Beach Days - The East Side of “The Ditch”
Posted On: September 01, 2008 12:00 AM
Posted By: Lyndsay Rossman
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Having grown up in the sandhills of North Carolina, I have always lived within a couple of hours’ drive from the beach. When I was younger, I so looked forward to those trips to the ocean - playing in the surf, collecting sea shells and working on my tan. The only thing to ruin those memories was having to get back in the car and drive the 2 ½ hours back to my home in Raleigh.
For that reason, among a slew of others, I am so happy to be living at one of Jacksonville’s beaches with the Atlantic Ocean at my fingertips. Being a beachcomber is more than just relaxing on the sand…its about a change in mentality and attitude, which is something I cherish, especially being a transplant from the hectic pace of Washington, DC, where, up until last year, I lived for nearly a decade.
Like so many other weekends since I moved to Jacksonville, this Labor Day, I experienced the quintessential beach lifestyle. Several of my friends who live in Avondale and Ortega traveled across "the ditch" (what locals refer to as the Intracoastal Waterway) to visit with us in Jacksonville Beach, soak up the sun, picnic and play one of my favorite beach games, paddleball.
With storms off the coast, the waves were perfect for surfing and the surfers were out in full force. Surfing is something I hope to pick up now that I can maintain the lessons I will learn by living so close to surfing action (standby for a post on that adventure!). In the meantime, I had to settle for the sidelines of standing waist deep in the water where I got slightly rocked by the powerful waves. What a rush!
By 6:00, we were famished and ready to eat. Sliders Seafood Grill in Neptune Beach offers the delicacies of the sea in a casual atmosphere and the eight of us grabbed prime seating, a picnic table on the side patio, where we chowed down on peel-and-eat shrimp, fish tacos and ice cold Budweiser, which was so refreshing after a long day under the sun.
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