Beautiful day!

I had every intention of paddling today.  Even this photo shows you how perfect it looked at that moment…..yes at that moment.  By the time I was getting my beach stuff out (and was lucky enough to get a parking spot right off the bat), I noticed that the red flags were out and sure enough, in came the shore break from another south swell!  I decided to watch it for a few minutes and it was definitely there and then the wind came up and there were white caps as well.  It was a beautiful day however, so I opted to respect the red flags (and my desire to not get caught in one of the shore break waves), and walked the beach and then swam back strokes since the visibility was also affected by the swell.  Oh well, there is always tomorrow and it will definitely be less crowded than Independence Day!  We sat on the beach and just enjoyed the day.  Happy Fourth of July!