Mid-March
Truly beautiful, sugar sand white beaches, crystal clear water with the classic Caribbean blue/green colors. Paradise, right? Not so much. Everyplace has it’s down side. We are on a narrow barrier island with a 6 lane highway down the middle. Except for this mile strip of Henderson Beach State Park, all the rest of the beach and sound sides are built up. We can see 5 multi-story condos/apts/hotels in one direction and 10 the other way. The highway is almost one continuous strip mall interspersed with tourist traps.

A nice day for stunt kite flying:

Waffle Houses are everywhere down here! Every 5 miles or so, which meant we just had to stop at one, just to say we did…breakfast was okay, watching people was more fun! Also, we have started to see Dunkin Donuts shops and Panera Bread; stores we haven’t seen since we crossed the Mississippi River going the other way.

For those of you that have asked about Derek- he is currently back in Jordan on security duty; he has racked up thousands of miles as they have moved him all over the middle east. He is healthy and seems happy. And he has just earned the rank of Sergeant. Please keep him in your thoughts.