Saturday night at Nokomis

Saturday May 5, 2012
Oscar Scherer State Park Site 95

 

Sadly it’s the final Beach Day for this Vacation.

It’s Saturday afternoon, our last day before heading back so we sett off for our final day at the beach at least for a while. 
And we aren’t the only ones.  The week-enders are out in force.  On land and on the sea.

 

 

 

We get settled up under the TIBU and I check out our neighbors.

 

I think this guy is a member of my tribe.  Sure wish I could see what he is reading so intently.  I don’t want to interrupt by asking if I can see the title but I will admit that I do try to sneak a peak through my binoculars.  I think it is a biography of Thomas Merton although you can’t see it in this photo.

 

This young man is absorbed in what he is doing as well.
He is also a member of my tribe.  J

 

 

These ladies who later tell me they have flown in from Michigan are both sun burned to blazing red on their fronts yet do not have on t-shirts or beach covers as they stay connected wherever they are.
Not members of my tribe.

 

And David….

 

 

 

After a great afternoon,  we head home to drop off the beach gear and get a little dinner. 

 

 We go back to see what the sundown celebration on a full moon Saturday night is like.

 

I am shocked when we pull up and the parking lots are completely full as far as the eye can see.  I drop off David and his big chair and go in search of a parking space.   When I return, we walk out to the shore and here is what we see.  And that’s just one side of the circle.

 

 

 

Finding a place to put the big chair takes some doing.

We find one though he is fairly far back.

 

The center is created, the drummers are playing, hoopers are there and one lone oriental woman is slowly and deliberately doing Tai Chi amongst all the drumming and dancing.

 

 

 

 

People have clearly brought their party with them. 

Some bring snacks, others  full dinners.   This is an EVEN bigger deal than Wednesday nights.
Although perhaps the hype for the “supermoon” has increased the crowds.  Never having been to a Saturday celebration I have nothing to compare.

 

 

 

We are all here to be part of the experience

People of all ages and sizes and beliefs gathered together to have a great time. It’s a fabulously eclectic crowd as it has been every time I’ve been here.  The party has definitely begun - dancing, drumming, hopping,  kites, sun down, moon up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The jingle overskirts are all the rage among the dancers

 

of all ages

 

 

 

This dancer has a very distinctive style

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope this will be me, in the circle still dancing when I’m using a cane.  I think I will need a jingle skirt then.

 

 

 

 

 

And per Paul’s request here is a whirling picture of me dancing.

 

 

The drumming  picks up intensity as the sun nears the horizon.

 

 

 

 

As it grows darker, folks bring out the lights.

 

 

 

 

 

As it gets totally dark, I use the fireworks setting on my
camera to get shots of the hoopers twirling their hoops
over their heads and around their bodies.

 

 

A pair of girls toss two lighted hoops back and forth.

 

Two boys come into the circle with some sort of balls of fire
at the end of metal chains which they swing around themselves.
These folks definitely know how to have a good time.
What a great free volunteer show this is.

 

 

The moon rises over the life guard stand and we know it is time for us to head on out.

 

 

 

Not a huge “super moon” I don’t think but every full moon is definitely super enough for me.