I love hunting for shells, for us and for the grandkids. Each beach we go to has different types of shells. We hunted this year at Siesta Key Beach (the #1 beach in America), and at Turtle Beach, Florida. Jeff's shadow is taking this photo of me shelling.
We got dressed up to go to Siesta Key Village. Our studio is behind me. It was tiny, but perfect, with a Murphy bed! Our weather was great, but we were so glad that our studio had heat and air conditioning!
The sand on our beach was truly amazing, so white and so fine. It was hard to see when you first walked out to the beach, it was so bright.
My favorite parts of a vacation on the water are hunting for shells, walking on the beach, and going out into the water to jump the waves. There are also great shells waiting for you in the deeper water.
Jeff is soaking up some rays. We slathered on the sunscreen every day, right up until the last day. What is it about the last day??
You can see our resort in the background, the yellow buildings.
Every evening, everyone trekked down to the beach to watch the sunset. We didn't know that until we got there! Quite a ritual. Jeff took lots of pictures of that, but I'll just post a couple. It was quiet and peaceful to watch.
We also spent quite a bit of time in the shade. It was so nice to be able to enjoy the warmth and the surf without overdoing the sun. There was a light breeze most days.
We had a private beach, only 75 units in our resort, and usually only about 5-10 people sharing our stretch of beach. We walked down to the public beach (maybe a mile from us), and there were hundreds of people and umbrellas and chairs and blankets and the strong smell of coconut sunscreen. At sunset, though, lots of folks gathered.
On our last day we overdid the sun (didn't know it until later that night). We got dressed up and went out to dinner at Turtles on Turtle Beach, ate yummy shrimp and Key lime pie. Pardon the self-portrait, but at least we
are both together in this photo! We ate almost all our meals in our studio. We solved a lot of world issues during our daily walks and talks,
you're welcome!
Adios Siesta Key! We enjoyed you!
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