July 18, 2009
The day after Seth's crazy birthday party we loaded up the Taurus and headed to Delaware. After all, we've now lived here for two summers. It's about time we hit the East Coast beaches.
We had planned for a 2.5 hour drive. Unfortunately, Google Maps wasn't aware of the fact that EVERYONE in the states of MARYLAND, DELAWARE, and PENNSYLVANIA were also going to the beach. Traffic added at least another hour to our drive. Grrr...
Of course, there was no parking. Jon threw me, Marah, & Seth out (along with the giant cooler) and cruised for a spot while we staked out a sweet patch of sand on the beach.
Marah & I have both grown up on California's beaches, so we were AMAZED to see how many people there were crammed onto this stretch of ocean. It was insane. Luckily most of them were just sunbathing--there was plenty of room right along the water (and in it, of course) for us to play.
Seth was okay with the beach. Not a huge fan, but not terrified. Big waves crashing on the shore made him cry. And getting practically knocked over by waves hitting unexpectedly far up the sand? That just made him spitting mad. Luckily it only happened once. Okay, maybe 3 or 4 times. I was just too busy digging him a pond to notice that everyone in front of us was screaming and running away...
We each watched Seth in shifts while the other two headed out to the water. The water was nice and warm, but incredibly salty. As in more salty than the Pacific. Occasionally a patch of jellyfish would float by, which made me nervous, but no one got stung that we saw.
There were some pretty great waves on the beach. All three of us came home with some scrapes and bruises from getting thrown down onto the sand/rocks. But it was totally worth it.
After a few hours we decided it was time to go (mostly because our parking meter was running out). Seth finally fell asleep on the way home, despite having sand all over him. In fact, there's still sand in his car seat (and my purse, and the trunk, and the beach bag...). Hopefully we can make it back to the beach again before summer's over!
(Please excuse my white belly and legs, which never see the light of the sun)
4 comments:
awww how fun! Seth is too funny, poor little guy getting knocked down.... sounds like something that would happen to my kids=)
Love the tankini top - need one like that for Beth!
Rehobath? Oh Megan, seriously, next time you want to go to the beach, we'll go with you. I can't stand that beach, but at least you had a good time. Next time drive a little further and go to the Delware Sea Shore State Park. It is soooo much better, the have showers (even though they are cold), and you have to pay for parkng but it's never hard to find a spot. Seriously, if you are going again, call us! (And I know what you mean about the traffic....it is crazy, but it gets better past Rehobath....I promise)
Looks like so much fun! That is funny that Seth got mad at the waves. Jellyfish freak me out - you are much braver than I am!
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