A Day at the Beach

Jamie was nice enough to come visit us this weekend, and we planned a trip to the beach. She came in late Friday night and left early Sunday afternoon so it was a pretty short trip, but we had a lot of fun while she was here.

Bridget LOVES Jamie. She posted herself outside the office door waiting for Jamie to get up in the morning, waited outside the bathroom door while Jamie was taking a shower, and jumped all over her whenever she was available for jumping on. Bridget's inner monologue sounded something like this...."Jamie Jamie Jamie Jamie jamiejamiejamiejamie Jamie! Jamie! Jamie! Jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We flew from Stinson Airport in south San Antonio to Mustang Beach.
Ready for takeoff.

Taking off from Stinson. The metal building is actually the museum we went to a couple weeks ago and you can barely see downtown in the background.

On the way to Mustang Beach.

Jamie at the controls flying towards the Gulf.

The Gulf (very blue on this day).

Coming in to land at Mustang Beach.

The beach, looking north.

There aren't any courtesy cars or rental cars at this airport, which we originally thought might be a problem, but luckily there is a trolley you can take as a shuttle bus around the island.

We took the trolley to Moby Dick's for lunch.

We then walked across the street to "Nautical Wheelers" and rented a buggy in which to tool around the island for a couple hours. They were all brightly painted and themed. Ours was named "Lone Star."

We buggied over to the ferry landing to see if we could spot some dolphins, but they weren't out today.

Someone was drying their jeans out their car window in the parking lot.

Jamie had forgotten her sunglasses, but purchased a pair of ZZ Top sunglasses for just $1 at the buggy place, which got the job done and were stylish to boot.

It was windy enough that people were surfing.

Cruising the island in the buggy. We all took turns driving and riding in the back.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day...

Taking the trolley back to the airport.

The beach from the air after takeoff.

Jamie trying out flying again.

Aerial view of the whole island.

Heading back to San Antonio at sunset. It was such a clear day, all day the horizon was really crisp.

Coming in to land at Stinson.

Unloading just as the sun was setting.

It was a very full, but very fun day. The weather was beautiful and everything worked out great. We're so glad Jamie could come visit us, we had a great time!