Chicago Heights natives Erick and Adrena Williams worked at Ford factories, owned a limo company and now enjoy a semi-retired life year-round living in an RV and volunteering as campground hosts in the Florida panhandle.
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Paying respects to our Big Sister
This Lunar New Year, we pay our respects to Big Sister s Island, part of Singapore s first Marine Park. Thanks to NParks for permission to survey after sunset.
There are Giant clams on this shore! The corals seemed alright and we saw interesting marine life despite the intermittent rain.
Most of the shores on both Big and Small Sisters Islands were reclaimed: seawalls were built on the reef edge and the reef flat buried. The original islands were much tinier. Most of Big Sister s Island is ringed by artificial seawalls, which create two swimming lagoons.
Photo by Mark Larson
Humboldt County s has one of the richest and most diverse populations of marine life in California, as well as some 135,558 people, plus visitors. My family, like many others, is particularly active in the waterways, especially kayaking and surfing in spaces shared by other mammals. Even though we know the animals are there, encounters come as a surprise and can have frightening or even dangerous consequences unless we are aware and prepared.
Paul O Connor tests the waters of Big Lagoon for the Big Lagoon Rancheria, often while kayaking near sunrise. He has witnessed an array of wildlife at various locations and seasonal intervals, including Roosevelt elk herds feeding inside the lagoon at least six times per year. I have personally spotted them at several places at the shoreline.