Sometimes Life has to be a Beach

Let me begin by saying, many posts here notwithstanding, The Bug and I are NOT beach bunnies! In the days of my youth, I loved being in the water, but even then I preferred the pool to the ocean or lake. Nice and routine and sanitary, comparatively...and no snakes or sharks or jellyfish! I enjoyed soaking in the tub and lounging in the pool on our cruise, and I did like our all-too brief dip in the Caribbean, but yeah, we don't come to the beach for "the beach" so to speak. But we do love finding a beach our speed and renting a room with a view from which to sit and watch the action. We usually try to hit the beach in May, when it is a bit cooler and less hectic, but this year life events (not bad ones) led us to change our reservations to this week, which means we are at the beach in Delaware with tons of newly minted high school graduates, lol! Shenanigans abundant, I am sure. But it also means we can be relatively invisible, and that suits us just fine. We're here for the salt air and the wildlife, and as was the case last time we stayed in this particular hotel (two years ago) both come to us in abundance! Ahhh...that is the sound of the stress and strain and grief slipping away.

Okay, so here are some people.

 And the evening

 And the morning

 Were the first day

 Barn Swallows everywhere!

 And Ospreys!

Catch of the day...shot from our balcony. We love this place!

 Laughing gulls

And Grackles, of course

And this young male, a Northern Bob-White!

And there, just offshore, dolphins! Sigh...I was losing the light by the time they showed. Dewey Beach...one of our happy places! Tomorrow we'll drive around a bit, visit some nature preserves, and get in some hiking, but for now we are enjoying every bit of the several dimes we spent for this room.

The Making of a Moment

Dolphin watching is just one of the many reasons to go the the Delaware beaches,
but it was a major reason why I wanted to go

We splurged for an ocean-front room just for this kind of view,

and for the most part we got it! Until Friday...

We spent the morning watching it rain as we lounged in our room.

Then we went shopping at the outlet stores

Finally we dined at The Starboard and then returned to our hotel.

And that's when the magic began!

The view cleared and we could see freighters in the distance,

headed for the Delaware River

And this happy little girl running up the beach!\

Awesome!

And THIS! A life bird for me...

The mood was right...the sea was right...

For bottlenose dolphins!

I wondered if these girls had any idea the dolphins had arrived

I think maybe the boy spotted them!

Does the girl in blue shorts see them?

Yes! Now they're looking!

Turns out they were a softball team here for a tournament

up the road in Rehoboth Beach

There! Dolphins!

This is what they see!

And BAM, there you go...the winning shot...

Truly a magical encounter!

And then the dolphins moved on, and we were left to ponder

the moment most special we strangers had shared.