It seemed like it took FOREVER to drive from one side of Florida to the other side. We just drove straight across & when we got there it was raining so hard we couldn't see anything! Mommy drove farther up the road & we were out of the storm but it was following us FAST. When we got to Daytona Beach we were finally able to run down to the water. It WAS cold! The sand was different too - it was lots of broken shells & up close I think it looked like red pepper flakes.
When we woke up the next day at our hotel on St. Augustine Beach it was a perfect beach day. Our plans were to beach it that morning. The beach wasn't very crowded, there were big sand dunes, and the beach was very wide.
One of the cool things is that people were walking their dogs in the water and you could tell the dogs were loving it.
I wanted to go in the water right away but Mom & Savannah said it was too cold and they had to get hot first. I didn't want to go in by myself because I didn't want my first experience to be alone in the water. I waited and waited and ... waited.
They finally needed to cool down so we got in. It was chilly but we got used to it. We tried to bodysurf but we were too late every time the wave came. We were terrible surfers but it was still a blast! We could see the pier so Mommy & I thought it would be nice to walk there. It didn't look that far but it kinda was. We were glad we did it though - we walked out to the end & the pier was HOT on our bare feet. The walk back was only a mile but it seemed like five!
Crisp, cool, & blue is what the Atlantic Ocean felt and looked like! The air is saltier, the waves are bigger, and I know I am in the Atlantic and not the Gulf Of Mexico. The Atlantic Ocean was everything I was hoping for!
- Sage