Seagulls?

We decided to take advantage of a beautiful day today and drive up to the mountains.  I brought my camera thinking I would be taking pictures like this. . . .

And instead, stumbled upon this. 

Yes, those are seagulls.  This is a McDonalds in Sevierville, TN.  I'm guessing that the closest beach is Myrtle Beach, SC and that is 303 miles away.  As much as I would like you to believe I pulled that mileage out of my head, I didn't. 

 I googled it.

I didn't google to find out WHY seagulls would be in Sevierville, TN.  I'm leaving that mystery to your imagination.  Yes, that's me in my car shooting the birds with my camera and Bill is driving slowly to get them to fly. 

Don't worry. We didn't squish any.

But they were beautiful. . .

And now I want to go visit my Dad in Panama City and see them in their more natural habitat.  Oh yea, and have a margarita on the beach.  And get a tan.

They still have the same instincts as a "sea" gull.  Throw out a cheez-it and they swarm like a scene from the movie, The Birds.  Great movie.  Tippi Hedron was in that movie.  She's Melanie Griffith's mom. 

Did you know that? Well, now you do.

This guy is mad that I ran out of cheez-itz. 

This is Jonathan.  (Livingston Seagull)  If you don't get that, you need to go to the library.

Yep.  It's time to go to Florida.