All good things must come to an end and so it was with our vacation. As nice as it was, there is only so much walking on the beach you can do. I had gotten into the habit of reading on the deck during sunset and had finished the book hubby had brought for me (Scent of the Missing, by Susannah Charleson, a FANTASTIC book for dog lovers
http://www.scentofthemissing.com/ ) . Besides, work was calling.

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As nice as walks on the beach are, it doesn't take long for it to get old. Go left, and you have lovely white sand and the beach all to yourself.



Go right and you have lovely white sand and the beach all to yourself.



It was time to do something else and hubby hadn't towed the sailboat...

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There were decisions to be made very day: shrimp or crawfish? White wine or red to watch the sunset? Turn right or left for a walk on the beach? Here is the view left, which ended up being the direction I took first thing in the morning.



Since I'm the early riser in our marriage, I was the one who had morning walk duty with the doggies at about 7:30 AM. And the place is REALLY dog friendly!...

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We arrived on Sunday night at about 9 PM. As it turns out, we were a day early! There was a mix-up in the reservation, but luckily the owner was able to find another place for us on short notice. The place were had reserved still was occupied for one night so we spent one night in a unit away from the beach. No matter, we were glad the long drive was over! The view of the sunset from the deck was spectacular each and every day.

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It's a long way from New Hampshire to Florida, but hubby and I have done the drive more than once so that he can get in some salt water sailing on his catamaran and I can get a little "colah" in my face.

Hubby made sure the cat was shipshape, the trailer was working properly, and that he had any spare parts he might need a week before we left.


We had planned to take my truck,...

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