Can I Go Back Now?

You know how people say that they need a vacation to recover from their vacation? Yeah, that's me. We just tried to squeeze too much into one weekend. We drove a solid 8 hours from The Mound to Corpus getting there at 10:30. Because Kent's brother was going deep sea fishing on Sunday we stopped by his house to see him before driving the last hour to Padre Island where we were staying. Keith, his brother just bought their mom's house which had been sitting empty for the last two years. For me it was hard and wonderful to see it, I can't imagine what it was like for Kent. They have done a lot with it and really made it their own. So we didn't get to the Bed and Breakfast Kent booked for us until around 1. But it was so beautiful out there we couldn't go straight to sleep. The plan was to get up at 6am to see the sunrise on the beach, but we woke up at 6am to see the lightning and rain out of our window so we slept in a bit. I have been to the beach maybe 3 times my whole life. So rain or shine I was determined to play in the water. I hear the gulf has the ugliest beaches around but they looked beautiful to me. I really didn't see much difference between that beach and the beaches in California where I spent an hour or so once.

The dauggers were so funny out there, they loved the water! Whenever I would try to go in a little ways Chloe got really anxious and tried to follow me even though Kent was right with her in the shallower part. So I didn't get a lot of wave riding time. But sitting in the water was just as nice.

It was great to spend the day with Kent's sister Genay and her husband Jim. His daughter is also pregnant and due in just a couple of weeks so we had a lot to talk about. Sunday we dug through some family photos looking for Kent's baby pictures, then drove out to visit the cemetery before leaving. We got home around 10 last night and had just enough energy to look at the pictures before we crashed. Next time we will definitely have to stay longer. I could use more beach time plus two long drives back to back like that just wear you out.

Here are the pictures if you're interested. Be prepared for gratuitous shots of dogs on the beach.