Wow, those pictures of the beach are beautiful @gingbabida. Particularly liked those with the sun setting, as you captured the colors very nicely. We live hundreds of miles from the ocean, so views like this for us and very rare.
And all because your utility company had you scheduled for a "power down" day? Interesting, as I ended my career working for one. Was it some sort of maintenance or was there some emergency action needed?
Nice post showing how you made the best of it!