2 posts tagged “beach”

What is the scariest experience you've had with Mother Nature?
Submitted by jacolily.

I was three. I remember being at Crystal Lake Beach in Crystal Lake, Illinois. It was dark because a storm was coming. I was standing at the edge of the shore facing the parking lot. My mother was gathering all our food, towels, and beach toys. It wasn't raining, but it was super super windy, and dark. The scariest part to me was the sand that was blowing everywhere. Being three years old I thought I was in a sand tornando/twister kind of thing because sand was literally blowing EVERYWHERE! No one was comforting me while I cried my head off because my mom and brother were quickly gathering our things. I remember the sand hurting as it flung around. My mom eventually picked up me up and we ran against the "sand storm" to the car. We sat there for a long time waiting for it all to end so we could drive the 15 minutes home.

The End.

So my older brother, Brian, 28 years old, came down to Florida, well Clearwater/St. Pete to visit. This was his first time in Florida. Here were the events of the week:

Monday:
Picked him up at airport around 5ish.
Got off wrong exit to Clearwater, so I took him across the Howard Franklin and The Sunshine Skyway
Ate at Firehouse
Watched sunset on Clearwater Beach
Walked around beach
drank at a bar

Tuesday:
Went down to St. Pete to go to Dali Museum
Mini tour of Downtown St. Pete
Dropped Brian off at beach at 3pm so I could go to class
(5 minutes later he walks into the Gulf with his cell phone in the pocket of his swim trunks causing there to be no communication between us for 7 hours, I was suppose to pick him up when I got out of class, but I couldn't get a hold of him. He ended up calling our Dad back home from a CVS. Dad told me, and I finally was able to get him)

Wednesday:
Eat at Tijuana Flats
Drive to mall to get Brian a new, very cool LG Rumor, cell phone
At Cold Stone Ice Cream in Safety Harbor on the bay
Watched the Cubs get beat :( by the Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Pete

Thursday:
Made plans to go Wii hunting, found one at first store we went to
Played Wii
Dropped Brian off at beach at 3pm so I could go to class
(this time all went well)
Drank at a bar

Friday:
Took Brian back to airport, almost missed flight because he didnt check the time until this morning.