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Recently I have taken a few day trips. Two day trips to have been to Assateague Island. The first I took with a girlfriend and the second I took all by myself! The third was to Williamsburg.

Assateague is an absolutely beautiful beach. I love going to the beach and not looking at high rise hotels and condos. All I can see for miles and miles are sand dunes, sea grass and pristine beach.

Here are some pictures from the time I went with my girlfriend. I swore I wouldn’t post any swimsuit pictures. I am posting pictures of the amazing wild horses we saw! They are certainly not afraid of people. They rooted around in several beach bags looking for snacks. Unfortunately, they uncovered a bag of goldfish crackers, but after that people started closing their bags, baskets, etc. It’s very unhealthy for the horses to eat people food, but since they are wild animals, once they have the food it is unsafe to take it from them. Anyway–my friend and I had a WONDERFUL time. We read, talked, walked and even played in the water. The waves were big and strong that day, so there was lots of laughter as we got splashed and knocked down in the water. Lots of fun and a day we’ll definitely have to repeat soon! Oh and on the way home we went to a SONIC for drinks. It was heavenly. I hadn’t seen a Sonic since I went home for Christmas. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that my friend and I also saw two horses fighting. They were both reared up on their hind legs going at each other with their mouths and front hooves. Quite interesting. She has the pictures of that on her camera, but maybe I can share those soon.

Richard has been gone all week on a business trip, so Olivia and I have been holding down the fort. I’ve done a little organizing and the normal cleaning, laundry and yard work. I feel like I’ve been relatively busy, but yet it doesn’t seem like a lot has gotten accomplished.

Tuesday I drove to Williamsburg to see my parents. I talk to them frequently, but nothing compares to getting to spend face-to-face time with them and getting to hug their necks! I will definitely have to get Richard to take me back to Williamsburg. It’s obviously historical (which will be the draw for him), but there are also many cute little boutiques there.

Yesterday I got the house in order, laundry done, sheets changed, etc. I decided since all of the necessities were taken care of that I’d head to the beach today! This morning I got up and packed the car with my basket, an umbrella and a beach chair and dropped Olivia off at daycare and off I went! I enjoyed a quiet day all to myself. I walked a lot, read some, didn’t pick up a single seashell (believe it or not), got in the water some and worked a few sodoku puzzles. Otherwise I just sat and watched and listened to the ocean. If you look carefully at the picture of the sand, you can see little birdie footprints. I love to watch children and birds at the beach!