It seems I'm going backwards in my posts! Yesterday's was about my graduation on June 11th and today's will be about our vacation to Flagler Beach, FL during the first weekend of June! Before the summer started we made plans to go somewhere to take a load off. Thankfully and luckily, Mister's dad allowed us to use the condo he owns and rents, in Flagler. I really want to take this time again to say thank you from the bottom of both our hearts!
Since it was the last week of classes, I had to leave Mister to drop off Kitty and the kittens for boarding while I went to class. He later told me it was the hardest thing to hear them crying when he left. When we got home to start packing to leave, there was an eerie silence through the house; you don't realize the chaos and noise until its gone!
After a long drive down and pockets of terrible rain, we finally made it to the condo; it was gorgeous and the smell and sound of the ocean was overwhelming! Although I lived in South Florida for eighteen years, I never noticed the constant breeze or ocean smell until moving to a landlocked city!
The waves were huge and the water was nice, cool, and perfect for boogie boarding. We spent most of our mornings walking along the shore looking for seashells and taking advantage of the waves. The most relaxing thing about the beach was how different it was from Hollywood or Miami Beach. The only people on the sand or in the water, were people who owned or rented the condos along the shore; there were no banner planes flying around to rudely shove advertisements in your face; and the traffic was so scarce, you couldn't hear the cars going by. At around noonish the rain would come and we would relax in the condo. I think the prettiest thing about nature, is when the rain falls on the ocean.
Mister would also use the mornings to try out his new camera. The bottom left picture is the view from the condo balcony. Just to the right of the telephone pole is a small white speck. That speck, is the shrimp boat in the next picture, again taken from the balcony. You can almost read the name off the side!
Friday night was the most romantic night of my life. We decided to head down to the beach with some light to spare and wait for the sunset. This is east coast Florida though, so no actual sunset. Instead we were treated to the biggest and brightest full moon and a beautiful pink and purple sky.
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Sunday and early Monday morning we traded the waves for hooks, lines, and sinkers; off to the intercoastal to fish! The last time Mister and I were at Flagler, it was a pit stop on a different long drive home and we were able to fish off the pier. Unfortunately, the pier is closed due to replacing pylons; but we went just around the corner to the High Bridge Park, where the bridge - pause for dramatic effect - was broken! It had be struck by lightening recently and it fried all the systems. On Sunday, all the fish were biting, for everyone but us. The guys next to us caught a type of fish they called croakers; the obvious name for a fish that literally croaks while dying! I caught 2 crabs that weren't anything special and Mister caught one. On the other hand, the small pod of dolphins that went by were beautiful! Supposedly, there were manatees too, but we didn't see them.
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In my opinion though, and Mister is going to laugh when I say this, the best part was finding the comic book store right across from the pier! No, I'm just kidding, the whole trip was amazing! But, if you are a comic book fan/obsesser/devotee like me, you should swing by there the next time you are in Flagler Beach. And besides, their logo and website is awesome!
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