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Beach Day!
(hexbear.net)
Took a much needed day away from as much as possible. Burned off for a local beach along the Gulf of Mexico with my two tweenagers. Not much surf to speak of today but i don't surf anymore, so not that much of a deal. Found a nice flat spot, we brought out boogie boards, a wood skimboard and a Zap board and just goofed off in less than 2" of water almost all day. Didn't go out much past the knees/mid thigh though. Calmer days like today the sharks come closer to shore and we are multiple miles from city proper here. Built sand castles, dug holes, watched minnows in the foreshore, saw redfish swimming in the breakers, cleaned up some flotsam, ate a picnic lunch under a sun shade ..
All around just a great day and I'm thankful for it.
Its one of the few places i feel like i can just be.
Texas, with all of its actual problems, did right with the beaches here. There are no private beaches. Aside from state parks, the beaches are available to be used by anyone, at any time. I go there to watch the waves and think. I go there to watch the waves and not think about anything.
Ive spent a lot of time on the beach here. When i die, i want to be cremated, and scattered amongst the waves. Back to the one place ive spent more time at, than any where else. I have photos of me with my folks when i was a baby, at the exact same beaches i have photos of my children at, when they were babies themselves. My dad taught my sister and i to swim there. I taught my son and daughter to swim there. An insignificant circle, but a circle of life all the same.
On the flip side, facing the ocean at night when you can't see the horizon is absolutely terrifying. Just staring at pure black.