ75fAUUVVQur96jbj3uGSDL3br56b/w480-h640/jacana,%20wattled-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Wattled jacana</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGFy1VIwuPXHT9-_vJ-1flyrHKXuDY_n-ZmSosxioGPXOt1468k7bFtSLS1e3jJY4Z_xo4EYpWYT6u_Z9C2hpkK-UEZMQTAxbw6DwfFWgOjfDd_pxoteFg1d7MoRgzyfrlgxbq-QMzF9qqjOLn2AC4TzfP7Ysl6RIEWMwVM6mlF-7cN5xekdLy8fQ/s7087/jacana,%20wattled.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4318" data-original-width="7087" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGFy1VIwuPXHT9-_vJ-1flyrHKXuDY_n-ZmSosxioGPXOt1468k7bFtSLS1e3jJY4Z_xo4EYpWYT6u_Z9C2hpkK-UEZMQTAxbw6DwfFWgOjfDd_pxoteFg1d7MoRgzyfrlgxbq-QMzF9qqjOLn2AC4TzfP7Ysl6RIEWMwVM6mlF-7cN5xekdLy8fQ/w640-h390/jacana,%20wattled.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Wattled jacana</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6mIwCCbaVUvAycEW7UIrDqtTkwg9YnVHpD9T8ydt1RlSd2kGJKBXFP3goR8gUYzvysOOy5Nj94HJRC6uFO1LnqRPedqHEqHnOYnh_uCU_lBKsyag48cU5AF_XxUhJiErs5TeZH1BebPL6QstRWuHQxxz3Oh4iaaUSJyby3-z65GX0jlBlInOKbI9/s2295/kiskadee-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="2295" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6mIwCCbaVUvAycEW7UIrDqtTkwg9YnVHpD9T8ydt1RlSd2kGJKBXFP3goR8gUYzvysOOy5Nj94HJRC6uFO1LnqRPedqHEqHnOYnh_uCU_lBKsyag48cU5AF_XxUhJiErs5TeZH1BebPL6QstRWuHQxxz3Oh4iaaUSJyby3-z65GX0jlBlInOKbI9/w640-h480/kiskadee-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Kiskadee</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzRRCUtP4GIC_b3dICQB-i70C8qTdaj7-F36kSWa7-cnOQ2Zn-hgUoIPfV7wC_L2TTyvXZj8AVZfQu3bd68KPmB6Ur0-pKXwIf018PuFTOjkApBBqytCLOmcvZoT2YtIGUJqqkx09he4wJoFR7bZRsUZrEo_tGBXIfX5yyWToNV6d8D0DZn2DJ0-9/s2518/kiskadee.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="2518" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzRRCUtP4GIC_b3dICQB-i70C8qTdaj7-F36kSWa7-cnOQ2Zn-hgUoIPfV7wC_L2TTyvXZj8AVZfQu3bd68KPmB6Ur0-pKXwIf018PuFTOjkApBBqytCLOmcvZoT2YtIGUJqqkx09he4wJoFR7bZRsUZrEo_tGBXIfX5yyWToNV6d8D0DZn2DJ0-9/w640-h504/kiskadee.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Kiskadee</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW410zRFSlMg1QkjLwjIvyhr8TH-DUzSoxufqATU8tQeEZtn29KUJfkmlCZAKulaqz3kwa173-GkwYisKBiBh6Juq1ef0HWvXCbrvIoEUmnLVE2KBy1Eo_kPthNH9rXeIPiHJ7ilRJeaK9XlIkcBEwuytEHI6xoOgDrut47S5pZrscSrgjoQrgj3YH/s8256/otter%20in%20lagoon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW410zRFSlMg1QkjLwjIvyhr8TH-DUzSoxufqATU8tQeEZtn29KUJfkmlCZAKulaqz3kwa173-GkwYisKBiBh6Juq1ef0HWvXCbrvIoEUmnLVE2KBy1Eo_kPthNH9rXeIPiHJ7ilRJeaK9XlIkcBEwuytEHI6xoOgDrut47S5pZrscSrgjoQrgj3YH/w640-h426/otter%20in%20lagoon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Giant river otter</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9LxXm7xfEmHXd8U-dtZuhGMHNPYCzFg9w3GiWOxTspTt9PmvDSUPUQBZBSTccaIU8uB48IvPySZJAQ1yW1wK4NPvY6W5fqPqKayvHXN0LdE4xY0OV7IpCTTq3YMW93OsKaT1KaLjFASg5S6PFkkomZEbsX2kQjz29MSqdOipXlZ92FCpb9MNB3fL/s1229/tropupial,%20orange-backed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1229" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9LxXm7xfEmHXd8U-dtZuhGMHNPYCzFg9w3GiWOxTspTt9PmvDSUPUQBZBSTccaIU8uB48IvPySZJAQ1yW1wK4NPvY6W5fqPqKayvHXN0LdE4xY0OV7IpCTTq3YMW93OsKaT1KaLjFASg5S6PFkkomZEbsX2kQjz29MSqdOipXlZ92FCpb9MNB3fL/w640-h480/tropupial,%20orange-backed.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Orange-backed troupial</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLN1vocye-XtEg1DMbpP6OUcpbRePtFXRn38MSgf76vc1DwFdMqlUNqIlt8M-QKOSTw1-OqViOYqdverm9sNs2q1jua3_Ckv27fA461o5weEH_JlGciIZp4S4vjek4QBjTnyU1Jx1TmPqGFHVGRCD4cSlmvICv15BSGz8w8fUSOw-eT_RLoE5ATrV/s1656/woodpecker,%20cream-colored.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLN1vocye-XtEg1DMbpP6OUcpbRePtFXRn38MSgf76vc1DwFdMqlUNqIlt8M-QKOSTw1-OqViOYqdverm9sNs2q1jua3_Ckv27fA461o5weEH_JlGciIZp4S4vjek4QBjTnyU1Jx1TmPqGFHVGRCD4cSlmvICv15BSGz8w8fUSOw-eT_RLoE5ATrV/w614-h640/woodpecker,%20cream-colored.jpg" width="614" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Cream-colored woodpecker</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDk8rZt4BdJ0jSxoYQqSqzwpP4Gkxu5SQ8Pgg99yEbIw0dtu2veEhkG1h2XL2wiTkIxfHVzH1emH46b-ouUlr0GQJaFyxkWstqMKRLuRy82ATQjpow6ZKiXHbpNZCaRf4VKglsb7ZlH_AZgQLltd1zDh3EwJHCDDbVM6LtHFElIUPMfp3n-VoKBD0v/s4404/sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="4404" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDk8rZt4BdJ0jSxoYQqSqzwpP4Gkxu5SQ8Pgg99yEbIw0dtu2veEhkG1h2XL2wiTkIxfHVzH1emH46b-ouUlr0GQJaFyxkWstqMKRLuRy82ATQjpow6ZKiXHbpNZCaRf4VKglsb7ZlH_AZgQLltd1zDh3EwJHCDDbVM6LtHFElIUPMfp3n-VoKBD0v/w640-h480/sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The homeward bound sunset.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24qmdOkkIiTn6_3CGtkgXOUvWU_hoXhT7Jc5vNLVWAkN0qDF93nGRBRPlIWIKR92S3WEYmmu0VcOuK4crWGb5n-rw2ZsMva5AcmWOIuSyJoJKnkaDwk3jpW9JtsvKCh569b1pOyojxEtxEaPJF7A3YIGKftaX6qbAWn97YQan9S5oqR-PBiD5fa0M/s4032/dock%20at%20night.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24qmdOkkIiTn6_3CGtkgXOUvWU_hoXhT7Jc5vNLVWAkN0qDF93nGRBRPlIWIKR92S3WEYmmu0VcOuK4crWGb5n-rw2ZsMva5AcmWOIuSyJoJKnkaDwk3jpW9JtsvKCh569b1pOyojxEtxEaPJF7A3YIGKftaX6qbAWn97YQan9S5oqR-PBiD5fa0M/w640-h480/dock%20at%20night.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gulliblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01757448241656853571noreply@blogger.com2