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I definitely have my favorite seasons to visit the sea. Strange as it may sound, the summer is not one of them, and there are several reasons for that. The first is that I hate the heat, the second is I am not fond of a crowded beach. So give me a cool to cold cloudy, even rainy day and I have a perfect beach day~ no heat, no crowds.

Now all that being said, I’ve needed a day by the ocean for some time now and since I had the day off today, I decided to go. Now the calendar still says spring, nut thermometers here in NJ said summer! That’s right 95 degrees which meant a somewhat crowded beach (apparently I wasn’t the only one with a mid~week day off.) This is God’s sense of humor at work~ the 2 things I hate most~ heat and crowds, and because He really needed a good laugh at my expense today he through in traffic and a detour leading to who knows where. But despite all that, it was worth the heat and aggravation of getting there. The minute my car hit the bridge crossing the bay I could smell the sea air and my blood pressure dropped about 20 points.

As you can tell if you have read this far, there is no point to this post, just my musings (and a little ranting and raving). The sea definitely has its seasons, and despite my having my favorites, they are all beautiful in their own right.

There isn’t much a day by the ocean can’t cure; hopefully this one will hold me over until my retreat in September when I get to spend a whole week there.

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