Here’s the short version, because it’s much to hot and icky to concentrate right now. (I’ll probably come back and fill in anecdotes in the Memories category later. I said, probably.)

Thursday, Dawn and her friend Adam swung by and picked me up for a trip out to the coast to camp with a group of friends of theirs. The weather was beautiful, the company was excellent, and the only real downside was the darned mosquitos. (There weren’t even any bees. Yay!)

Seriously, does it get any better than wandering up and down the beach in between hearty meals and afternoon naps and snarky conversation? Not by much, it doesn’t. Just about the only complaint I could lodge is that there weren’t any interesting clouds to make the sunsets more cameraworthy. Hmph.

Speaking of which, I took over 100 pictures. Sadly, most of them are bunk. What’s salvagable will end up in the Gallery… eventually. Along with the backlog of other images that need uploading. Ahem.

Anyway… it was a lovely four-day weekend-ish thing, and while I’m glad to be back in the land of real showers and convenient technology, I will always sort of miss those lazy days next to the beach.