One last hurrah!

We just got back from the beach late Saturday night. It was a wonderful vacation - full of sitting on the beach, reading books, and just relaxing. The condo was beachfront, which was awesome.  In the past the condo we've stayed at is just a row or two back, which was still not bad, but our beach access at this condo was pretty much right outside our door.

We saw more wildlife on this trip than we have ever seen before. We saw dolphins every day - one day we probably saw 15 or 20. We also saw a group (school?) of stingrays, as well as a shark - a nice big five foot long shark that was a couple feet away from shore. Kind of cool, kind of scary.

We got to visit with Pop Pop and Florence - having dinner at their house one night and then crabs at our condo another night. It was great seeing them and the crabs, which are an annual tradition, were great as usual!

I managed to finish a 560 something page book, which I had gotten less than halfway through before vacation and then read two more books (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and Little Bee) and start another during the course of our vacation. It felt great! I can't remember the last time I got to read that much in such a short amount of time. I'm hoping to do a lot of reading this summer before the baby arrives. (Yusaku was having fun playing with his camera and taking picture of me reading on our balcony.)

 

Enjoy this last picture of the beautiful intracoastal waterway at sunset!