A WEEK AT THE Beach

"Crane's Vacation" scrawled in the sand on the last day, so sad, we had to leave.

The water was mostly calm, the sand was clean and white, the house was cool and comfortable and the thunderstorms were loud and watery...all in all, that's the best of a week in Florida.

We walked Clare, the wonder dog, her cousin, Maggie came on Tues nite, so she had constant companionship. She loved the walks but the blacktop and sand were hot on her feet. S, P,E, Band P all got color, some burnt, but no major toasting.

S and I had coffee every morning on the porch, the breeze and the sound of the ocean were wonderful, S actually relaxed... S learned to grill over charcoal again, with a few missteps, but had mahi mahi and shrimp on the grill that was wonderful. Ate at a restaurant called "stinkys", should have followed my instincts about eating at a place called "Stinky's" but enough said.

Clare was good on the drive but refused to lay down even though we made a bed for her in the back of the van. So when she got home she was sleeping for a long time.
These pics are from the drive home, everybody gave me a hard time about being nervous going over this bridge, but it wasn't the bridge that made me nervous, it was the close proximity of the water that gave me the frights.

Would like to do it again, but maybe a bigger house with a pool, I can dream can't I....

B, S, P and S on the beach......