We finished up a few odds and ends on projects here at the Refuge.  I took the morning off to wander the trails one last time.  Spring has really taken a foothold.  Everything is growing like crazy.  More critters are making appearances.  The huge bull frogs chorused, Rails flitted into the rushes, a Black Capped Night Heron and a Green Heron stirred in the early morning air.  Snakes are emerging.  Mosquitoes are getting more intense.  Gators are lolling around everywhere.  Ah, warm, sticky days in the marsh.

Kent is finishing up a pile of “home improvement” projects: getting and mounting a motorhome spare tire, installing our kayak carriers on the Focus, and putting the hitch on the Focus so we can launch the boat.

All that is left is to turn in our snake spats and hardhats.  So long Aransas.  We will probably check in again some day to see how things are going.