This last weekend we visited Smith Island and had the most amazing experience. Blessed with perfect weather on this Easter weekend, we kayaked Tangier Sound, read on the water front porch, watched stunning sunsets, ate incredible food at the aptly named Inn of Silent Music and we visited the Pelicans. The Pelican nesting area, called a rookery, was populated by thousands of pelicans, some cormorants and a few sea gulls. Most amazing was the fact they allowed us to walk through their nesting area, staying just feet away from us. These incredible, prehistoric looking birds created hundreds of 18" round ground nests each filled with one, two or three eggs. As we quietly watched, some pelicans returned to sitting on their eggs while other seemed to be discussing whose nest was whose. Most were simply chillin'. I just kept thinking this is how it must feel to visit the Galapagos Islands.