Mar. 27: More Riverwalk

Today was a day of riding the 4 trolleys that run around town, more shopping, more eating and more of the Riverwalk. We went to El Mercado. This is like going to Mexico but not requiring all the paperwork. Saw many of the same things we had seen in Mexico for about twice the price. It was an interesting place and actually went there twice - just jump on and off the trolleys as we wanted. They had a couple of good looking Mexican restaurants there that we may have to check out later.





Ended up back at the Riverwalk. I think this is such an interesting place and I'm sure we'll be back - we haven't eaten at all the restaurants there yet. These yellow ones were about 3 inches long with a white flower growing out the side. They grow as bushes along the river. The potted plant had small ornimental cabbages. They were about 3 to 4 inches around - really cute. The bird in the tree is a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. They are along the river walk and at one place, the boats try to go down the middle so you don't get dumped on. The Great Heron was along the river walk right at the edge of the sidewalk. Guess this shows how wildlife is getting accustom to us humans. He was eating minnows.








The mother duck had a problem. I think she had nested in this landscaped area next to a building and couldn't figure out how to get the babies out. There was about a 3' wall around the landscaping. They were pretty newly hatched and she was going back and forth looking for a way out. I'm sure the park patrol will come along and help her out. There are lots of Mallards and pigeons along the river walk. One male pigeon seemed more interested in producing more pigeons than eating. He didn't seem to care which female wasn't interested and didn't care who was around or watching. He just seemed to be kinda tunnel focused on one thing. Couple of the drakes in the same mode. Must be spring.






I found a neat little icon on my camera that lets me take night time photos. The sculpture is in the middle an intersection. This sculpture is actually prettier at night than during the day. I didn't take a photo of it in daylight but it was kinda interesting looking at night.

And the Riverwalk photo really surprised me. To take these pictures, I had to find someplace to lean on or rest the camera on. I used a bridge for the Riverwalk and a street light to lean on for the street sculpture.






This is my first video for my blog. I noticed I could add one so I took a few seconds today of a Mexican band at the restaurant we were eating at, Casa Rio. It took forever to download so I may only do this on something real important--like the grandsons playing sports - I'm sure you would all love to see that.