Hungry Meets Healthy: Destin Day 1

Jun 3, 2011

Destin Day 1

This morning we awoke to heat. Heat and humidity. This was the weather before 9 a.m.

After breakfast, we got ready for the beach. We stopped at Wal-Mart (aka crazyland) for beer and fancy koozies.I think we got some good ones. Our koozies have two fine ladies on them – one with short hair doing some kind of awful dance, and another with long hair splashing in the water.

Hey, it’s like us on the koozie!

The beach here is so much prettier than the beaches in Charleston; the sand is white and doesn’t stick to you and the ocean is a pretty blue-green color. You can actually see your feet through the water.

Here we are with Margaret’s little sister on the beach. Yes, that is her little sister. I may or may not have been standing in a pit in the sand, but at 14 years old, she is still a few inches taller than me. Yet we have the same foot size. Um…

My goal is to leave Destin bronzer than ever – I think I’m doing okay.

After the beach we came home and made a little snack with some of my CSA veggies that I had brought with us. Here is a bowl of cucumber spears soaking in white balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper. Cucumbers are just immature pickles!

We lounged around a bit and I continued reading the book I had started while on the beach. Virginia recommended Little Bee and I snatched it up from the library before we left. I’m only on chapter 3, but so far it’s a great read.

Later in the afternoon, we ran over to the outlets. I picked up two pairs of shorts from Banana Republic. Dresses are fun, but I really love wearing shorts in the summertime.

For dinner, we had some fresh snapper that Margaret’s dad caught this morning. Margaret’s little sister made a topping of sundried tomatoes, parmesan cheese, lemon, garlic, and cilantro – delicious. With the fish we had purple potatoes from my CSA box, green beans from Margaret’s garden, and sweet corn on the cob.