Wednesday March 20th 2024

It was a very nice sunny and comfortable day after a cool overnight. The temperature climbed into the mid seventies after getting down into the forties overnight.

This afternoon I watched the boats returning to port from a day of recreation in the Gulf of Mexico. I parked along the north side of the Venice Inlet. There were plenty of other people taking advantage of the beautiful afternoon fishing in the inlet, sitting on the beach or otherwise enjoying the gulf. The gulf waters were a beautiful green color reflecting in the sun. I hoped to see dolphins in the inlet, but there weren’t any around today. I had to settle for a few brown pelicans.

Traffic getting to and from Venice was the challenge I’ve come to expect in this area at this time of year. Going south to the inlet in the middle of the afternoon wasn’t too bad, but returning north at rush hour was far from a rush. It was just a slow steady crawl.

The midweek quiet in the campground continued today. Only a few sites turned over and the day use area wasn’t very popular. A few people were fishing on the lake judging by the empty trailers at the boat launch, but I didn’t see any boats getting launched or landed.