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I really like having a free mile-long beach less than 20 miles from home. Went up there yesterday evening to watch the sunset and listen to the waves. This was something I really missed when I lived in the concrete desert. I keep folding chairs, towels, flip flops in the cars in case the need to beach happens any time..;)

Very nice. Count your blessings that you have a free of charge or low cost happy place. It's tough to come to the conclusion that the pinnacle of happy places for me might be being aboard an ocean liner. LOL. It makes for a "kaching" problem.

* About a month ago, I finally published a new entry on my OC,SH website for the 1st time in 4 years; I wrote about... ...my 1981 Monte Carlo SC returning home to northern IL, reminding me of a Restless Heart song (5 photos) ...an overdue mile marker celebration for my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS (bought 10.20.2016 with 165,609 miles) ...heart notes (including the retirement of my cardiologist of ~25 years) ...& 2 tidbits. LINK TO READ MORE: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2025/07/22/of-cars-hearts/ FOOD FOR THOUGHT Memories are complicated: cool, yet stark reminders of people no longer with us, awesome times forgotten, music not heard anymore; memories also provide awesome shared stories to reconnect, faith to keep dreams-goals alive, & fuel to do more, with life adding new experiences to the history catalog. We go through life believing we will undoubtedly experience what we've scheduled for the next day, the next week, the next month or even the next year. Truth is, tho, life may have other plans. We never know when a visit, event, phone call, email, text or social media post will be the last one we ever share with someone. PEACE | Cort, pig and cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed" | Linkin Park | 'Leave Out All The Rest'