As you may recall my Florida trip deep into the heart of the Panhandle of Florida… an area I’ve not ventured into all that often.

With the first half of the day firmly committed to campus portrait work… it was time to find our way back to nature.

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is about thirty minutes south of the State Capitol… on the Gulf of Mexico.

Its beautiful salt and freshwater marshes create a lush landscape.

Spending most of my time in California means I am treated mostly to skies with minimal clouds. Or worse, pollution and haze.

Back in Florida, I was treated once again to the big booming cloud formations of my youth.

It was somehow comforting to see them again.