To the Ocean

Time to go to the beach, since I have the opportunity to visit the beach much earlier than most of my friends and family at home I thought I should probably check it out and pass along some pictures (just to rub it in a little). I drove about two hours to get to Wilmington, NC and went to Wrightsville beach. It was packed (of course) and I paid $2 an hour to park! But in the end at least I got a parking spot, I saw some people circle the block over and over again. I had lunch at a cute place on the water called The Oceanic and then claimed my little section of sand. 

I can’t resist when there are waves, and it turned out to be a perfect day for waves! But big clouds were floating by and when they blocked out the sun it suddenly went from unbearably hot to kind of chilly with the breeze off the ocean. I made a couple forays into the water, but mostly parked my butt on the sand. It was a nice day but on the way home all of a sudden my back started to hurt, then my arms, then the backs of my legs and when I got home I was a hodgepodge of red and white. The spots where I had effectively applied sunscreen were my normal pale white, the spots where I wasn’t so diligent were lobster red.

Even though I can barely move without something stinging today I had a great time and it was worth it.