Having fun with my short vacation

It is a blessing to have friends around you. I was invited by a friend to have a short vacation near the beach area. Oh!! wow, I was happy when she told me we can stay for a week there. We are looking forward to be on the beach right when we get there but sad to say that on our first day, the sky was so dark and was showering, well, not a good day to go to the beach so we end up shopping. We went to different consignment stores and other places where we can find good deals of things we want to add to our collection. They don't have big malls over there which is good because we don't have lots of money to buy in that expensive stuff in the mall and besides, our purpose is to go to the beach not to shop but because of the weather, we just go around to see the place. Well, the weather did not cooperate again on the second day, so, we've decided to go to airlie Garden. Wow!! that's a wonderful place, 67 acres garden, with ponds, birds, plants of different kinds, butterflies, and art designs. We walk around the garden for about 2 hours taking pictures and all that. We are so tired but it was fun. Finally, on our second to the last days of stay in the area, we went to the beach. It was so amazing. I find it very different from where I come from. I mean, in my country, beaches are nice too but we have small cottages right at the beach to where you can put your food and other things you bring to the beach but there? oh!! my nothing at all. The beach was full of people just lying on the sand, some brought their little umbrella, small tents and their folding chair so that they can sit comfortably under the sun. Wow!! most of them brought their reading materials and read. Some families who have kids brought their balls and other things that their kids can play. It was fun to watch these people in their different activities. Most of them were not bringing food because they were renting on those beach houses, apartments, and condo in the beach area. That's what we don't have in our beach area in my country, except maybe in a big commercial beaches. In our place, beaches are exclusively owned by somebody, there is a specific place where people claimed it theirs but in America, the beach is for everybody. There are people who owned beach houses and they have it rented for those who want to have vacation on the beach but the beach has no restrictions of who owns it. Wow!! It was fun!! but unfortunately swimming was not fun when we were there because the waves were so big and strong, these can knock you down. Only very few went to swim and surrendered in a few minutes because of the waves, but it was fun. we stayed there for about 6 hours then we went home and swim in the pool for about 2 hours. Feels so relaxing. How I wish I can come back someday.