Saturday, July 7, 2018

Via Vacay 2018 - Installment 3: Getting into a routine and Lessons about Ghost Crabs


Every morning began with the sun...literally.
Coffee, breakfast, coffee, quiet times, coffee
and soccer were all essential before heading to the beach.
Oh, and coffee!


I got this packing idea from Pinterest,
and it is absolutely brilliant!

Storage drawers for designated things.

Drawer 1: everything we needed for the fire, 
coffee and eating utensils and paper plates
Drawer 2: condiments, and bread
Drawer 3: essential oils, first aid kit, sunscreen, bug spray, flashlights, card games


The kids set up their own changing room behind the tent

Playing on the sand dunes proved to be just as much fun as playing in the waves

These little ghost crabs were EVERYWHERE! 

Did you know each of these crab's eyeballs can see 360 degrees?  They dig themselves under the snd except for their eyes, which blend in with the sand.  We couldn't even see them watching us all day!

The crabs would run from hold to hole that they had dug on the beach.
We all had a fun time trying to dig them out.
But they are SUPER smart.  We learned tons about them.


boogie boards doubled as wheelbarrows to haul sand around the beach

Jude spent the majority of his time buried in the sand.





The kids had a sandcastle building competition.
Cai was the judge.

Zeke and Jude's creation

Alethia and Rainy's creation.  Check out their walk-in pool and tennis court!

We would hike back to our campsite to eat lunch and have some mandatory downtime
in the shade before heading back out to play.



We took a dinnertime adventure to the Island Lighthouse
and then ate at a local Taco Truck for dinner which was AMAZING!









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