Here in Southern California we have beaches. Miles and miles of beaches. Some of them have sand, some of them have rocks. Some of them have sand and rocks. Some of them have sewage draining from nearby Tijuana River Valley into them. Some of them have sand-castle contests. This is what it looks like at the ones with the later:
It was fun to be with family – and a nice day with the sun masked by just a bit of afternoon haze. The kids perferred this action to the sand-castles:
Breaking a record I set about 8 years ago, I’ve been to the beach like twice this summer. It really is the best way to completely drain the kids – there can’t be a better way to have fun. It occurs to me that we should go more often. If we do go more often – we’re opting for the beaches without ongoing sand-castle competitions, a high ration of sand to rocks and a low ratio of sewage-borne bacteria (if we can help it) and a high ratio of space to people. Imperial Beach only meets one of the criterea (nice sand) …
Tags: observations
July 14, 2008 at 10:38 PM
It was kind of stressful to be there! I am glad you had fun-ish-ness. The kids had a great time and are still a little beat the day after.
I’ll take you up on your offer to go to the beach more often too….
XOXO-Heather
July 16, 2008 at 3:47 PM
WOW! After seeing that crowd shot I’m glad we opted out! No shots of the castles though?
I’m also surprised that with your wifey being such a beach bunny you’ve only gone twice this summer?!
July 21, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Oh I have been to the beach 100 times this summer! For real. The kids and I have it down. When we were at the beach together, Mike is like ‘wow, the kids really like the beach, huh?’ That’s the cool thing about him. I can be sure he will always catch on, sooner or later!