A New Place

Bradenton, Florida was my trip destination. I drove down last Monday half of the way and spent the night in Chattanooga, TN where my husband had so kindly reserved a hotel room for me. Then drove the rest of the way on Tuesday. And then did the same thing yesterday and arrived home today around 1.30pm.  These are photos of where I was staying with one of my cousins and she lives a few roads back from the banks of the Upper Manatee River. It was such a beautiful sight for sunrises.
I was down there for 5 days and had a lot of resting, sleeping, reading and debriefing times. It was really hot during the day - so I was almost forced to stay inside and basically do nothing except rest. That was one of the main reasons why I needed to leave the routine and the familiar - so I would have no excuse to not rest.

One of the days I was down there, I drove over to Anna Maria Island and hung out at the beach and when it got too hot to be out in the sun, I sat at a waterside restaurant and was able to dig my feet in the sand and be under an umbrella but be close enough to hear the waves and bask in the wonder of the ocean.

It was a very healing time for me and I come back renewed, refreshed and ready for the next step of my journey - whatever that may be.