Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Monday, August 09, 2010

Camping in the summer
Usually, we like to camp in the fall and spring, not so much in the summer. But when the weekend looked to be less humid than normal, and our destination involved a swimming lake and beach, we had to take the chance for some relaxation and family fun. We also took the dog, which required that we camp in the "pet loop" which had no hookups. So we tried "dry camping" with our camper for the first time and it went very well. Of course, it would not have been so nice if it had been the typical hot and humid August, but because it wasn't, we were very comfortable, and even cool at night.
Saturday the kids and I went to the lake and they rolled around in the sand, literally; they swam, and they buried themselves waist down (Eric was buried all except his face). I only got these 3 pictures as my camera battery died right after and I did not bring an extra!
It was loads of fun. We went down to the lake each evening after all the crowds had gone and let the little ones play in the sand some more while Dennis, Eric and I threw the frisbee.
Now, after that brief respite from the heat and humidity (which has returned this week) I am ready for fall to arrive!









Sunday, December 27, 2009

December Camping Tour
Post #2
Christmas Eve at the beach

We spent Christmas Eve with Heather's cousin, Laura, at Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs. It truly was "bonita" (beautiful!). What a totally different feeling to be at the beach this time of year. Very foreign to me. I am used to much the opposite, in fact, normally I would choose to be snow skiing over being at the beach, but we had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect, not typical hot and muggy summer beach weather, but in the 70's and breezy. The water was quite chilly, but we all managed to actually swim in it (why come all the way to Florida and not swim in the Gulf?). The kids made sand castles, sand snowmen, collected more shells than we will take home, ate lunch at a beach cafe, and played in the water. An added bonus was that this beach is the home of the Gopher Tortoise Preserve, so we got to see lots of these tortoises throughout the park.
Heather and Laura....our dads are brothers
Eric found a live hermit crab in this shell

Our family



eric working on his sand castle


Bay and Leah looking at the gopher tortoise