How did I find myself in this delicious circumstance? It started earlier that day when I was the first to arrive for a paddleboarding lesson. I pulled into a parking lot for a picnic area that also had a path through the mangroves to a secluded beach. The secluded beach was where the lesson was to be held. A casual glance at the expanse of mangroves lining the parking lot would not reveal the little-used, winding path lea...