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I thought this was supposed to be the “slow” part of the tourist season here, or the “second season” or something. You wouldn’t know it today at the beach in Fort Lauderdale. It looked almost like January, with clusters of sunbathers spread up and down the length of the golden sand and lots of little heads offshore bobbing on waves and surfers bellyflopping all over the place. Sheesh!
That’s ok. It was still “slow” enough that I got a nice shady table for a café au lait after my exercise and meditation. And I understand why everyone’s out, though it makes me wonder who’s working today. The sun returned this morning after a couple days or so of intermittent rains. We’re so accustomed to nearly constant sun here that 48 hours without much of it seems like forever.
I can remember when I lived in Burlington, Vermont – not exactly the sun capital of the globe, though it’s a beautiful place I still love. There was once a stretch there, in the summer no less, when the sun didn’t shine at all, not for a minute, in six weeks. For the first week or two, the cloudy skies seemed almost normal. Not here, not in South Florida. One day without your body casting heavy shadows can feel like a pleasant change from the usual climate. But when the cloudiness continues for much longer than that, many people start to pine for the sun’s return. And when it breaks through after that brief hiatus, all feels a bit more right with the world again.
I had planned on writing this blog about a special beachside exercise area. It’s a great place called the Fit-Trail, with free equipment right on the sand, within 100 yards or so of the sea. But after working out and then walking around for a while, I realized I’d have to save that one for later. The story today is the sunshine. After all, the endless-sun is why we’re in South Florida, whether tourist or resident. It never goes away for long around here but when it hides, even for a little while, everybody wants a piece of it.
That’s ok. It was still “slow” enough that I got a nice shady table for a café au lait after my exercise and meditation. And I understand why everyone’s out, though it makes me wonder who’s working today. The sun returned this morning after a couple days or so of intermittent rains. We’re so accustomed to nearly constant sun here that 48 hours without much of it seems like forever.
I can remember when I lived in Burlington, Vermont – not exactly the sun capital of the globe, though it’s a beautiful place I still love. There was once a stretch there, in the summer no less, when the sun didn’t shine at all, not for a minute, in six weeks. For the first week or two, the cloudy skies seemed almost normal. Not here, not in South Florida. One day without your body casting heavy shadows can feel like a pleasant change from the usual climate. But when the cloudiness continues for much longer than that, many people start to pine for the sun’s return. And when it breaks through after that brief hiatus, all feels a bit more right with the world again.
I had planned on writing this blog about a special beachside exercise area. It’s a great place called the Fit-Trail, with free equipment right on the sand, within 100 yards or so of the sea. But after working out and then walking around for a while, I realized I’d have to save that one for later. The story today is the sunshine. After all, the endless-sun is why we’re in South Florida, whether tourist or resident. It never goes away for long around here but when it hides, even for a little while, everybody wants a piece of it.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 1:44 PM
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