Vacation Part III: The Beach

While in California, we introduced our children to the beach. Waves, sand, salt water, sea gulls, shells lying around on the ground, who could ask for anything more? This was definitely one of the highlights of the entire trip.

 On Tuesday, we went to salt creek beach with my sister-in-law Megan, her daughter Angela, our niece Abigail and a neighbor girl. Megan also was kind enough to bring the paraphernalia we didn't have - the beach umbrella, lawn chairs, sand toys, boogie boards, face masks, and flippers. The kids had a blast. Steven, Hannah, John and Joshua enjoyed the boogie boards and caught several waves each. Peter preferred to stay closer to shore, digging holes and playing in the sand.

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The following day, we had a picnic at Dana Point with Steven's dad and his wife Yumiko. Megan, Angela and Abigail came too. The water in the harbor was tame compared to the big waves of the day before. I think Peter was the only one who really went into the water there. 

There is, however, a long stone jetty that encloses the harbor. Steven and John made their way to the very end of it, while Hannah and I only went part of the way, jumping from boulder to boulder, and hoping that no huge wave would come from the shore side and sweep us from the rock!

Later, after Bill and Yumiko left, our family joined Megan and the girls for a walk to the tide pools on the north side of the harbor. We climbed rocks and saw lots of birds and even a crab close up!