Hanna Park

We finally made it to the beach today, and a beautiful day it was. We walked along the shore with the waves lapping our ankles, cooling us a bit from the hot sun. It's been a long time since we enjoyed a walk along the beach like that. The beaches are long and wide, and on a Wednesday in July, only sparsely populated.

We had been thinking of going to Little Talbot Park, but we opted instead to check out Hanna Park. It has a campground that is more convenient to Aunt Iris's house, but we were warned that the overhanging trees might be a problem for us.

We decided that we probably could have managed the trees without serious damage, but it would have been a tense situation. The campground does have several sites that would hold us, nice long pull throughs. All of them are well shaded by tall trees, so no satellite TV. Although the park has a long public beach, the campground is not on the water, except for a very few sites that have a glimpse of a small lake.

We showered quickly at Aunt Iris's and changed to go to Bonefish Grill, which offers a Wednesday evening special on their Bang Bang Shrimp. Beth highly recommended them and said they were plenty for a meal. They were delicious, crispy and succulent, dressed with a Thai hot sauce and served on a bed of mixed greens. Ken and I had one order of Bang Bang Shrimp and one of Bang Chicken (same thing with chicken nuggets). We shared a delightful piece of Key Lime pie on a pecan crust. It was all yummy, and we enjoyed the good company too.

We stopped on the way home for groceries at the Super Target. We got most of what we needed, but the selection was limited. Most of the coffee shelves were devoted to single serve cups--guess that's a trend.