Sleeping on the beach was the best night of camping sleep I’ve had yet. It was warm in the tent, the ground was soft, and the waves were soothing as they crashed on the shore all night. Something I didn’t get a photo of was the phosphorescence in the waves at night. As they would start to break you could see a bright green glow along the edges of the wave — as if they’d been painted with the stuff inside glo-sticks.
We all stood along the shore and watched like it was a fireworks show, oohing and ahhing as we spotted particularly bright ones or a series of glowing waves all in a row.
The next day was full of digging in the sand, playing in the waves, and bodysurfing/boogie boarding. The pictures speak for themselves.
The waves were fantastic and the water was warm. Josh was really wishing he had his surfboard, but he had a good day of boogie boarding instead. And yes, I went swimming too. I bribed a kid to watch Camille while I swam with Josh. After catching a few waves I was hooked and went to get the board. I love that we could swim in February without wetsuits.
getting brave . . .
oops! A little too daring — a few waves knocked her down, but I was right there to scoop her back up. She was fine, just soaked. Time to put on a real swimsuit.
Daddy coming in for a rest
Our little sugar cookie.
No, sand does not taste good.
Since we’re halfway around the world, I guess they’re digging a hole to America?
Climbing the dunes
Our happy home on the sand
After she had had enough of the sand, we took her in the ocean, stripped her, and rinsed all the sand off of her. She was happy to be “clean” and dry.
Since she was tired, I threw her on my back and we went for a walk. She fell asleep and missed seeing all the crabs that covered the beach.
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| photo credit: Ross Macfadyen |
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| photo credit: Ross Macfadyen |
Getting ready for dinner — gotta get set up before it gets completely dark
Camille and her new best friend Titus. No matter where he went, she was with him.
Another beautiful night around the campfire.