TYBEE HAPPY, THEY WENT A'SWIMMIN'

They went a'swimmin'!

WITHOUT ME!

I caught a cold, I was miserable.  And then, and then, I got food poisoning!  Yes!  Yes, I suffered both at once.  It was the food at Rock House Original Bar and Grill, I'm positive.  I moaned and groaned and threw up all night.  They all prayed for me.  And then they went a'swimmin'!

Beforehand, they were thoughtful --  Jeani kindly buying ginger ale, John bringing in saltine crackers, and Calvin choosing some wine.  

Oh, the wine!  I gotta tell ya about the wine.  We each had our favorite but we didn't give thought to the corks.  How to get them out?  The cork ended up inside, and the wine ended up outside....all over the wall, and sink sideboard and more.  I have a picture of Jeani cleaning to prove it, hee, hee, hee.

They also went to the Breakfast Club sans me but Jeani didn't get to see the pirate cook, I guess he sailed on.  Calvin ate too much - slathered salsa on his breakfast burrito, I hear.

So, then they went a'swimmin'!

Me:  How was the water?

John:  W-un-dur-ful!

Jeani:  Awesome!

Calvin:  It was warm, Dad & I saw 3 dolphins.

I wondered, are you sure?  One year Spencer & John thought they saw a small shark - shadow and air bubbles and jumping fish as evidence.  Last year Ian and Nikki were absolutely positive they saw a shark fin swimming 10 feet away -- looking up the color and size on the internet as evidence.  So, I wondered ...

Finally, I get to go a'swimmin'.

Oh, the waves!  Gorgeous.  Warm.  Blue.  Oh, the things God did do!

We watched 3 men go kiteboarding.  It's a large canopy that pulls a surfboard across the water -- "a technical watersport that involves serious skill".  The first guy was lean and wiry and and got his canopy up fast.  He was the closest to us.  The third guy was older, very muscular, and leathery.  He got his up and was gone!  He became a dot on the horizon.  Quite the experienced professional that had us in awe and we wondered what he'd do if he got in trouble so far away from shore.

Calvin asked Jeani, "Did you like your trip?"  

Jeani said, "Loved every minute of it, every minute!  First time I've ever swam, SWAM, in the ocean.  There's no swimming in the ocean off Florida [West Palm Beach] too much sand in it.  I loved swimming in Tybee."