Hello!
Today we are traveling, on the road to the BEACH.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned my love for the BEACH.
But I heart the BEACH, I do.
After all, I spent ten years in San Diego. Three of them overlooking the ocean.
Of course, the Florida coast is not a lot like the beaches in Cali. As in,
The water temperature is closer to bathwater than iceberg. (GOOD)
Ten yards offshore, your feet can still reach the bottom. Because the water is at your knees. (GOOD)
Jellyfish. (BAD)
Teensy waves. (BAD, if I were a cool surfer chick. But for me, this is kinda GOOD.)
Heat and humidity 24/7. (BAD at noon. GOOD at 10 pm, when you don’t need a parka to go outside.)
So we’re staying at the beach. Just the five of us. In close quarters. I’ll have my computer and internet access, but will be online only sporadically.
But you’ll probably hear from me at least once or twice. Depending on how much blog material this trip yields.
(See: five people, close quarters. I’m betting on … A LOT.)
Enjoy your week!
When I get home, I’ll post a pic of me with my tan face. With the attractive mustache-like age spot that appeared when I hit 35.
(FYI: Just because you tan easily does NOT mean sunscreen should be limited to nose and cheekbones. I’m just sayin.)
15 responses so far ↓
1 faemom // Jun 26, 2009 at 11:55 pm
At least you tan. I’m white and turn a darker shade of white, and then I become red.
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2 @ngie // Jun 27, 2009 at 6:26 am
The beach… aahhh… sounds delightful! [insert wistful sigh of longing and far off gaze into the imaginary watery sunset set to the gentle sound of surf and kids playing] Have a blast SSBBBFF!
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3 joyce // Jun 27, 2009 at 7:05 am
Enjoy…I could use a trip to the beach right about now. Instead I’m headed to Wal Mart. Sigh.
Have a great week!
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4 Jo@Mylestones // Jun 27, 2009 at 7:12 am
May your encounters with jellyfish be few, and your moments of peace be many. Have fun!!!!
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5 Candy // Jun 27, 2009 at 8:13 am
Have a wonderful time! I hear Bobthedog and Callie are planning a get together with their friends while you’re gone. They will leave you blog fodder, I’m sure. You tan away, friend, while I become a whiter shade of pale amongst the corn.
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6 Screwed Up Texan // Jun 27, 2009 at 8:32 am
My neighbor, Argentina from Guatemala (or as my kids call her–”Tortilla”) is naturally very dark complected. So you bet I was surprised when I learned she got a horrible sunburn last week at the pool. Even with my darker skin I always wear some kind of sunscreen…I learned that lesson as a teen when I got my first sunburn. Poor Argentina though, she is in her fifties and just getting her first.
Bout those jellyfish. I dont like them and especially when they wash up on shore. We’ve got them on the Texas coastline as well.
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7 katdish // Jun 27, 2009 at 8:54 am
Oooo! Have fun! I heart the beach. Can’t wait to hear about all that family bonding.
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8 Beth // Jun 27, 2009 at 9:26 am
Love the beach! But we don’t get too many around Indiana…except ponds and lakes and such…which are nice, but not the same.
Hope you have a good time!
9 Wendy // Jun 27, 2009 at 10:04 am
You’re such a good friend that if you got stung by a jellyfish, I’d pee on you. If you had invited me, of course. Now who will pee on you?
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10 Helen // Jun 27, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Have a fun and safe time, Steph.
Wendy, WHAT?
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11 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Jun 27, 2009 at 8:45 pm
We made it to the beach! Thank you for all the well-wishes.
Wendy, I think I’m grateful for your offer. Then again, it MIGHT be another reason why we didn’t invite you.
12 Lianne // Jun 27, 2009 at 10:29 pm
We just got back from PC, Florida at 6 p.m. tonight. I think we left just in time. The jellyfish were taking OVER this morning. They hadn’t been around all week, so I’m hoping they’ll take off soon for your sake. What beach are you at?
p.s. I got stung 4 times. Nobody peed on me. I am okay with that.
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13 Jenn Calling Home // Jun 28, 2009 at 10:52 am
Ah, totally jealous over her in land-locked Idaho. Missing the beach terribly. Have a blast!
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14 Grace // Jun 29, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Time with family is precious. Enjoy! Time with family in close quarters is…yep…quite likely…blog fodder! Enjoy!
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15 thefarmerfiles // Jul 12, 2009 at 4:06 pm
freezing to get in SD beaches after being in HI beaches…have yet to get in!
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