Our oldest son lives only ten or so minutes to the beach, so this week while staying with him so we could look at some properties, I cheerfully awoke just before sunrise each morning and started my day with the ocean sun rise. The beaches on the gulf coast are powdery, not the grainy sand that you will find on the east coast. This, my friends, can make jogging, walking or even running on the beach next to impossible. I ended up walking on the sidewalk among many early risers who were getting their exercise in on those mornings as well. If you park you car and walk two and half miles in the opposite direction, there is no doubt you will get your five miles in on that particular day! Eric even went out with me on one of those morning, and while he doesn't usually do the five miles that I try to get in each day, we walked three and a half together. I was loving every minute of it.
Growing up in South Carolina, we were about six hours from the ocean and we would spend a couple weeks there every year. I miss it! I, like you, am so happy that God has seen to it that I spend my forties near the ocean (we'll be 1 1/2 to 2 hours from the Gulf!). I LOVE your beautiful sunrise pictures!
ReplyDeleteI initially thought we would live closer to the beach.. but we could not find a house with land close enough... so we will be about 45 min away..which is still close compared to the distance now. Can't wait til we are both on the coast!
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