A Typical Morning Walk

 I'd like to say this part, the sunrise, is typical. 

It's not.
It's been pretty cloudy here.

This is where I put my shoes on before we walk.

I also see how we should dress.

This sunrise was last week one day

Most days since about Christmas have been cloudy though.

Morning glory, I tell you.

 We head out to the beach

 We stop, look, thank God,

and take a couple pictures.

 My 10 year old and I

 Now the pictures from now on are from yesterday.

Yesterday was cloudy and foggy, so no sunrise to be seen

But I tell you, every single day there is something different to see.

The tide washes up new things to see

The tide also cleans the beach, the sand is fresh and ready

for morning walkers to enjoy

 Yesterday brought starfish.

A ton of starfish.

Made us kind of sad.

(when the jellyfish are washed up we, for some reason are not as sad)

The starfish were all dead.

Last week we found a few, but one was alive and we threw it back.

 They were everywhere.

The amazing thing is how God works and

how that probably this morning, they will be gone, washed away

or covered with new sand brought in by the tide

 Here we are...no make up or anything, I just get up and go.

It's been pretty cold...in the upper 30's in the mornings.

 Wasn't this a cool starfish?

Poor thing.

 This old bird greets us at the jetty.

What's a jetty?

It's this thing, at the end of the beach.

jet·ty

ˈjedē/

noun

noun: jetty; plural noun: jetties

1. a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored.

   synonyms:

   pier, landing stage, landing, quay, wharf, dock; More breakwater, mole, groin, dike, dockominium, levee "we'd walk out on the jetty at low tide to look for starfish"

   • a breakwater constructed to protect or defend a harbor, stretch of coast, or riverbank.

     synonyms:

     pier, landing stage, landing, quay, wharf, dock; More breakwater, mole, groin, dike, dockominium, levee "we'd walk out on the jetty at low tide to look for starfish"

 The Jetty is a mile and a half from our condo

We usually walk to it, look around and come back

3 miles each morning.

 Yesterday, we decided to walk to the end and see the giant oil rig

that was being brought in for repairs.

 The Jetty is not like a normal dock with smooth walking.

It's a bunch of giant rocks...granite? 

 Hello little birdie!

Hello big birdie!

 Sometimes there are huge holes and you can hear and see the water underneath

coming and going with the waves.

 There were a couple patches of black, slimey, slippery stuff

We were very careful.

I don't know how long it is, 1/2 mile?  Mile?

 We made it almost to the end, and you can see (kind of)

from here to the end is the black slimey stuff...

So this is as far as we got.

To the "Almost end".

Can  you see the oil rig?

They've got tug boats pulling it in.

isn't it amazing?

Gosh, even more amazing to see in person.

 We were here!

Gotta take a selfie!!

 There's our building!

The tall one, with fog around the top!

 Time to head back

This kind of shows the distance...see the beach in the background?

 We found this 6 legged starfish on our way back

 By the time we got back, the rig was being brought in even closer

See that guy there?

He's wearing a MN Gopher jacket, you bet we talked to him!

He ended up being from a town right by us!

We also met an older couple from our home town!

They love the Ringsmuth Riders--our unicycling girls!

Small world.

 Look how big that oil rig is!!

The people look so tiny!

 There it goes to the port...
Hello Minnesota guy!!

Time for breakfast!

Thank you for walking with us!

Have a great day!