And then the winds came

Wednesday and Thursday December 11 and 12, 2013
Sebastian Inlet State Park

 

WEDNESDAY

 

 

It seems that Ron Jon has a serious in with the weather makers.

Ron Jon’s photo shoot was done over two days and they were fabulous days, Tuesday and Wednesday.  My most recent post was about Tuesday and the “models”.   If you’d like to see it, click here.

 

 

 

Wednesday was another beautiful day although the waves were rougher than Tuesday when they were too rough for me to go in without being tossed end over end.  I waded today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some folks tried their hand at a bit more.

 

I hope that was her bathing suit she had on.

 

The waves got her.

 

The rescue.

 

David tried his hand.  I tried to get his picture but the wave got him before I did. Can you see his feet??

  

 

The waves had washed two or three coconuts up on the beach.  No idea from where.

 

 

 

On Thursday the winds really took over. 

 

Just after Ron Jon’s days.  How did he work that?  The winds were gusting over 30 mph.  No beach day and no kayaking. 

 

Sunrise looked like this.

 

But finally – it showed itself just enough to disappear into the clouds.

 

 

The warning flags were bending over.  So were the palm trees lining the inlet as I walked back from the sort of sunrise.

 

 

 

 

So what did we do since we couldn’t kayak or play in the waves or even ride the bikes in this wind?

 

Well after I returned, David was up and we had pancakes for breakfast. Those are oatmeal chocolate chip with home made cherry syrup being poured on them.  

 

 

 

David worked on a pet project, getting rid of the old bedroom TV.  Not sure why this was high on the list since we pretty much never watch TV but he wanted to do it and the new one is much lighter than the old one.

So after researching the mount, the TV, the possible installation methods, here is the result.  Wonder if I can fill in the bottom and back with books?  :-))   Weight he hollers….weight….weight!

 

 

 

I have no idea what I was doing but judging from the pictures I took, I spent most of the day experiencing the winds and wondering if we should bring in the slides.

 

In the afternoon, I  walked back over to the ocean on the campground side of the inlet.  On my way I saw the pelicans dive bombing the waves.  The wind must stir up the fish.  The pelicans were swarming.  Down they would go and then back up they would come.  Over and over. 

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t think the human fishermen were having such good luck from what they said. 

Although they were out in the wind, all bundled up and facing the spray.  Fishermen apparently brave all weather for the possibility of the big one.

 

 

 

Out at the pier, the flags in the afternoon were even more bent.  The waves pounding the shore.  The winds more powerful.

 

 

 

On the other side the surfers were absent today.

 

In  fact everyone was absent.  Remember the parking  lot from Tuesday’s Ron Jon post?   Well look at it today.

 

 

 

The flags were flapping hard here as well and the waves were crashing.

 

 

 

The wind redesigned my hair.

 

 

Cajun catfish with rice and vegetables for dinner. 

You have a lot more time to think about food if you aren’t doing much of anything else.  :-)

 

 

 

And then in the evening when I thought perhaps I’d write this blog, I finally threw up my hands in defeat.

 

    

I’ve been doing battle with some nasty malware for nearly a week now and have finally gotten tired enough of it to give up and give in.

My laptop woes have gotten significant enough that I am actually going to give up my beloved Windows XP – best operating system Microsoft ever made – and move to Windows 7.  This requires a complete reinstall,  not just an upgrade, so we ordered the disk and when it comes the project of wiping everything off and reinstalling will begin.  Luckily we have two laptops which will make doing this significantly easier. 

 

 

It may not have been a great sunrise but that wind does make for a grand sunset.

 

 

 

The pelicans were everywhere and looked wonderful against the colorful sky.

 

 

And the sunset just kept getting more beautiful.