By the Sea
By the Sea What prompted this post was a lovely two days at Pajaro Dunes with a dear friend using a condo offered by another dear friend, my old flipping partner. We ate too much, we drank too much, we talked too much - so the get-away was a success! A day at the beach is close to perfect. My love of water, sun and sand didn’t start at the gorgeous Pacific ocean beaches, but on the tame shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Because we lived across town we had to take the city bus to get to the beach. Spending almost an hour on a hot, crowded and sweaty bus made finally getting there all the more wonderful. And along with beach towels and books came lunches of tomato and lettuce sandwiches with plenty of mayo. Coolers – shmoolers. Amazing that salmonella didn’t take the weakest of us. A major reason for teen aged girls loving the beach was the tanning results that occurred so much more easily next to a body of water. In my case it was more lobster like ...