We finally made it to the beach Thursday ! It was hot.....90's & humid ..a perfect beach day. It was not real crowded like it I was when we were here in April and it was spring break. The waves were very strong. Late afternoon a lot of surfers came, we figured they must come after work. Being that it was so hot, I had to keep going in at the water edge to cool off. Well.......richard had gone up by the parking lot to use the bathroom and I went in the water to cool off, that's when a big wave rolled in and knocked me down!! I had a hard time trying to stand up as the waves kept coming. I literally had to crawl on my hands & knees to the sand at the edge of the water. There I sat covered in wet sand because there was nothing to hold onto to stand up. I thought I will just wait until Richard comes back to help me up. When he did get back, he thought I was just sitting there, so he ran into the water. I tried to holler to him that I couldn't get up,but he didn't hear me so I tried to stand up again, I almost made it and wouldn't you know, not one but two waves one right after the other knocked me right down again!! I felt like a beached whale!! I think I swallowed a gal of salt water!! And I couldn't see because the salt water mixed with my mascara was burning my eyes. Richard finally saw and realized I needed help. When we made it to our beach chairs , his comment ... Why didn't you just "put your big girl pants on" and get out of the water!! Like what did he think I was trying to do!!! Needless to say that ended our first beach day!
Friday - We started the day with a good breakfast which Richard made outside on the griddle. It was another hot, humid day, even in the morning. Off we went again to the beach. We got all settled and then the flys came!! I have never in my life seen such pesty, biting flys! They were horrible! You could see everyone swatting at them, one lady put her chair right in the water, but she said they were still biting. Several people were packing up their things and leaving because of them. One lady told us she had been coming to this beach for several years and never experienced such pesty,biting flys. After a couple of hours, we also gave up and decided to go back to the swimming pool at the RV park. The pool water was really refreshing, in fact the beach water was really warmer. We enjoyed the pool for awhile then got out to relax by the pool and, surprise!! The flys were also there. Several other RVers were at the pool and said the flys had been bad all day. There is no rain in the forecast so we don't know why the flys are so pesty, but I sure hope they are gone tomorrow. We didn't notice them at our motorhome so I guess it must have something to do with water. In as much as I love the beach I never thought I would leave the beach because of all things .....flys!
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