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The Beach by Myles Shepley

It was great to spend this past summer at the beach in Destin, Florida. As soon as we got there, the second you step out of the car, you can feel the warmth of the sun all over your body as if were less than a hundred yards away. Once we got unloaded and ready to go down to the beach, the warm pure white sand feels so soft to the bottom of your feet as you sink in ankle deep with every step. It feels almost as if it’s massaging your feet with every step. Then after laying on the sand for a while soaking up the warmth of the sun you go into to the cool ocean water to cool off which feels so reliving after sweating so much lying in the sun.

There’s nothing like waking up in the morning at the beach stepping out onto the balcony an looking out over the beautiful ocean crystal clear blue water far as the eye can see. Then when you get someone else up and ready to go down to the beach you head down. As soon as you get there you see all the gorgeous girls walking around in their little bikinis. The type of girls that look like they might be Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleaders. But best of all my favorite thing to see at the beach is the expression on my brothers faces the whole time we are there which is just happiness it’s awesome to see us just having so much fun.

Another one of my favorite things at the beach is dinner. After hanging out at the beach all day laying in the hot sun with nothing but fluids in your stomach when it comes dinner time you can smell the food before it even starts cooking. The smell of a good steak and baked potatoes one night, then fresh salmon and shrimp another night well it just smells like a little bit of heaven. Waking up in the morning to the smell of the salt-water aroma its just so relaxing. Then as soon as you get down to the pool area and beach the smell of sunscreen and sun tan lotion hits you harder than a brick to the face.

When you get up in the morning you can almost taste the humidity in the air pretty much instantly making you want to quench your thirst. Down on the hot beach after lying out just sweating like a dog the taste of that ice cold drink flowing down your throat its just so soothing. When dinner time comes around you are so happy because you have nothing but the bitter taste of salt water in your mouth from wrestling around in the ocean all day. Eating a good sirloin steak or fine piece of salmon hot off the grill the taste is just literally mouth watering.

In the morning the sound of the waves hitting up against the shore might just be the most relaxing sound I know. At night time if you leave the patio door open and hear that relaxing sound as you fall asleep its so peaceful it will have you asleep in no time. The whole trick where you put a seashell to your ear to hear the ocean it just doesn’t do the real sound justice at all. Also another relaxing sound is the sound of laughter coming from all my brothers and friends just having a good time you feel as if nothing could go wrong. Then comes time to leave and you have to put up with the sad agonizing sound of my little three-year-old niece crying her heart because she wants so badly for this time to never end. But it has to at least until next year.

posted by myles @ 8:49 AM