There is this one road I pass a lot and have always wanted to know what was at the other end. I found out in Pottery Class (to be posted, so cool!) that there is a beach down there that is very pretty. So, we hoped in the car. Now that the kids are old enough and don't want to be around us, we are out of here!
We just got to the beach...
We climbed up a path because it was there and found a wonderful view. We sat here for quite a while and just relaxed. The wind was perfect and the sound of the ocean was peaceful.
But, I was dying to get down and explore the rocks on the beach below.
Bill took a great picture of this guy fishing off the cliff.
I will show some shots of the area as we headed down to the beach. Bill is usually the photographer. As you may recall, he likes to remind us that, "one of us was a fine arts minor." --yawn-- I am just glad that I don't have to carry the camera. But those of you who know me, know that I have to have some control. There are shots that I want for the blog that I have to take myself. Most of the time, I let him have the camera, but sometimes I have to do it myself.
Doesn't this look amazing?
Heading down to the beach.
More from the fine arts minor... Cute though.
These kids were so cute running and squealing around in the waves.
I heard that beach is great for "sea glassing." I never heard of sea glassing until I moved to NY back in 1987. The New Yorkers raved about finding shards of glass that had been tumbled smooth after years rolling in the waves. At the time I thought, "We call that trash in the south." And ya'll call us dumb. But I learned to love it.
My source was right, I found quite a bit of sea glass. Here I am digging around the shore.
While Bill....
I always say that Bill dresses like it is October and he is heading to the Officer's Club. No matter where we live, where we are going, or what month it is. He always wears the "Officer-wear" uniform: button down polo, belt, chinos and full shoes.
So he stayed on the rocks while I explored.
I wish I could share how the waves sounded against the rocks. The wind was just right.
You can see that the water here is crystal clear.
The beaches have a ton of coral all over the place. It makes for great snorkeling too.
I had another place to explore. I heard about this huge warehouse store that imports from all over the place. It is like our gift shop but much bigger. The shop was about 10 minutes from the beach so we headed over. We pass quite a bit of fields in this area. There is always the ubiquitous drink machine. There is a drink machine of some kind literally every 100 yards or less not matter where you are.
But don't look for too many sugary sodas. They have tea, water coffees, and coke zero.
Here is the entrance to the shop. The shop was really cool. We could have spent an hour in there. Bill was getting hungry so we lasted about 30 minutes. Plenty of time to decide that we were coming back with lots of yen!
(Bill would like me to note that he did not take any of these pictures...not up to his standards--double yawn).
Here is some of the stuff that is inside...
I spent a lot of time wishing that I could show people that I know this shop. It was really fun.
I was thinking of my brother Joe and his wife Laura here...
Bill found the drums and played them all.
The sun was going down so we decided to go grab some dinner and call it another great day. This is shot from the road right outside the shop. There is a surfer in the waves, can you spot him?
Great day!
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