Honestly, I am not a water person. I don’t enjoy swimming. I don’t desire to sit by the water and “just enjoy” it. I would rather be in the shade with a book. But, with a family that loves to ocean and swimming and all that comes with it, I am learning to appreciate the joy and the beauty of the coast. The Texas Gulf Coast has tons of lovely beaches and we have been able to experience several of them.
Each spring the question begins getting asked “when are we going to the beach this year?”
Some years we make it a spur of the moment trip. Other times, we plan well ahead for it. Either way, we always rent a small house so that the girls can run and play and we don’t have to worry about disturbing those above or below us in a hotel or condo. It has always worked well (except for the time we found out after we got there that the water was unsuitable for drinking or cooking and we had to go find a store to buy water).
Playing in the surf is always a joy for the girls. Now that they are getting older, I imagine I will enjoy it more since I won’t worry quite so much about them in the water.
My favorite part is always the lovely sounds and the animals we get to find and observe. There is so much life on the coast and we always see something new.
A trip to the coast is always worth it.
Blessings,
At Home.
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A – Abilene’s Storybook Sculpture Project
B – Big Bend
C – Congress Avenue Bridge and the Bat Colony
D – Dr Pepper Museum
E – Enchanted Rock
F – Flowers
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Markie at My Life As Mrs. Cooks
Hilary at Walking Fruitfully
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At Home 
I’ve never been to the coast. It sounds like a lot of fun.
The family loves it a lot!
What fun! We need to get to a beach this summer…
A nice relief from the heat, for sure.
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I dream of running away to the coast every day. I just love to sit and listen/look at the waves. Our coast is usually too cold most of the year, so we don’t get to just sit, but summer is great for doing that.
I hope you can escape to the coast soon.