More Beach Days :-)

Thursday March 1 & Friday March 2
Sebastian Inlet State Park, Florida

 

Thursday was the PREMIER day.

 

David has been off all the medicine since Monday morning and is beginning to feel fine again.  So he wanted to get some things done.  I of course wanted to be at the water.  So we did.  Each of us that is, did what we wanted.

 

 

 

It was a red flag day at the beach which means pretty good waves. I got my spot set up to watch the action

This skim boarder was pacing up and down the shore looking for just the right wave.  When he saw it, quick as a flash he would sprint at top speed out, throw down the board, jump on, ride right into the wave, turn on the board, ride over top of it and back in onto the shore.   It was amazing to watch.  He was very good and seldom misjudged or wiped out.

 

 

 

 

Another gorgeous day!!

 

Got these beach lovers in motion too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The waves were GREAT!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time for me to get in motion so I ran out and played in the waves until I was worn out.   WHAT FUN!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back on shore, I relaxed, did some reading and watched the waves, the people in them and the clouds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David made it down about 2:30 and took up his spot as a beach watcher.

 

 

 

 

 

He declined to join me in the water at first but took some pictures of me having fun getting smacked by the waves.

 

 

David’s not so much a water person as I am.  But when he saw Just how much fun I was having and I said COME ON IN!!!  He finally did and had a great time.  Unfortunately I was in the water with him and didn’t get any pictures of him playing in the waves.  But he is feeling much better and wasn’t worn out by it all.  Good News!

Swimming in the ocean on March the 1st. 
It doesn’t get much better than this!!

 

 

 

The clouds began to thicken and the beach cleared out as the temperatures dropped and the flies showed up out of nowhere.

 

None of it seemed to bother this water lover. 

 

 

But soon he and we decided to pack up and head out.

 

But we’ll all be back again tomorrow for another fantastic day!!

 

 

Sure enough, FRIDAY we were out early again for an even better sunrise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun was pretty far up in the sky when we decided it was time to head back and get some breakfast.   As we left, we saw this up in the sky too.

I wonder if this is the personal transportation method of the future?
He’s got a big bladed engine on the back.  Can you see it?   Does he wear ear muffs for the noise??

 

 

 

We went back to the rig and had pancakes for breakfast and were
back at the beach by 10:30.  Yippeee!!

Today’s warning flag was yellow meaning medium hazard but really meaning waves not quite as big.

 

 

 

But that’s OK, we staked out our spot and put up the world’s finest beach umbrella. 

 

 

There was some serious bullying going on today.  I’d say he’s picking on someone a LOT smaller than he is.   What a meanie!

 

 

 

David thought this was a great place for a nap with waves for lullabies.

 

 

I kept waiting for it to warm up enough to get in the water but the
sun kept sneaking behind those clouds.  At one point the ranger came zipping by on his ATV and although he went behind everyone else, he drove right in front of us and we were closer to the water than the others.    So I decided, I didn’t want tire tracks in my view and set out to stomp them out.

 

 

I’ve put so many other pictures of waves and surfers and skim boarders on the other posts from Sebastian Inlet that I think you get the picture of what our day was like.  Sadly we never did get back in the water but then it is only March.   Just being here was joy enough!

 

By 3:30 it was too cool and windy to stay any longer so we left
with pretty much everyone else.  The beach was deserted.  Only die hard fisherman on the pier and the winged folks who call the beach home were left.

 

David whipped up a great looking baked potato for dinner.  I didn’t miss the sour cream or butter at all.

 

After dinner we walked up to the top of the street and settled in to watch the sun set.

 

 

 

 

The color spread over the skies to the north east. 

 

We started the day with sunrise over the ocean and ended it with sunset over the inlet.  Sadly we’ll be leaving tomorrow but it was a fabulous time!!