“Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean
refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s
sent away.”
Sarah
Kay
Just
another beautiful day in Florida. We have rented a house just a
couple miles from Indian Rocks Beach and are loving our time here in
beautiful Florida. Today will be a beach day and we are all
excited about going. It is a perfect day for the beach.
Indian
Rocks Beach is located on a barrier island between the Gulf of Mexico
and the intracoastal Waterway and just north of St. Petersburg,
Florida. The beaches are pristine but parking is at a premium and
very hard to come by so I would recommend getting to beach early.
When we pulled into a parking lot around 9 am and it worked out to be
the perfect time to arrive as there was plenty of parking.
The
beach was lovely that day, picture perfect. The sky was clear and a
beautiful blue with a light breeze blowing to keep us cool. We set up
our seats, put up the umbrellas, lubed the kids up with sunscreen, and sat down to watch
the children play in the water. The little ones loved the water and
were just scared enough of it to stay only where their feet could get
wet. They ran up and down the beach splashing in the waves and squealing with delight. They were not so afraid as to be held by an adult in deeper water and just floating in the ocean with us right there.
The
children kept entertained for hours, running around and making
friends. My of my, the sand castles they attempted to build. One
of Jeannine’s little ones put his feet in the sand and didn’t
like the feeling of the sand going between his toes. The rest of us
adored the feeling and while sitting on our lawn chairs dug our feet
in reaching for the cooler sand.
There
is nothing more relaxing that watching the waves rolling in, the
sound of the sea gulls soaring over head, and feeling the heat of the
sun. The sea glistened like an emerald as the sunlight danced
across the waves. The white sand was beautiful and sparkled in the
sun so brightly it made us squint. I had to keep sunglasses on to be
able to keep my eyes open. The water was perfect and felt amazing
being just the right temperature to go in and feel refreshed.
The
smell of salt water tickled our noses and brought back fond memories
of coming to the beach as a child and memories of coming to the beach
when Joe and I were dating. There was nothing like walking along
the beach holding hands with my love and talking about our futures.
Well, here we are in our future and it is still just as special
walking along the beach looking for seashells and watching people
play on the beach.
We
enjoyed our day on Indian Rocks Beach and plan on coming back. This
is a great destination.
We ended the day with a special treat for the kids at Tastee Treat. Isn't that just the cutest ice cream stand you ever did see. What a great way to end the day. Goodbye for now.
“Every
time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to
me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple
treasures, life and living need not be so hard.”
Psyche
Roxas-Mendoza
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