Redeemed

And today, the vacation was made complete. Despite being chilly this morning, the sun was shining, the wind wasn’t as strong and it looked as though we were going to get a decent temperature. We hit the beach for pretty much the whole day and were definitely rewarded with a cloudless, nicely warm, sunny day. We came home sandy, a bit wind blown, crispy from the salt sea spray, greasy from the sunscreen and happy. Our souls were filled with sunshine. It was a great day.

The beach we went to was great. Nice sand, clean bathrooms and a shell pickers paradise with layers and layers of shells of every size and sort. I watched as Baboo swam in the sand dunes and ate handfuls of sand. (Yeah, I tried to stop her, but well, I can’t watch her every second). My heart smiled as I watched Mouse, in her utopia on the beach, running back and forth to the sea, picking shells, delighting in every shark tooth she found, reeling in a little fish, making castles and just letting her spirit run free. I really don’t think she’s AS happy anywhere else. She LOVES the beach.

Dad and Hubster fished. They didn’t catch much, but the point was just “to fish”. We dug up sand fleas and used them as bait (ewww, in a fascinating kind of way). A heron was our constant companion all day, waiting for his next little fishy snack. I think he checked out Baboo a bit, but well, we headed him off before he took off with her.

We ended the day with ice cream, because well… it’s the last day of vacation and we should have ice cream.

We’re pretty much packed and ready to go home. Now that we’ve had a REAL beach day, our trip to Sunnyville feels complete. Tomorrow, we’re headed back home. Back to real life. Sigh. Vacations go by so fast.