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!!

 

The Beach, The Beach, FINALLY the beach

Tuesday February 28 & Wednesday February 29
Sebastian Inlet State Park, Florida

 

I know I’m behind and this is dated a few days ago. 

 

But I’ve just been too busy playing in, by, near and with the ocean to get this blog posted.  So here it goes in a whooosh of days which is how it seems to me now.  Time definitely flies when you are having a good time.This   is post one of two.  Don’t want to overwhelm you with too many fantastic days at once.  J

 

On TUESDAY, it was a LONG 68 miles.

We left Jonathan Dickinson State Park and only had to drive 68 miles straight up the coast to get to Sebastian Inlet.   2+ HOURS later we sighed and understood that going up Highway 1 on the East Coast of Florida was no picnic even in the middle of the day on Tuesday in late February.  Stoplight and go and stores and cars and stoplight and go and …………   Why aren’t all these people at work?  :-)

 

 

 

BUT we made it and pulled into site 49.  The sites aren’t large here but

they are just steps away from the inlet and easy access to the beach.  This is one site I won’t be spending much time at. J

After yesterday’s big paddle day and today’s tiring drive, David’s was ready for a nap.

 

 

 

I was ready for  THE BEACH.  

So after getting moderately set up, he hit the bedroom; I tip toed out, taking my phone and my beach supplies.

 

 

 

 

 

It was 3:30 by the time I got there but the surf, the sand, the surfers and the sanderlings were all just as they should be.  I was in heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

You know how perfect it is to be back in the company of a wonderful friend?  Then you know how I felt being back home on an Atlantic Ocean Beach.  Nothing is finer for me.  Especially when the beach is pretty much deserted except for a few fellow lovers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed until the sun was very low in the sky and it was definitely cooling off.  I had my towel over my legs.  Others had their feathers and wet suits.

 

 

 

It both invigorates me and soothes my soul like nothing else.

 

 

Feels like I’ve been away a long time and like I never left.

 

 

 

Wednesday, we were out for the sunrise.

It was pretty foggy and cloudy, not the best sunrise.   But any sunrise over the ocean is a great sunrise. 

 

 

 

 

 

There were heavy clouds at the horizon so we didn’t see the sun rise from the water, just peek out from the clouds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were few other people out on the beach with their gear this early. 

 

 

 

 

 

But more were fishing on the pier and one was already in the water as the sun came up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mostly we had the beach all to ourselves.

 

 

 

 

 

I intended to do my 4+ mile run on the beach today but it wasn’t long after I set out that I realized the sand was just too soft everywhere and my ankle wasn’t going to be interested in this.

 

 

So we headed back for Winnona.  David dropped me off at the A1 bike path since neither section of the park has enough roads to run on without going back and forth, back and forth.  The temperature climbed.  Not much of a breeze here.  It was a hot run on a street side path and although there were not many cars, it just wasn’t what I’d been hoping for.   So on the way back I saw an entrance to the park that said bike path and I took it.  WHAT a mistake!  Turns out it winds back and forth and added quite a bit to a run I was already sick of.  But the worst thing was that with the increasing temperatures, the mosquitoes were out in force.  The backs of my legs looked like I had giant chicken pox by the time I got back.  Probably no more running in this park.  If I come back and stay longer, I’ll have to come up with an alternative run.

 

 

After breakfast, David took a nap, I worked on catching up with blog posts and just after noon we went back down to the beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This time I set out for a walk in the water.  The waves were wonderful, the water temperature perfect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I walked a long way, to the end of the park property.  David zoomed in
on me coming back.

 

 

 

 

This fella  kept coming up and leaving and returning.  Never quite believing no one was going to give him anything or leave anything laying around.  Many see him as just an ordinary gull, a nuisance,  I think how amazingly color coordinated he is.  Legs, match beak, match eyes.  His eyes are trimmed in a red/orange and so is the inside of his mouth.  The beautiful details of nature.

 

 

I just LOVE everything about the Beach!
What a GREAT Leap Day!!