We had a lovely day at the beach. The weather was iffy, but we carried on and had a nice time. It was in the upper 60s with sporadic sun. The weird part was the fog that would drift in and out every half hour or so. The kids had a great time playing on the rocks until the park ranger told them not to (what bad mothers we are to allow it!) and then they just dug, walked, looked for shells, and read. Their real fun came when they got to explore the fort. The mothers' real fun was the sitting on the beach doing absolutely nothing. Heavenly.
The first thing you do at the beach is take off the shoes. Sand on the toes is so relaxing.
The kids built a "dribble castle." You let sand dribble off your fingers until a mound forms for the castle. They spent a little time on the skim board. You would have thought it was summer.
The fog drifted in and out without rhyme or reason. At one point on a walk we thought we had lost the children, even walking toward a rock that looked like one of the kids!
Climbing on the rocks was a highlight. We found other rocks to climb on later. #2 found oysters and mussels to harvest. He hopes to go back and get more when they are 3 inches long. The ranger he talked to told him that was the right length.
I love our December Traditional Trip. As #2 said, "I can't wait until next year!"
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