Day 3--Beach

Monday--BEACH ADVENTURE!  Monday morning early Belle responded to my FB post saying yes she'd love to go to the beach!  instant beach adventure!  i quickly packed a picnic basket (cheeseavotomato sandwiches, cheese, carrots, cashews, chips, bottle of wine, kumquats, apples, tangerines, avocado, giant salad, chocolate....etc) and belle arrived about an hour later.  we packed up the car and headed to St. Augustine.  First stop was Anastasia State Park, a GORGEOUS beach with delicious waves.  the weather was just perfect--blue sky with puffy clouds, 81 degrees.  slight breeze.  we left belle and her phone with the picnic (she was dealing with some family stuff) and hiked waaaaay up the beach so i could swim in my undies!  the water temp was perfect. the waves, delightful.  we ran all the way back to belle after a good romp in the waves, and devoured our sand-covered picnic, then headed back to the waves for another little jaunt. 

 Eventually we packed it all up and headed into adorable historic downtown St. Augustine.  Belle and Calvin walked around the fort while i napped in the sun.  then we picked up my fiddle and they drank a pitcher of sangria while i busked.  i eventually joined them for more sangria.  and finally headed home with the setting sun.  

Nap View

Bell and the Fort

 Cesar called just as we were eating an evening snack and asked if I wanted to do a little busking. We hit the quiet monday streets for a while with guitar/vocals/fiddle thang—decided we'd name ourselves Snakebird (after a native prairie bird).