A Much Needed Adventure

We woke up on Friday (the 22nd) to a cloud-free morning that promised to turn into a really good day. So Rob and I decided to make the trip down to the coast, finally, after almost a full month of trying (an epic battle between my work schedule and the weather). I'm so glad we did!

We went to Reid State Park. Having only visited the Pacific Ocean before, and usually in California, I wasn't sure what to expect out of the Atlantic. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. :)

There are 2 sides of the beach at the state park...

 

The Sandy Side and...

the Rocky Side. We started out on the sandy side.

We left a little later in the day than we would have liked, so we just kept traveling and didn't stop on the way down. So by the time we got to the beach, we were both pretty hungry. Our first stop was to the snack bar, we had some hot dogs and french fries and sat overlooking the Lagoon...

What a nice place to have lunch. Did I mention the burliest seagulls ever? We were warned as we picked up our food to guard it carefully because the seagulls will take it right off your table. :D They were like the seagull mafia.

After we ate we decided to go play on the sandy side of the beach. We walked about halfway down and found a nice place to just hang out. No way were either of us going to swim in the water, it was 62 degrees according to the lifeguard station. Wading was just fine for me. Rob kept saying that his feet were going numb, but laughing the entire time.

Makes you feel insignificant.

Boats.

I loved the sand. So different than what is to offer at the places I've been on the Pacific. It's softer, and grainier at the same time. Instead of being fine, it's almost like tiny pebbles worn smooth by the tides.

See how much I liked the sand?

So after a good long while playing on the sandy side of the beach, we decided to head back to the rocky side to take some photos. We stopped at the benches on the dock to clear some sand off our feet and saw some interesting flowers.

I'm not sure what they are, but they were really pretty.

There's a bridge you have to cross to get to the other side...

 

view from the bridge. We went around and down on the other side. On the beach there was this giant, water washed log...

the picture doesn't do it much justice. It was huge. I made a joke to Rob that it looked like a dragon. :P

This was the coolest place to be on that side of the beach. I could have stood there for hours just watching the activity and enjoying the breeze. There were tons of lobster traps on that side of the beach and there were lobster boats checking the traps.

After we left the beach, we headed over to Martha's house just to hang out. We ended up taking Kaitlyn (who was bummed that we didn't take her to the beach with us) out to dinner, to McD's, where she wanted to go so she could play. Then we brought her back up with us so she could spend some time with her father. She's such a delightful child. :)

All in all it was a good day. I'm so glad that we decided to go down and now we both want to try to go again before the cold weather begins. Next time we'll bring Katie along too. :)