Speed boats racing and roaring, while the most graceful of yachts slips by the shoreline. Container vessels large and slow, head north and head south and as they go, a bright red pilot boat speeds to them. With a skill and a daring that makes it look easy, it matches speeds with the giants no matter how breezy. Then breaking away, heads back to the town, another safe delivery, another safe return. Osprey hover above the canal, watching and waiting as fish hawk may, for the moment they will dive for the catch of the day.
Seagulls strut and socialize, while waiting on their scavenger's prize.
They seem so bold, so brassy and rough, as they squawk and screech and flap and shove. Ducks and drakes all congregate, bobbing on the wake from the boats as they eagerly wait their handout of groats. Later they leave for their nests in the reeds skillfully avoiding the man made water steeds. So many things to do and see in this great little town full of history. You can walk over town and downtown to study the buildings, then walk to the museum and learn why we are here.