Escape

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- I am a firm believer that life necessitates a little spontinaeity from time to time, and so I have engaged in a little this weekend. My parents and my aunt and uncle are vacationing together for a month down here in the marshlands, and I am spending 36 hours doing exactly the same thing.

St. Simons Island is very nice --- vacation homes on quiet, tree-covered streets, wedged between the Atlantic Ocean and a series of tidal marshes that stretch miles inland. Dad and I took a walk on the beach and then tonight we're all going out to dinner.

The weather's not too bad either... in the mid-60s. It's not warm enough to go all out with shorts and a T-shirt, but I managed to hike up my sleeves and walk around comfortably.

Back to D.C. tomorrow night with an 8 p.m. flight from Jacksonville, Fla.