A New Day Dawns

At six fifteen this morning Carol suddenly called out, "Let's go to the beach! Let's watch the sunrise!" Having been sound asleep, I had to let myself down from the chandelier before we could go. We arrived on the beach ten minutes before the sun rose at exactly 6:41 AM.

The photo and video below attest to the event.

As you can tell, it was another magnificent day and we spent the first part of it around the pool, resting and reading. Our tans are becoming professional quality.

In the afternoon, when clouds moved in, we took a walk together through the neighborhood. We stopped at a small shopping area where Carol checked out a store while I sat on a bench with nothing to do but listen to an old hippie tell the story of his life to a woman he began conversing with in an outside café. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but the fellow spoke so loud it was hard to ignore, and I'm a man whose hearing isn't particularly good.

So now I, and a few other bench sitters, know all about his life and hard times, his two divorces, the fact he has no fixed address, how he stayed for two months with his brother in South Carolina who then kicked him out. But since things are not working out for him here in Florida he's planning to re-visit his brother again.

I could tell you more but this is not the time or the place to discuss these things.

Carol and I came back from our walk with me carrying a beautiful peach pie. By the way, there is an Eddie Street here and a Carol Street too. Unfortunately, these two streets have never met so there's no hanging out at the corner of Eddie and Carol.

I like the pelicans here. They fly in formation and never land on the beach, only far out in the water. I snapped these guys this morning returning from our sunrise adventure.

We're hearing of storms and reports of storms on the home front which make us wonder what we'll be facing when we come back. Two more days till departure but one thing for sure, we will not be tackling any storms head on.