Is it just me or.........

is life truly better in a tee-shirt and flip flops or sandals?

i came down to see if my little boston whaler boat made it (it was fine in the dry storage dock) and tow it back to Atlanta to peddle around the lake on with the kids...... and i must admit this time of year (Fall and Winter) is just beautiful in Florida.

The little mom and pop ice cream shops and burger joints that have been around forever never get old and the pink and yellow little houses on crystal blue water and sand paved sidewalks lined with gift shops just does it to me every time.

and then

you take that walk on the beach and come back and put your chair in the sand with your feet in the water and it seems like life just stands still and all the stress and worries get washed away with each wave and tide as you watch the beauty and majesty of the ocean.

Maybe it is just me but it sure feels like a little peace of heaven and i each time i visit this time of year i thank God for such beauty and place where no matter how old you are everybody seems to be a kid again.

Oh Well.... Is it just me or is life really better in a tee shirt, bathing suit and flip flops.

 

Well, what do you think is better than a tee shirt and flip flops sitting on a beautiful beach?

I do love a nice lake as well.

 

I live in Atlanta....a city of 5 million people full of stress, traffic and all the other issues and worries a big city has such as crime, cost of living ect.....I must admit Atlanta has beautiful weather 9 months a year but it does get Cold 3 months a year for winter clothes but the one thing Atlanta does not have is water/ocean.

Here in Atlanta I feel like an ATM for my kids.....it's all gimmie, gimmie gimmie, and the non stop running around to extracurricular activities for 3 kids and the stress of a job/running a company.

Here it goes..... None of that matters when I am in Florida at the ocean, the kids play all day and the adults enjoy themselves just as much and it is Free Entertainment except for the occasional snow cone, ice cream cone or soda on a hot day. It's just takes me back to a simple time where the kids forget they have or need an iPad , cellphone or even a car as at the beach our family walks or bikes everywhere.

Life is truly better in flip flops, tee shirt and a bathing suit....and a bike for transportation as the waves roll in over my feet.

 

Those all sound like fun!!!

I love the winter and fires in the fireplace but for some reason after a while the winter gets old for me but waking on a beach or putting my feet in the water or jumping in a pool in Florida during the fall and winter never gets old to me. I just find Florida to be beautiful October through March!

 

If I wasn't responsible for employees or have kids and it was just me, I would live in Maine (or somewhere in New England) for the summer/fall and Florida for the winter.

 

^^^^nice

Red,
Your living the dream. You worked for it and you deserve it!!!

I hope to be there once the last one goes off to college.