morning walk on the beach

i am on a trip to southern and mid california for my doTERRA business to train a few leaders and teach a class. i came a day early to take some time to get grounded and have some much needed alone time.

the hotel i am staying in has a new state of the art gym with updated modern equipment and such but i decided to ditch the cold, lifeless gym here at the hotel and at 5:40 am, drove to sunset beach to watch the sun 'rise'.

while there, i took off my running shoes (since i don't run, this made perfect sense) and walked along the shoreline for my morning exercise. i played a bit with the surf, trying to capture my toes in the sand with my uncooperative camera. got wet (of course). i then collected some seashells for the girls that will surely break in my suitcase on the way home.

i was smiling from ear to ear. i haven't enjoyed something like this for a very long time. i sure do love coming home....

here are a few highlights of the interesting things i encountered during my impromptu morning at the beach.

A surfing boy (normal),

some happy little birds (normal)

and a tractor (abnormal)

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