DebbieCPhillips-Photography: Atlantic Sunrise

Atlantic sunrise

One of our goals while in Florida was to see the sunrise on the Atlantic ocean. We stayed at Wickham park and the closest beach parking was Canova Beach, the only dog friendly beach in the county. So at 6am on Sunday morning, we loaded the dogs and headed to the beach. I fully expected to be one of very few there, and when we got there, we were one of 2 cars in the parking lot. My guys were forced to meet an off leash dog while we were going down the steps and we stepped out on to the empty beach about 20 minutes before sunrise. I was glad Roudy was staying with his best friend. We were just the first to arrive. By the time the sun rose around 7:15 am there were around 40 people with their 30 dogs. Who knew? Sunrise on the beach with your dog is a big deal. It was nice. There were a few big dogs who were off leash (against the rules) but I was able to keep my dogs right at my feet and fend the loose guys off. Tippy did have to snap at one. I let him because the owner failed to retrieve their dog. None of my dogs like the ocean but they all enjoy the beach and they were fascinated by the dogs playing fetch in the water.

So in September we saw sunset on the pacific and in February we saw sunrise on the Atlantic! 6 months apart.

Mom and I did go back to the non dog side of the beach a couple days later. There weren't as many birds as I hoped and the water was cold. I did go knee deep and enjoyed bird and people watching.