Summer came with noticeable heat and the temperatures quickly climbed to the near record high with heat index hitting 107F. Channel 13 is showing a map of Florida all in red with only a thin orange line along the Atlantic Ocean. Red is over 100F. Orange is over 90F. This is only along the waters of Atlantic. And that's where I am.

I live in Ponce Inlet, in a condo across the street from the Ocean.

I got up too late to go to the beach in the morning, the sun was already unforgiving, and I had what to do in the cool comfort of my condo. I had to do some work and sitting at the computer I was glancng in the window to see the ocean, which was unusually calm on Sunday.

My time comes at about 6 P.M. You walk out of the door into a balmy air. Here on the island the temperatures in summer are usually a few degrees lower than on the mainland, and a few degrees higher in winter, which works fine for me.

But all it takes is to cross State Road A1A (Atlantic Ave), and take the walkway to the ocean, and you feel the cool breeze. That is the beauty of the Ocean. The sun is low and tender on your skin. The ocean is very calm, water is 80F, you walk into the gently rolling waves, the water is clean and you see the bottom. A big crab is running away bit I still manage to bother another one a few feet farther, and I scream taken aback when it gets me by the toe. A few steps later I step on a small fish, that slips from under my foot.

I like that time of the day. All colors are more dramatic and pronounced. Setting sun changes the colors every 5 to 10 minutes. The Ocean is always fascinating and different. It depends on the sky, and with all the variations in the clouds, their shape and color and height and speed, it never stops to surprise you.

Where the waives break, the white is turning pink in the last rays of the sinking sun. The beach is dotted by crab holes. You only see crabs when they move. Otherwise they blend with the sand perfectly and you would walk by and not notice them.

Sandpipers are busy following the waive and finding something that only they can see. Pelicans patrol the waters graciously gliding on top of the waives without touching the water.

Sunday is Fathers Day and there are many people on the beach. Of course, by our standards. And when we can see 12 people on the beach, that's a lot. That is many for us.

If you can picture yourself on this quiet and secluded beach, give me a call at FUN (386)-255-5355.