A Non Traditional Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was not traditional in any way unless you count the fact that we never do a traditional Thanksgiving. For the past several years, we have not cooked a meal or even spent time with family. Last year, we spent the day in King's Bay in our kayaks followed by a picnic at the park. This year, we decided to spend our time at the beach. We began our week (yes, we took an entire week) at Tamara's Restaurant in Apalachicola. We love this place, having discovered it when we came to Apalachicola three years ago for Thanksgiving.
We spent our week in a wonderful little house on Cape San Blas, a beach on the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle. It is only about four hours from home so hardly takes any time to get there. We selected this beach because it is very dog friendly and the owners of the house allow dogs. Cocoa was very happy.
The little green house was our house for the week and we loved the fact that this wooden path lead us straight to the powdery sand beach. We spent the week indulging our inner artists while setting a path for the next five years as we inch towards our seventieth year.
It was very hard to leave this place not only because is was so beautiful but because it provided a focused, uninterrupted time to clear our minds and just rest. We stopped at Tamara's on the way home for another great meal, bought some special scented soaps at a shop in town, and headed back to reality until next time.