@_thurlow

#IndianRiverLagoon blogger💧#StLucieRiver historian; former: teacher, mayor, commissioner, Constitution Revision Commission & SFWMD Governing Board appointee.

 Sewall's Point, Florida
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Space Jellyfish Effect and our IRL

Finito, Indian River Lagoon, Cocoa Village, FL, 10-13-26 Captain Ed awoke me at 6:15 AM. We had overnighted at Cocoa Village Marina on our return to Stuart. “Will you walk Diesel”, he a…

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We Can Always do a 180

I walked into the gift store at North Carolina’s Maritime Museum at Beaufort and saw a postcard: a bottlenose dolphin swam peacefully in the reflection of a setting sun… “Wow.R…

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The Timeless and Difficult Beauty of the South🌳

Captain Ed and I have been traveling southern waterways for about one month. I have gone from crabby to cheerful, now as joyful as a cicada in an oak tree. My stress level has lessened and Ed likes…

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The Golden Isles of Change

  Tomorrow will be two weeks since Ed and I left Stuart on Finito. This is about the time I feel myself disengage from the world. Don’t get me wrong, I am still curious. Every day I chec…

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Feeling Crabby 🦀

Boating often starts out like this. Ed and I are traveling on our trawler, Finito, and beauty is all around us, but for some reason, I feel crabby. I think it has something to do with adapting to m…

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Looking Back to Look Forward- the EAA Reservoir

On August 7th, 2026, in Stuart, Florida, the  Everglades Foundation held a day of remembrance — a day of remembrance for the day Senate Presidient Joe Negron, in 2016, held a press conference…

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The Sea Hare Story

I wanted to relax so I drove out to the ocean. Choosing Ross Witham Beach at the House of Refuge, I figured late in the day it wouldn’t be crowded so I could have the beach all to myself. Wel…

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Lake Eden, the 1883 Survey – Historic Beauty Right Around the Corner

Over the weekend, I made Ed get in the car with me. “Come on, let’s go on a short adventure and Diesel 🐾 can go too!” Ed reluctantly got in the car and we drove from Sewall’…

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Call of the Baby Sea Turtle

It was day like another day, except I was up at 5:30 am. I’m never up at 5:30 am unless my husband Ed has convinced me to go fishing, or years ago when I was teaching high school. My husband …

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Drought, Doubt and Florida Bay

As I write, the skies above me are electrified. Thor is throwing bolts angrily and I am wondering if my ancient oak trees might get struck. Rain is coming, again, to Martin County, Florida. Martin …

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The Best Fruit Stand in North America, “Robert is Here”

On our recent trip to Everglades National Park, Ed and I stumbled upon what I consider to be the best fruit stand in North America. On our American Great Loop Journey, Ed and I visited quite a few,…

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Afraid of Mosquitoes? Not me! Let’s go fishing! Everglades National Park

Ed asked me what I wanted to do for my 62nd birthday. My immediate reply was “Let’ go to Everglades National Park”! In order to entice him, I even promised to go fishing, somethin…

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St. Lucie River/IRL at Low Tide during 2026 Drought

These aerial photographs of the confluence of the St. Lucie and Indian River Lagoon were taken on March 26, 2026 by my husband, Ed Lippisch. I wanted to share on by blog post to document what the w…

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Aerials of the EAA RESERVOIR STA

On February 11, 2026, Ed had the pleasure of bringing friend and world-famous wildlife artist Geoffrey Smith along on a flight to the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Storm Water Treatment Ar…

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On the Ground at the C-23/24 STA (IRLS)

On Friday,  February 6, 2026 , Ed and I joined a group tour of the C-23/24 Storm Water Treatment Area put on by Mark Perry and the Florida Oceanographic Society. ACOE’s Major Cory Bell drove …

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Ariel Views of the C-43 Reservoir/Caloosahatchee River

Today I am going to share all of the aerial photographs of the C-43 Reservoir that were recently taken by my husband Ed Lippisch. I think it is important to be able to “see” these huge …

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Finito and the One Big Beautiful Bay

The winds have finally calmed, the water has lost its anger, and from horizon to sky are long silver clouds that appear to be stuck in place. Captain Ed and I have been docked at Grand Manor Marina…

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Getting there is half the fun, Chesapeake!

Getting to Chesapeake Bay has turned out to take a bit longer than I anticipated, but that’s OK. It all about the journey. We are having a great time. We left Stuart, Florida on August 8, 202…

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