Carolina Blue

Today it was such a beautiful day, near perfect (mid 70's, low humidity, clear sky) in fact, so we went for a walk at nearby Lake Lynn. The sky was very blue, a Carolina blue. It always amazes us that the sky is so blue here, unlike the greyish-blue of the Midwest.

As luck would have it, we weren't the only ones enjoying the weather; the turtles were out in force! We came to Lake Lynn a couple of weeks ago, and saw about 30+ turtles sunning themselves, but didn't think we'd luck out in seeing them again. Today they were in a different spot, and (like us) were enjoying the sun. I think there were even more today (40-50). There was one huge turtle (size of small dog) with a head the size of my fist, that we almost mistook for a log. The Turduckens were also out in force. For those that don't know, these odd Ducks look part turkey, but are actually called Muscovy Ducks. Apparently they are good eats...
After our walk, we came home and watched the Spartans beat up on UConn. It was nice to see Detroit have a nice moment for a change given their economic woes. Currently we're watching the Tarheels vs. Villanova. UNC has a good lead right now (halftime). If they keep this up, and it's UNC vs. MSU in the final, we're torn on who to root for. Do we go with the Big 10? or do we go with the local favorite UNC? On the one hand, we have watched more UNC games this year, but on the other hand Alice did grow up near MSU.