Well, one of the first things we did when we got to Grandma's house, is head for the beach.
It was a tad chilly, so Logan opted to stay up on the sand with me...
while Grandma and Chloe searched the shore for some treasures.
The beach above was really just a walking beach. The next day we headed over to our favorite beach for tide pools, but were so disappointed. There was hardly any sea life. Only a few star fish, way out in the water, no crabs and only a few sea anemones. But they did have a couple of cool caves!
So the next day, we tried Strawberry Hill, just up the coast a bit.
This beach was perfect! Caves, cool driftwood, lots of star fish, anemones, sea urchins and a whole group of sea lions swimming in to get on the rocks.
Seeing how the water had shoved this giant log into a hole in the rock was pretty impressive.
Logan loved it! It has now been dubbed, Logan's Log.
Most of the time, we had the beach, and the seal lions, all to our selves.
We saw two other families the whole time we were there.
We watched about 12 sea lions swim in, search for the best place to hoist up onto the rocks, and settle in to soak up some sun.
This little one was just a baby. She swam around the cove, jumping up on rock, then slipping off until her mom came in (we think). Then she joined her up on the rocks.
A few days later we headed over to South Jetty, a beach I use to visit every summer with my Grandparents when I was Chloe's age.
The wind was wicked,
But the kids still managed to have fun.
Ah, my little angels!
