punkin413
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- Jan 9, 2007
finally it was beach time! 
we decided to grab lunch at arby's (pretty much the only fast food besides subway on the island) and eat lunch on the beach. we got a spot pretty close to the pier and got settled in. isn't it pretty?
the birds were very interested in our food, but they didn't get too close because we weren't feeding them. good thing i have a good zoom on my lens because otherwise i wouldn't get these pictures!
this guy was very interested in ray's candy. he kept cocking his head to the side.
okay, so this is where the bird drama happened. as you all probably know, i'm terrified of birds. i'm good with snakes, spiders, frogs, anything else. but not birds. i was attacked by a mama blue jay when i was 9 and she left scratches on my head. it was VERY scary! ever since then i just don't deal well with birds.
one or two, i'm okay. i can deal. but a flock is not a good thing for me. so when we were done eating, i took our bag of trash and headed towards the trash cans back at the dunes. well, about 20 seconds after i started walking away from the beach, ray said to me, "dawn, look," and i turn around and there is a FLOCK of seagulls (no, not the band) chasing after me. i mean like LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND ME......
it scared me TO DEATH!!! i screamed something like, "ray, save me," (seriously) and dropped the bag and just walked in the other direction. it was like my brain stopped working and i turned into a 2 year old. i was crying, for real, like real tears coming down my face. i had sunglasses on so no one saw, not even ray. he came and got the bag and threw it away. by the time he got back to our chairs i had calmed down a little, but i was still really shaken up. he asked if i was okay and i told him no and then he realized i had been crying. he laughed but it wasn't mean....it made me laugh too. i felt like an idiot but it really did scare me. BIRDS ARE EVIL, I TELL YOU!!!!
so anyway, after i calmed down, we enjoyed the rest of our day on the beach. it was beautiful out - not too hot - and the beach wasn't crowded at all. these people were standing on surfboards and paddling around. it looked really fun but i'd totally fall.....
ray and i decided to set the timer (the camera was on the tripod) and get some pictures of us on the beach.
this one would've been good with the pier behind us but ray's eyes are closed!
more random pics from our day at the beach....
i thought the footprints looked cool....
more of the paddlers....
if they're sitting, they're good.
this is the day i said i'd be a pelican if i could be any bird. the reason i said that is because we sat there for hours just watching the pelicans. they just sit on the waves all day and then, every few minutes, fly up to take a look at things, dive down for a fish and then start all over again. they don't go bug the humans for food like the seagulls do. they just have really cool lives!
i can't remember what time we headed back to the house but i'm thinking it was around 3:30 or so. we decided to take the boys to one of the back beaches for a few minuetes. pets on the beach is a big no-no at tybee so we were gonna try to be sneaky. sherman had seen the beach before, but eli never had. so we found a good, discreet spot and headed that way.
just as they got to the water, i look to my left and see 2 beach patrol vehicles coming around the corner. i yelled to ray and we both started heading back towards the car. i figured they'd catch up to us and give us a ticket, but they never did. so the boys didn't get to the water that day. don't worry - we try later on in the trip! i have some of it on tape and will try to upload it for the next installment.
after that we went home and cleaned up so we could go to dinner at the lady and sons and to oktoberfest on river street that night. so that's coming up next installment!
we decided to grab lunch at arby's (pretty much the only fast food besides subway on the island) and eat lunch on the beach. we got a spot pretty close to the pier and got settled in. isn't it pretty?
the birds were very interested in our food, but they didn't get too close because we weren't feeding them. good thing i have a good zoom on my lens because otherwise i wouldn't get these pictures!
this guy was very interested in ray's candy. he kept cocking his head to the side.
okay, so this is where the bird drama happened. as you all probably know, i'm terrified of birds. i'm good with snakes, spiders, frogs, anything else. but not birds. i was attacked by a mama blue jay when i was 9 and she left scratches on my head. it was VERY scary! ever since then i just don't deal well with birds.
one or two, i'm okay. i can deal. but a flock is not a good thing for me. so when we were done eating, i took our bag of trash and headed towards the trash cans back at the dunes. well, about 20 seconds after i started walking away from the beach, ray said to me, "dawn, look," and i turn around and there is a FLOCK of seagulls (no, not the band) chasing after me. i mean like LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND ME......
it scared me TO DEATH!!! i screamed something like, "ray, save me," (seriously) and dropped the bag and just walked in the other direction. it was like my brain stopped working and i turned into a 2 year old. i was crying, for real, like real tears coming down my face. i had sunglasses on so no one saw, not even ray. he came and got the bag and threw it away. by the time he got back to our chairs i had calmed down a little, but i was still really shaken up. he asked if i was okay and i told him no and then he realized i had been crying. he laughed but it wasn't mean....it made me laugh too. i felt like an idiot but it really did scare me. BIRDS ARE EVIL, I TELL YOU!!!!so anyway, after i calmed down, we enjoyed the rest of our day on the beach. it was beautiful out - not too hot - and the beach wasn't crowded at all. these people were standing on surfboards and paddling around. it looked really fun but i'd totally fall.....
ray and i decided to set the timer (the camera was on the tripod) and get some pictures of us on the beach.
this one would've been good with the pier behind us but ray's eyes are closed!
more random pics from our day at the beach....
i thought the footprints looked cool....
more of the paddlers....
if they're sitting, they're good.
this is the day i said i'd be a pelican if i could be any bird. the reason i said that is because we sat there for hours just watching the pelicans. they just sit on the waves all day and then, every few minutes, fly up to take a look at things, dive down for a fish and then start all over again. they don't go bug the humans for food like the seagulls do. they just have really cool lives!
i can't remember what time we headed back to the house but i'm thinking it was around 3:30 or so. we decided to take the boys to one of the back beaches for a few minuetes. pets on the beach is a big no-no at tybee so we were gonna try to be sneaky. sherman had seen the beach before, but eli never had. so we found a good, discreet spot and headed that way.
just as they got to the water, i look to my left and see 2 beach patrol vehicles coming around the corner. i yelled to ray and we both started heading back towards the car. i figured they'd catch up to us and give us a ticket, but they never did. so the boys didn't get to the water that day. don't worry - we try later on in the trip! i have some of it on tape and will try to upload it for the next installment.
after that we went home and cleaned up so we could go to dinner at the lady and sons and to oktoberfest on river street that night. so that's coming up next installment!
)! Your little beach house on Tybee is darling, and I am right there with ya about the Spanish Moss -- it's one of my favorite things in the world (since I grew up in Charleston, it also screams home to me). Score on the Lady and Sons reservation -- do you know that Paula and Jamie Deen were both at Disney to do a lunch thing at the Food and Wine that weekend? The beach looks heavenly! So relaxing!
Your adventure to Ruby Falls looks fun and frightening all at once. The creepy kid's display is just very antique, I think. I don't know why those type of things were attractive to kids a long time ago 
very cool that they were at the F&W festival! and yes, the beach was sooooo relaxing....just what we needed!
i really can't stand winter. i take that back. i like it through new year's, then i'm ready for spring. january and february (and sometimes march) are the worst! i don't mind the fall but this year it's been SO RAINY here! it's rained every day this week so far. it's depressing! and yes, the beach was just what we needed.
and the reason i have so many bird pictures is because i have a great lens! 
in the past when we've been for oktoberfest there has been a raku booth. raku is where you take pottery that's already made, just not painted, paint it yourself and then they bake it at high temperatures. the paints you use all blend together and make really pretty designs. it's neat to see how they turn out! i had brought around $200 to spend on christmas presents for my family and friends at that booth, but it wasn't there this year. 
here's a pretty river boat dinner cruise going by....
