Long Beach Day Three

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

I think we originally thought we would get up and get going at a decent time today, but when it came down to it… we had another lazy morning.  Hey, we’re on vacation at the beach – what other kind of morning is there?  lol

Since arriving on Monday, the weather has been cool and often foggy/misty.  It’s not been too cold, so we’ve still managed to thoroughly enjoy it, but it’s not been quite warm enough to get out in our swimsuits and play in the waves either.  (Not that it hasn’t stopped the kids from doing that anyway. lol)  This morning it sprinkled and seemed a tad cooler than the other days.  We decided (after playing games inside) that we would just go for a walk along the beach today, instead of playing in the sand or water.  We walked for a couple of hours and had a lot of fun!  We found a couple of perfect seashells, some jellyfish, and a dead sea gull.  Even though we said “no water”, the kids still ended up walking along the edges of the waves.  (But really, is anyone surprised?)

After we came home to eat and play more games, we went back this evening to really let the kids play this time.  Yeah, it was a tad cold, but they didn’t care, they had fun!  After an hour or so, the wind off the ocean started to get colder, so we called it a day.  But we still had it in us to play more games and watch a movie. :)

I’m not sure what the game plan is tomorrow.  I think we’re staying most of the day and heading back late afternoon/early evening.  We’re kind of all hoping against hope that it will actually be a little sunny tomorrow, and dare I say “clear”? ;)  We’ll see.  Part of me would really like that, but part of me enjoys the cool, misty weather of the coast.  It’s what I’m used to and it reminds me of many summers camping at the coast in Northern California. 

No matter how tomorrow ends up, it will be sad to leave this nice little beach trip, but it will also be really good to be back home with Ryan.  I miss my Blue.