Cocoa Beach

Thanks k8 and yes I treasure those photos which trap and capture time. Ooh, that just made me think of a song too. Thanks! I love when that happens. Now I've got to try and get some work done in between posting and med director meetings.lol I love working at home.

I need me some cocoa beach or tanning oil or something. Lol

Only the good die young. Love that song, Billy Joel.

You know I was going through some pictures this weekend in between planting flowers and the Goodguys car show and I found some pictures of my grandmoms on cocoa beach . I just had to laugh. She travelled everywhere and the years I was supposed to go to Hawaii and Canada to in Niagra falls I got sick both times and she took my cousin. What luck huh?

You made me hungry blue . I could go for a dozen oysters on the half shell and they have good ones on the east coast. Mmm, mmmm. And the rivers and oceans, brackish waters, sound wonderful . that would be my area more so than the ocean. I would love to see a manatee, spelling is prob wrong. I like the mountains and national forests and rivers and caves to except during the winter when either you are snowed in or take a dangerous steep route to get out. Everything else I love about it, oh except the wild ass insects.

Yep, Texas is tough. The heat, humidity, and the pollution off and on shore due to the petroleum based industries pretty much takes the glow off the shorelines and tidal stuff. You folks get your fair share of hurricanes too. The Northeast and Long Island Sound, and the major fresh water feeding rivers were significantly cleaned up here with good results over the last 30 years. Folks actually swim in the Connecticut River now, lol. Not me.... From ancient times, our shorefront property was used for healing. Spending harsh winters in a tiny people packed long hut with wood heat and constant smoke is bad for the lungs. As well as the constant Lyme disease from those little damn ticks. Native tribes shared the salt/fresh water pond, food resources, and beaches. Those suffering were packed in hot sand during the day, walked the beaches for wrack line contribs and health benefits, and ate the best fresh food (including plenty of deer) available. You are right about the effects of salt on metal, especially transport. Within a certain radius of the shoreline, we had to adjust blue book lower, lol. Does a job on exterior paint, glass, and horticultural non adaptive plant species too. But, for whatever reason, the seasonal changes and salt exposure is good for humans, mammals, and sea life. With MS, not crazy about the heat....even here. Tropical zones are TV only for me. But if you can tolerate heat, Bali, the tropics, Hawaii, etc., sure look like paradise to me, mostly because the electrical bills are lots cheaper. Hope your hard work leads to retirement there if that's your dream.

Yep, it's fun. Offshore deep sea fishing too. The parties with all the jumbo shrimp and back then you could have sea turtle and if you couldn't hell I didn't know but sea turlle stew was good. I still love seafood. Don't get me wrong, I could lay up on the beach and sip coronas and fish and party on the docks all night long but the lake doesn't have hurricanes and 100 mile and hr storms. Man I'll never forget those . We get some good storms but no tilde waves and you can jump off the boat or jet ski and swim without fear of being eaten or drowned by huge waves. Scariest thing I've seen in the lake is a gar and they are harmless. I grabbed one by the tail one day on my jet ski and was on the small one not the 3 seated and went straight in the water with it.

That's why I live on the lake. Not quiet as harsh as the ocean. I've lived there too. It was fun. Fishing on the jetties, catching snake/ribbon fish, watching the dolphins, rock crabbing until one got stuck on my thumb. Dad was navy so he would dive and come back w interesting creatures for us. Finding starfish, catching hammerhead sharks. Ocean was nice and very fun but sand and salt were harsh.

Hey, I'm there.