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End of the summer
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azure_armand's summer break, anyway, and we wanted to make the most of it. So I snuck out of work somewhat early on Friday, and we went down to Kiptopeke State Park for a weekend of camping with ilexcassine and sarendipatree. Kiptopeke is near the southern end of the Delmarva Peninsula, which divides the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
We drove down the peninsula, taking the slightly smaller highways and crossing the Bay Bridge (impressive!) instead of going through Richmond (which would have been a traffic nightmare). That worked out to about a 5.5 hour drive; we all got there after dark on Friday night. It was a really hot, humid night and I confess I feared that the expedition might become miserable if the weather stayed that way. But we got the tent set up pretty easily despite the darkness, and had dinner; not long after we settled in for the night, the wind came up and the temperature dropped and I know I, at least, breathed a sigh of relief.
Saturday was beautiful. We went to the beach, hiked around on the small trails available, saw the butterfly garden and many birds as well, and envied the people who were staying in the yurt. The weather was just a little too cool to want to go into the water at the beach, but we enjoyed messing around in the surf;ilexcassine collected some neat-looking seaweed. Although we went back to our campsite for a while (where music and Scrabble ensued), we returned to the beach to watch the sunset, which did not disappoint. I'm sad to say that ilexcassine was too ill from a migraine to really enjoy the night, but the rest of us did. I will admit, we all could have done without the excessively loud revelers a camp or two away...
Sunday was perfectly sunny and warm, and we broke down the camp and then went to the beach. I got a little bit of sun and was swimming in salt water again for the first time since Belize, I think, over a year and a half ago. I love swimming in salt water. It's interesting, because there are fish and waves and tides. It's relaxing, because I can lie back on it like a couch, ankles crossed and hands behind my head, with the sun shining on my face; and the sound of the surf is so beautiful. I only wish I'd brought my mask and fins with me, because I think the water was relatively clear and I could have seen some interesting stuff.
Anyway. Eventually it was time to go home, so we said our goodbyes andazure_armand and I had an uneventful drive back up to DC. We got some local peaches on our way back up and I am going to make peach cobbler someday soon. Yum. Peaches taste like summer, and sunshine, to me.
Thanks, guys, for a really relaxing and happy weekend. It was just what I needed. I'll post pictures once my camera's battery is charged again.
azure_armand's summer break, anyway, and we wanted to make the most of it. So I snuck out of work somewhat early on Friday, and we went down to Kiptopeke State Park for a weekend of camping with ilexcassine and sarendipatree. Kiptopeke is near the southern end of the Delmarva Peninsula, which divides the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. We drove down the peninsula, taking the slightly smaller highways and crossing the Bay Bridge (impressive!) instead of going through Richmond (which would have been a traffic nightmare). That worked out to about a 5.5 hour drive; we all got there after dark on Friday night. It was a really hot, humid night and I confess I feared that the expedition might become miserable if the weather stayed that way. But we got the tent set up pretty easily despite the darkness, and had dinner; not long after we settled in for the night, the wind came up and the temperature dropped and I know I, at least, breathed a sigh of relief.
Saturday was beautiful. We went to the beach, hiked around on the small trails available, saw the butterfly garden and many birds as well, and envied the people who were staying in the yurt. The weather was just a little too cool to want to go into the water at the beach, but we enjoyed messing around in the surf;
ilexcassine collected some neat-looking seaweed. Although we went back to our campsite for a while (where music and Scrabble ensued), we returned to the beach to watch the sunset, which did not disappoint. I'm sad to say that ilexcassine was too ill from a migraine to really enjoy the night, but the rest of us did. I will admit, we all could have done without the excessively loud revelers a camp or two away... Sunday was perfectly sunny and warm, and we broke down the camp and then went to the beach. I got a little bit of sun and was swimming in salt water again for the first time since Belize, I think, over a year and a half ago. I love swimming in salt water. It's interesting, because there are fish and waves and tides. It's relaxing, because I can lie back on it like a couch, ankles crossed and hands behind my head, with the sun shining on my face; and the sound of the surf is so beautiful. I only wish I'd brought my mask and fins with me, because I think the water was relatively clear and I could have seen some interesting stuff.
Anyway. Eventually it was time to go home, so we said our goodbyes and
azure_armand and I had an uneventful drive back up to DC. We got some local peaches on our way back up and I am going to make peach cobbler someday soon. Yum. Peaches taste like summer, and sunshine, to me.Thanks, guys, for a really relaxing and happy weekend. It was just what I needed. I'll post pictures once my camera's battery is charged again.
