Last week someone sent me a link to information about something called King Tides. These are really high tides and I was intrigued. We live not far from a bay with a land bridge called a sand spit. On high tide it looks like you could drive right off the road onto the water. If the tides are high and the wind is blowing, that water can get really rough and I love it when it's like that.
I told Chuck about the high tides and how I'd like to be out there to see it. He suggested we go to dinner at an Italian restaurant that sits at the end of the sand spit. It's close to the edge and has large windows with water-view seating. As we drive over the spit on a windy day when the tide is in, the spray comes up really high and we can see it splashing the windows of the restaurant.
After a meeting last night we both had to attend, we went out for a nice dinner and glass of wine. I enjoy having some time alone when we can really immerse ourselves in conversation without interruption. It's rare for us.
We were scheduled for a high tide last night at 8 p.m. It was Tuesday night, so it wasn't very busy at the restaurant. We got a great window seat and had a good view of the water. It was really dark though, so we couldn't see much unless a car drove by and the headlights lit it up a bit.
We were finishing dinner when the wind was picking up and it was starting to get a little wild out there. We could see the spray starting to splash, but we've both seen it do more. We went outside and it was kind of cold. The wind was fierce and the spray was getting us if we got too close to the edge. We only stood there for a minute huddled together. It was enough to let us know we were alive, and we decided we'd had enough.
On the drive back we agreed we have to go back in the summer during another King Tide and eat at the same place.
Wish I could have gotten pics, but it was too dark. We're supposed to have even higher tides tonight.
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