Yesterday during the late afternoon it was low tide. So we took advantage of this more than 100 foot wide beach and rode our bikes on the beach to the jetty which is about 3 miles from our campsite access to the beach. We had never ridden our bikes on the beach and what a thrill to ride on this very hard packed sand that had relatively few shells.
The waves were gently riding on the beach, terns were making their sky high dives for fish, and a gentle breeze was at our backs. As we walked up to the jetty, we could see lovely houses along the beach front among the tall sea oats just across from us. As we walked along the jetty, we saw a loggerhead turtle swimming near the rocks. It raised is very large and muscular head and neck up out of the water while its flippers were gently following the waves out to sea. What a moment!
On our way back we noticed a fog bank forming and slowly moving towards us. A mile or so from the jetty, we could see the sun being encased by the fog bank. Within a mile of the boardwalk to our campground, the fog overtook us. We could barely see 30 feet in front of us and the folks we just passed on the beach could no longer be seen. Our skin felt wet. It was a spooky feeling. We could begin to feel what it must be like to be out on the ocean with water all around you, hearing sounds, but not seeing anything. At times we were completely alone on the beach as we could not see anyone around us. Finally, we spotted where we thought the boardwalk was, and yes, it was there, and within minutes we were home in our rv.
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