These sand crabs that we were watching - did something that I had never witnessed before. Gary said he had seen this on the discovery channel once. But, what one of them did - was start beating with it's front two legs - very fast on the sand in front of it. The other one looked on with interest.... The crabs have these huge eyes that stick out of the top of their heads and once when we looked at them - they were hidden behind a sand dune and the only thing we could see was their eyes. Gary reminded me of the Simon and Garfunkel song "I Only Have Eyes For You." I sure wish I had had my video camera so that I could have taped this mating ritual between the two crabs and played that song in the background - it might have gone viral on the internet.
Another loving thing that I witnessed yesterday was this elderly couple. They were probably in their late 80's or early 90's. She was walking with a walking stick in each hand. They slowly hobbled down to the ocean. The old man helped his wife walk into the water and then he went back for the two noodles and made sure her walking canes were secured in the sand. They stayed out there in the water for a while. But, it was so cute to watch them when they got out of the ocean. The little man hobbled up to the shore first, he got the walking canes ready and then hobbled back to the edge of the water - and helped his bride walk away from the water successfully with the two walking canes. He then, hobbled back to the ocean and washed off the sand from the noodles. Then, he hobbled again to help his wife up the beach to their chairs that were waiting under a shade tree. I really enjoyed watching them and how the older man catered to his wife's needs. It was just an 'ahh' moment for me.
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