What better thing to do on a gorgeous first day of the year than go to the beach? It took us a while to get going, but we succeeded in our efforts to get out there and enjoy some sunshine and at least a wee bit of physical activity in honor of the new year.
We’ve kind of taken a break from geocaching as I have discovered it often takes “too much time” to even locate the easy ones. But, I brought the GPSr today just in case and was rewarded for that effort, too!
After lunch at Cafe Palomar (one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in town), we went to the other side of the harbor to take a walk to Walton Lighthouse. The girls–Cameron, especially, had been enjoying playing in the sand, though, so there were requests to play on the beach. So, while the girls, played, Dylan and I snuck off to follow the GPSr’s guidance towards a geocache.
I love it when we’re successful in finding one! I love Dylan’s excitement! After we found it (and discovered lovely tradeables inside), he ran to go get Cameron.
Cameron clambered up the rocks, took a peek, decided the sand dollar was her’s, then scampered back to the sand!
Chloe shared her preference!
Heading to the beach was definitely a wonderful way to start the new year and a really nice way to end our vacation with the kids.
Tomorrow, I head back into the office.
This winter break has been so much fun. I will really miss snuggling with Chloe all day long and listening to all of the kids go on and on sharing what’s running through their imaginations, but I’m looking forward to all of the adventures and memories we’ll make in 2015!
