Happy New Year....

From sunny Jacksonville Beach, Florida! And yes, people are swimming! They had just completed the annual Polar Plunge, and I'm guessing it wasn't too cold in there! :)

Labor Day

Monday, September 5th was Labor Day, here in the USA. Since I had the day off, I decided to go to Jackonville Beach to watch the sun come up. It's just under 5 miles on the walk I take, and I'm usually scanning the soil for pretty shells, sand dollars, or sea glass. As you can see it was very low tide at this hour as well. The beach seems miles wide!
The recent swells from Hurricane Irene certainly left more stuff on the beaches and I found quite a few pieces of sea glass. Not the real pretty kind, but I'll take what I find. :)
To the right is what I saw at one point in the walk, at about 6:20AM, EST
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The sun is but a morning star. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Jax Beach, 8/5/11

Thought I'd share a few photos from an early morning walk on Jax Beach. It was already in the low 90's by 8-ish AM, so after an almost 5 mile walk, I hightailed it back to some air conditioning..

Skywatch Friday

For Skywatch Friday I have the beautiful (not crowded) Jacksonville Beach from January. Looking south towards the fishing pier. The pier is nearly a 1/4 mile long and a great place to walk and watch people fishing. On occasion there will be a small shark spotted in the waters below.

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