Carolyn and I took a quick Beach trip over the weekend. We have not felt able to spend much time in St. Simons, but a few days presented themselves and we went South.
One of the great advantages of going to that locale is that we have great friends living there and they always invite us to spend our time with them. They not only have a great B&B with a comfortable room and bed, but they are quick to feed us, and their home is familiar to us because it is the same house that Mayre and I sold them when we moved to Virginia some years back.
We feel right at home here.
One thing we miss is the beach at sunrise, so we got up one morning at 6, dressed and went over to the beach area at Gould's Inlet for the 7:15 event.
On arrival we could see the beginning to the prelude, a lighter sky off to the northeast.
So we gathered our stuff, left the car, and began our walk out to the ocean.
Problem number 1: the boardwalk from the parking area to the sea, which used to run over the sand and small inlet over to the beach, had been washed away by a recent hurricane and had not been rebuilt as yet.
Problem number 2: The no-see-ums, or sand gnats were out in full force in the calm morning, and they wanted us for breakfast.
So, back to the car, any remaining camera shots would be made from inside the car, and we would watch the coming sunrise from there, in safety.
The sunrise itself was fantastic:
Then, low and behold, the sound of a weed eater.
County employees chose this spot to begin their morning work right in front of the car.
The sunrise had been splendid, but a couple of early morning hassles gave us the excuse to go "home".
Beaches are great, and St. Simons is a wonderful place to live and to visit, but there are drawbacks.
Paradise, but spelled with a small "p".
