James,
it's just that the expectations don't match the planning . I love beach shoots. But to get what mom wants, we should be on the East Coast beach at dawn and a West Coast beach at sunset. Sigh.

I'm driving over to the beach today to see where the best locations are and see what I can do about the lighting -- assuming that there aren't major thunder storms coming through during that time of the day on Friday. Hmmm, that would make for some dramatic shots!!

Jim