Today was only my third visit to the beach since Hurricane Helene swept through on 09/26. She brought a major coastal surge that flooded thousands of homes (including mine). While a scant two weeks later Hurricane Milton blew through with winds over 100mph and dumped 18″ of rain, damaging and flooding previously unscathed, inland homes. It has definitely been an interesting couple months!

Today, the sun wasn’t shining, the sky was overcast, and the Gulf of Mexico wasn’t at its most beautiful, even so it was still quite striking.

*Not pictured are the huge piles of household debris I drove by (including my own) and the thousands of mullet carcasses that I walked past in order to get down to the waterline.