Madiera Beach

Yesterday, we decided to explore a new beach we hadn't been to before. It was a beautiful day and not to hot. People had told us at Madeira beach you could find some pretty shells. We lucked out finding a spot. Everything is metered there and I forgot to bring my coin purse, so Gregg had to go get some change. You wouldn't think on a Sunday in the back alley's they wouldn't really check but sure enough, five minutes after he was gone, the meter guy came. I told him my husband was getting change, he was happy to see I had waited until he got back, he said most people don't. The beach was beautiful and Gregg went shell hunting and Faith was tumbling in minutes. It is so funny, she is just having fun but people love to watch and clap. She gets so embarrassed...to funny.

Coming back from shell hunting
There was a group dolphins swimming pretty close to shore. We found out later that at sunset we would see more and that some have babies. The one picture I happened to shoot at the beach just showed a dark hump, but I got lucky later. The one bad thing about this beach is no bathroom. I had to walk almost a mile away to a 7-11 to use theirs. When we has our fill of sand and sun we decided to go to the boardwalk.

The boardwalk had all kinds of touristy shops, places to sign up for a pirate cruise, dolphin sighting and para sailing,but the one reason G wanted to go was because it had a Bubba Gump's restaurant. This is one of my husband's favorite movies and he does a perfect Forest Gump imitation. He met Gary Sinese one time who played Lt. Dan in the movie and impressed him. We had fun shopping and I loved taking pictures of the beautiful birds. I even happened to get a picture of Flipper.

The pirate ship and I think the heron was watching the day's catch.

The pelicans were so neat just floating, this one dolphin was light in color compared to the darker ones we had seen earlier. He was in such swallow water I was tempted to jump in and swim with it.

Posing with the pirate and Gman very happy. I bought him a t-shirt and a green army water canteen that says Bubba Gump. I got a shot glass for my collection. Faith got a free back pack and a glass that lights up with her dinner.

It was a really fun day hanging at the beach and shopping. The dinner was great and yes, for those who know my husband, he was happy because he got to talk like Forest Gump. I can hear the kids laughing now because they know how much it gets on my nerves. LOL