Let ’ s Take a Walk
Story and photographs by Paul Roberts
Kiawah is a wonderful place to take a walk . There are paths where you can forget about traffic , forget about cars , even forget about houses . You can be alone with nature — surrounded by plants , ponds , marsh , and birds and by the occasional animal , scurrying to get out of the way .
My favorite place is Killdeer Pond in The Preserve , but that ’ s mostly because it ’ s close and easy for me to get to . Much of the time the pond is quiet in the morning when I like to walk — just one or two tri-colored herons or a couple of little green herons looking for a snack . But this day was special ; I surprised a raccoon looking for what he could find under the walkway over the pond . I think he surprised me as much as I surprised him , but I did manage to get a photo .
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