Desert Dreaming: 05/07/11

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Beach at Sunrise.....

What a beautiful day this has been. My husband and I got up at 5:45 this morning and took off for the beach to await the sunrise. The temperature was in the mid 60's and NO humidity...couldn't have been more perfect. We arrived to Sunset Beach, and as the sun rose, the water changed colors from dark blue to beautiful light teal and the sun was just sparkling on each wave that crashed to shore. There were only two other people on the beach, one woman collecting shells and a man fishing. We had the whole beach to ourselves...which is very unusual. After about an hour, we drove off to Pass-a-Grille Beach, and as we approached the beach, we saw about 200 people walking along the shoreline...was a bit surprise, and as I approached the waters edge, I asked someone what was going on. And they said they were spotters for the people in the water doing a 2.4 mile beach swim. It was beautiful!!! At the end of Pass-a-Grille beach, they were all getting out of the water, most were in their late teens and early 20's...had a ceremony of some sort at Hurricane's and having breakfast. What an inspiration these young people are. Though the weather couldn't have been more perfect, the waves were a bit large for so early in the morning, so they had some strong currents to swim with. We walked down as far as we could go and went out onto the point where I got a bucket full of beautiful shells, was totally excited, and noticed the tide coming in and needed to get back to land, not much room left there...So, after about 3 hours on the beach, we headed on down Gulf Blvd. and had breakfast at the Frog Pond. For anyone that lives in this area, knows this is one of the greatest breakfast areas in town...so good! I will admit, after coming home, I did clean my home for about 2 hours, and totally fell asleep! Just a great way to start this Mother's Day weekend. Though I am totally in love with the desert southwest, living here in Florida, less than 5 minutes from the beach is truly a blessing, and I don't ever take it for granted.

Hope everyone has a Blessed and Happy Mother's Day!!!

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