When I need to refresh where do I long to be? What helps me get back to center? And what do I want to do? Read, lay around, relax, turn my brain off? I think the one element that relaxes me is Water.
It doesn't have to be the Beach. A lake or a stream with the running sound of water soothes me. We live at the beach, but we find ourselves planning beach get-a-ways. It has to be warm, quiet, secluded. Don't need luxury, in fact I find simple is better. I don't like Hotels. I don't want to hear the maids knocking in the morning or people talking in the halls all hours of the night.
Some of the most amazing refreshing times I have had have been on Lake Powell. In our own small boat, we would travel up lake and get lost in a canyon with 100 foot cliffs towering from the waters edge. Hiking trails the Anasazi Indians used centuries ago. For just a little while we could believe we were the only ones on earth. Heaven! That was many years ago and the lake has since become so crowed it is hard to get away from the world, but for a little while it was heaven.
Or the Oregon Coast, so wild and rugged? Would that be it?
Or....A private island that we had all to ourselves would also be nice. Walking, snorkeling, cooking our own meals. Soaking up the sun and letting it rejuvenate us. We did say money was not a factor?
Sunset from our deck.
Catalina Island and Dana Point Harbor from the deck.
But my favorite spot to unwind is...... every night on our very own deck. Gazing out over the Pacific. Watching the sun set behind Catalina Island. Enjoying what we have worked so hard for. Sharing it with friends and family or just the two of us. It is my vacation everyday! But what makes it my sanctuary is the Man I share it with.
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