Beach stop (image story in the comments)

Part 2: The water was warm and she was completely soaked in all of her clothes. Her jeans and sweater were new, a present for their anniversary that week, and she thought about how this was a great way to break them in. Now she wondered if she would dry in time for their dinner reservation. She had no plans to change and hadn't packed anything else for their dinner that night as her usual hoodie wouldn't work for this restaurant. She decided she better get out of the water to give herself a chance to possibly dry some before they left. Her husband smiled as they headed up the beach back to the car. Hopefully the beach shower was still on so she could rinse the sand from her boots. The spontaneous afternoon at the beach was sure to be the highlight of their anniversary weekend!

Part 1: The lake was much warmer than she expected for the middle of October, and she was also suprised at how much warmer it was since they left that morning. The stop at the beach had been a last minute thought when they finished lunch that afternoon. They needed something to do to pass the time before going to dinner that evening and driving on to the rest of the way to her sisters for the night. So with 4 hours to go before their dinner reservation, a stop off at the beach seemed like a good idea. Her husband had asked if she needed help getting her boots off when they parked at the beach. But she said no, she didn't want to worry about getting sand off her feet or struggling to get them back on later. Plus she figured if she kept them on, they'd keep her out of the water. But now as she waded along the edge of the beach she realized they had no power to keep her from going in the lake.