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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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