Beach Rainbow

One of the things we decided to do today was go over to the Congo once more, Congo River to be precise.  Many people don't realize there's a fairly large waterfall here on the barrier island.  You can see Madison posing in front of that now.

Yes, the Congo is a place of waterfalls, mystery, and mini-golf too.  Also, a place for large totem poles that look like Dr. Livingston (I presume).

Madison and I went over to play golf this afternoon, and although it was warmer, there was also a steady breeze to help cool things down.  Madison played really well today!  We've done this course quite a few times, one reason being the "buy one get one free" card we keep earning for finding all the items on the scavenger hunt.  You'd think we'd have those locations memorized by now!

Madison brought her phone along and took these shots, and of course we both took shots with the golf clubs, and both came up right at what the par is for the course.  We did well, and had a good time as always.  

You can see from Madison's picture here, that we were back to the condo we went after this.  It was a good day today, a sunny day and a Saturday, which explained the surge of people on the beach.  It wasn't terribly crowded, but it certainly wasn't deserted like we've seen so often here.  The areas further down were more populated, with cars driving up and down the beach, kites flying, volleyballs, surfers, and so on.  We were in the shade on the balcony, so you could sit here and listen to the beach waves as you read, or surf ... the net. 

Earlier today, we went grocery shopping a bit more inland.  It was just an excuse for a nice drive.  Everyone was wearing masks, as we're in this pandemic now.  We got some ice cream, and some other things for the weekend, including tonight's spaghetti dinner, which was outstanding, of course.

Madison has been watching television with the grandparents, including the movie we saw tonight, "Dr. Strange."  We saw that one again, mainly because we're on season four of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."  But the grandparents hadn't seen it, and they wound up enjoying it.  We like this one too, of course.  There was another Braves game today, and this time we won.  There was a also a few episodes of "Storage Wars," which Mommy and Nana seem to be enjoying.  Daddy was reading a "Black Widow" adventure on the balcony, although you wouldn't knoww that entirely, given that the character of Black Widow is there in the prologue, and then shows up again on page 96, finally.  Hopefully, this book will feature more of that character, given that the title of the book has her name in it.  Reading on the balcony is nice though, listening to the wind and waves and so on.

At one point, I got up, and sure enough, I saw a rainbow in the sky.  

I got Mommy and Madison out there on the balcony, and we snapped a few pictures of a beach rainbow.  Those are pretty special rainbows.  I think you can only beat a beach rainbow with a Irish rainbow.  An Irish Beach rainbow?  That's the top of the rainbow food chain there.  Anyway, it was a beautiful sight.

So we went for a walk right afterwards, after spaghetti.  You can see Madison bringing her camera along to take a few pictures along the shore.

It's great to see her into photography, and certain types of pictures right now.  You can see her above here, taking a pictures.  And here's the picture she was taking below:

It was another nice walk, this time with just the three of us along the shore, once again strolling northwards.  We passed by the turtle nest, and of course met the "turtle lady" along the way.  We had a nice conversation, and finally got her name:  Martha.  She's been here since 2001, and checks on all the turtle nests, marking their progress and so forth.  

It was another nice day today.  The temperature in the mornings and evenings is just right, really.  There's been a breeze for the most part, and any humidity that might be there is blown away, a constant refreshing wind there to keep you nice and cool.

The sunsets have been beautiful this week too.  Many times we'd be walking, and then stop so Madison could take a photo, or we'd just stop to take in the panorama in front of us.  It's a super nice walk either way.  We're far away enough from the noise of Daytona Beach, but we could walk there if we wanted to.

We're fine where we are though.  Eventually, we get to a point, turn around, and start heading back.  Usually, the sun is gone by that point, and the lights are on all the condos.  We march up top, wash the sand off, and head back inside.

It was another good day.  After reading a bit from "Wings," we prayed tonight, and got to sleep fairly late, but we slept solidly and soundly through the night.