Lake Mary, at Sea Pine Forest Preserve, on Hilton Head Island, SC is one of our favorite spots to spend the day.

We bring the dogs, our cameras, my scope and most important…. my journaling supplies. The dogs get so excited as we make the turn into the Preserve. We head for the picnic table area off the Anhinga Trail and set up camp for the day. Since we don’t have the type of dogs that can be ‘off leash,’ we bring their x-pen and their picnic carpet pads (no, they are not tooooo spoiled) so Rob and I can do our thing and the dogs can enjoy a snooze in the sunshine. The above journal page is from January 2006. We will be back in our favorite spot in a couple of weeks. I love returning to places and journaling. I love to see the changes and compare observations from season to season. You can really engrave favorite places into your heart this way. I hope the Brown Pelicans will be there. We usually hear a Barred Owl call. Perhaps this year we’ll see it!