O' Brother Where Art Thou?

Last week was Beach time. We went to South Daytona Beach and spent a couple of nights at an old family favorite. Its right on the beach and is a lot of fun. My sister and her family as well as my Mom all made it out. We had a blast. The waves were a lot calmer than the last time we went to the beach and Erin was able to handle it a little better. She claims she learned a little more in Ocean 101 now. Our first day there, we all started to build a big sand castle but the tide interrupted us with its own idea of what it should look like. So, we went out and played in the water. We decided to go running early the next morning on the beach and watch the sun rise. It was beautiful! I haven't been a big fan of running for many years now, but I've changed my mind and we both enjoyed it. On our run we saw several dolphins making there way up the coast, it was postcard worthy with the sun rise behind them. As surprising as the dolphins were, we saw a very large group of people, hundreds in fact, congregated tightly on the shore. We first thought a dolphin was beached, as many were waist deep in water. But as we neared, I saw a man dunk someone in the water and another from the queue walk up to him. A baptism? Sure enough as we got closer we saw several men in the water baptizing this large group. "O Brother Where Art Thou?" flashed in our minds. Come on in boys, the waters fine! Oh the South...
Later that day we swam with dolphins! We were out body boarding and suddenly a dolphin surfaces and Erin freaks out. As the dolphin approached within 20 feet of us, I had to reassure her, it was a dolphin and not a shark. Erin added dolphins to her list of things she's swam with. We finished the trip lounging around the pool, throwing footballs and Frisbees around, and playing Rumikub.