Labor Day Weekend at the Beach!

Well, we braved the elements and headed to our beach on Friday afternoon as Hurricane Earl was zipping up the coastline. As we neared our island, hazard signs posted along the highway warned of high winds. As soon as we arrived, we headed up to the beach to check out exactly how big the waves might be. My husband, daughter and I, and of course our Golden Retriever, Sadie stepped onto the isolated beach and watched the waves roll in (from a safe distance, of course). The sky was bleak and the surf was pounding sometimes even reaching our sand dune line. There was one lone gentleman in his beach chair and sweatshirt observing the bashing waves. Luckily, this storm passed with lots of wind and high surf, but minimal damage. Saturday brought beautiful blue skies but more incredible waves, this time with a bright blue sky background! The bay was so choppy on Saturday it resembled a small ocean. By Sunday the winds were slowly dying and the seas began to calm somewhat. By Monday, our beach was picture perfect and now it's time to go home!