We all bundled into my car and headed down to the beach. The weather and the sand were terrific.
The water was, as is typical in Oregon, very cold.
Riley and Haylee searched the beach for shells and sand dollars, unfortunately they were only able to find pieces of sand dollars and cracked shells. Riley seemed excited regardless.
We saw a bunch of these little creatures. They were hopping around the sand and then whenever one of us got close they were pretend to be dead.... which was an effective strategy, since it did keep us from eating them. After getting back, we looked them up and discovered them to be Sand Fleas.
Here is a picture of my cousin Haylee, Aunt Kim, Mom, and cousin Riley.
After a while, Riley claimed that his hands were cold, so he buried them in sand to warm them up.... He also claimed that it worked, though it did require doing it several times during the walk back to the car.
Here is a picture of the house that we are staying in. It is an old school house that has been renovated so that people can sleep and cook and stuff.
By the time we got back from the beach, Margo, Scott, Kyle, and Claire had arrived. and my dad started up the grill to make burgers for dinner.
After dinner, the kids and I went down to the beach, where they played beach soccer while I reffed. Haylee excelled while Riley clearly had the most ground covered.
Here is a picture of the beach and the reflection near sunset.
When we got back, we started the fire pit up so that we could make smores.
Here is the haul that Riley found at the beach. We ended up putting a piece of sand dollar in the fire. It proceeded to burn up.
Here is Riley's summary of the first day:
It was fun, I caught a lot of sea shells with Chris. I played soccer and it was Fun!
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