Summertime-Like and the Livin’ Is Easy

After a morning of snorkeling for Bobby and Elise and beachcombing for Danine, we are getting ready to go to Key West for the afternoon and evening.

Yesterday we spent the morning going to the post office (thanks to all who sent packages – we got all of them), grocery store and laundromat. Errands done, the afternoon was devoted to hanging out at the beach.There are many to choose from here and we have discovered, having tried them all, that we prefer the bay side. The water is calmer there, not that it’s crazy on the Atlantic side. There is also a lot of detritus on the ocean side that we prefer not to swim through. On the way back from the beach, the sun was setting and I biked quickly back to the trailer to get a couple of shots.

I have discovered that I enjoy beachcombing, looking through the wrackline for various treasures from the sea. Here the thing to look for are sea beans. Pods from trees in Central and South America wash ashore here with regularity. The ones I am most interested in finding are the sea heart and the hamburger bean. No luck so far, but this morning I did see some sea pearls (not real pearls, sorry), a dead sea urchin and some small portuguese man o’ war.


I took this picture yesterday morning after a passing shower. Look – a motorhome at the end of the rainbow!