Surfside Beach Vacation - Day 3

 A storm hit this morning, but I slept right through it.  Mister said it was a whopper.  I guess all this beach walking is good exercise and my body is resting well.  At any rate, no wonderful walk this morning as it is still gently raining.  One peek outside and then back to bed for a bit.

An hour or so later, it's light, but still no sun and still gently raining.

Ahhhh, the rain has cleared and the sun is starting to show up.  It's a VERY quiet beach.  

There she is - 

At this point, I go back outside to peek and left the door open behind me - Mister followed and shut the door with our emergency key still inside.  We are now locked out of the house with all phones, etc. inside the house.  Well, this is interesting.  Fortunately, the neighbors in the apartment next to us are still packing to leave and let us use their phone to call the property manager.  After many attempts from us and them to get the code to work, they remote unlock another one of the units for us to be inside while we wait for someone to arrive.  In less than an hour, the maintenance employee arrives and the code lock is working again.  No more lockouts.  What an interesting start to the day.  Sometimes, that OCD nature makes for interesting consequences.

Coffee and breakfast happen and before we know it, it's almost 11:30.  Yep, lost the morning right nicely, didn't we?  We're going to try a walk real quick, but will likely cut it short if the sun really starts to bake us.  Look at the sand from the storm.  It was solid smooth yesterday.

Almost, just almost planted my foot right here.  Mister caught me just in time.

A look back at the house.  Yep, this is our home for the week.  We have the upper right apartment.  The drop of walkway is not attached to the house, but is a public ramp.  Unfortunately, the last hurricane took stairs to these for rides.  So many are missing the stairs and as we drive around the area, we see sets of stairs laying in the strangest places.

Even the birds are slow today -- she's having a sit-down.

The tide is low as well and we can see the clam holes each time the wave comes in.

See how low the tide is.  Lots of beach today.

Our morning friend, keeping pace with us.

This is a familiar sight on the beach.  They are fishing for redfish and the owner of this pole caught a big one today.

It's getting warm, Mister is making a beeline for the house as he didn't dress as wise as I did.  I have a full-length dress, a sweater on my arms and a hat.  I came prepared.  Yes, I'm warm, but the wind helps.

It's truly an empty beach to be walking this morning.  Mid-week is the BEST!

Settling in on the porch for some reading and when I finish my book, out comes the stitchery project I've been working on.  Today, two cat bodies are put together.  Holding onto these small pieces is half the battle, but worth it to enjoy this place.

At this point, Mister has had enough of reading as well and the water is calling him.  First time in since we arrived.  I'm not really a whole-hearted, get-in-the-water girl and am content to watch, for now.

He goes further and further until he can just lay and enjoy the calm area between the sandbars.  This is also the 5 o'clock beach picture.  Seems to happen right on time.

After Mister rejoins me and has showered, we are off to the jetty to watch the sunset.  This egret is our first greeter.

The intent is to walk to the end of the jetty (cos ya just gotta) and on the way we spot this rather large catch happening.

It's a redfish - 

And he's one happy fisherman.  This will feed the family well.

Moving on, we reach the end of the jetty just as the sunset colors are starting to hit the rocks.  It's a bit rough out here, but not too bad.

Larger strikes are happening.

Selfie time!!!

A quick look towards the sunset as Mister starts back.

This brief stop of mine was just enough to get wiped out.  By the time I walked to the sign, I was holding onto it as a huge wave crashed over the entire jetty, soaking me head to foot and half of him too.  Yay, this will be a long mile back.  Oh well, I say that he started our day of interesting and I've ended it that way.  As he walks, I hear him muttering, "Let's go all the way to the end.  It will be fun, she said."  Hmmmm.  

The bridge over to Surfside is glowing in the distance.  My picture just doesn't do it justice.

Back to the middle of the jetty and the SAME group we stopped to watch is at it again.  This time they have a shark.  Yep, you read that right.  There have been people fishing all up and down the jetty and we've seen small fish caught as we walk, but this group has by far had the more interesting moments, timed just for us.

Sunset time --- she's going down quick now so I stop and try for a couple of really nice pictures, remembering that I want to be off this jetty before dark.  I've had unpleasant experiences by waiting too long.

A bit more walking, slightly different angle and she's landed between two buildings.  So nice.

We are back by dark, a look outside and another day is done for us.  Back again tomorrow.