For our
last hurrah of the summer, we went beach camping! It is quite a popular
thing to do in Southern California. We made reservations 6 months ago,
before our summer came together and we discovered we were going to be
camping more than ever. We were a little weary of camping, but much
more practiced at it, and after all, it was at the beach. Upon
arrival, the kids were quite disappointed that we weren't actually
sleeping on sand on the beach. The campsite was about 100 yards from
the beach on plain old dirt. They were quickly pacified when they
discovered the tree behind the tent that was very easy to climb.
We spent a lovely two days at the beach. It was so convenient to be
camping so near to the beach. We went down to the beach, swam in the
ocean, played a little volleyball, then went back to the campsite for
lunch. We returned later that day after the crowds had gone. We walked
along the beach, made footprints in the sand and watched the sunset.
The next day, we had a sand castle building contest. Here is Maddie
with her sand rendition of Helm's Deep from the Lord of the Rings
trilogy. It was very well done. Allie, Gabe and I finished the day on
the boogie boards. It was low tide, but the waves were quite big and we
caught a lot of good waves and rode them until we reached the shore. The ocean was very strange that day. If you look closely at the
picture of Gabe on the boogie board, you might notice that the water
directly behind Gabe had a glassy effect to it, similar to a calm and
still lake. The ocean was like that all morning. The waves would roll
until and look perfectly smooth and glassy until it crested and foamed.
It was very unusual.
We had a great time with our last hurrah at the beach. We have been busy, but feel refreshed and ready to start settling into the routine of school.
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