Wrightsville Beach Swim and Bike
On August 27 Janet and Bob took a pleasant trip to Wrightsville beach at Johnny Mercer Pier with our chairs and bikes. The conditions were the most gentle and pleasant I have ever experienced on the ocean shore.
The sky was blue with bright sunshine. The tide was a couple hours before low tide, so it was going out, and no problem with the waves getting up to our beach bags. The water was quite clear and there was almost no wind. The sea bed was firm sand with no drop offs and sloped down gradually towards the ocean for 100 yards. There were no sharp shells, the waves were small, and the water was just cool enough to be refreshing. Most of the area schools started this week so the beach was uncrowded.
After soaking in the water for a while, then soaking up some sun rays for a while, we rode our bikes on the sand southward to Crystal Pier. There we had a late afternoon supper of shrimp tacos with a Red Oak beer for Bob and a beef hamburger with lemon water for Janet. Due to the imminence of sunset, we rode our bikes on the road back to the parking lot with our Jeep.
