Da-dunt, Da-dunt, Da-dunt...

(that's suppose to be the sound from JAWS). Have you ever had a fear that is unconfounded? Or known that something COULD be there, but never actually seen it, so it could not actually be real? Well, yesterday my Dad and Fitz got a rude awake up to what we share the ocean with...SHARKS. We (me, Fitz, Lilly, my Mom, and my Dad) headed to the beach yesterday mid-day to drive on the beach abit, get our toes in the sand and let the men-folk do some surfing. On our way to the water we ran in to some friends were running on the beach, and the lady mentioned that due to the menhaden running there were an abundance of bull sharks in the water so be careful. Covered in neoprene, the men hit the water. While Lilly was having fun "dancing" with her toes in the sand, we occasionally looked up to check on Fitz and my Dad. Suddenly, they were paddling in at pretty quick pace (and with their feet out of the water), but then when they got out they were heading away from us down the beach, so I thought they were looking for a better spot. But....oh..no...was I ever wrong. They had a shark sighting, in one of the waves they had been trying to catch. It is about a 5 footer, and scared the crap out of them. My Dad who has been surfing since he was young had never seen a shark up close and personal in all his years of surfing, and this gave him the willies. After they had calmed down a bit, they recounted that the shark had been less then 20ft from them and was in kill mode for the fish that were running. I think they both had nightmares last night. So although there is surf/swell today due to the storm off shore and the NE winds...no surfing for this family...we like all of our body parts just where they are. Here's to not being confused for a fishy!