Snagged this sweet shot of Christina swimming in the ocean with some dolphins playing behind her. The birds flew into the shot just to show off. We had a good time at the beach. Weather was great, water was refreshing. Need to do more of this.
Tag: ocean
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July 27
45… the day was pretty good. I loved spending the morning at the beach, alone, so peaceful. I left when all the families started arriving and went to lunch with my own family. Raised a glass to my mom and shared stories with the kids. Spent hours making a delicious cake with Robin. Christina told me what her gift was hours before she gave it to me (cannot keep a secret to save her life). I had a massive headache in the late afternoon until bedtime, but it did subside. I didn’t have the highest expectations, but the day turned out pretty well.
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July 19
Robin and I enjoyed an hour at the beach after dropping off Christina at camp. The waves were huge (by our standards) and even I went in the water to let them splash over me. It was so refreshing and we had fun laughing at each other as we got bowled over. We went and got coffee and breakfast at Panera and finished the day with an awesome dinner at European Street Cafe. Robin ate the world’s biggest hot dog, which is her favorite. And she ended her meal with the world’s largest gummy bear. Go big or go home!
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May 19
I led my last worship service for a while this morning and it went pretty well. I skipped the annual meeting (bad member) and took the kids to the beach instead. We saw a ton more dolphins and the water was Caribbean turquoise. Christina swam waaay out into the ocean to try to touch a dolphin and Robin had to bring her back. It was an absolutely beautiful day. I need more outdoor time like this.
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May 18
It was a busy day! Robin and I went to the beach and saw some dolphins out in the ocean (Robin spotted them, thinking they were sharks), and then we picked up Christina from a birthday party at Adventure Landing, and then we went to Robin’s end of year cheer banquet. It was nice! Robin even got a special leadership award, which was so cool. So proud of her.
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July 4
We had a solid plan for our one full day at Acadia, but instead we arrived to Bar Harbor to find the entire town shut down for their Fourth of July parade. The shuttle service we were counting on was suspended most of the day. We wasted an hour hoofing from our parking spot outside town to the bus stop and back, then driving to Thunder Hole. It was beautiful, but the tide wasn’t right for the full effect. We decided to head to the larger spot at Jordan Pond for bathrooms, except that after 35 minutes of driving around, we learned that the closest parking spot to that was a mile away. Hiking two miles to and from the car plus the 3.5 miles around the pond without having lunch was not in the cards, so I cried a little and we headed back to Bar Harbor. The parade was over and we had lunch and did some shopping and then our paddle tour, which was absolutely wonderful and peaceful and just what I needed. But then everyone was setting up for fireworks and there were insane lines everywhere for dinner. We decided to head out of town for dinner, except that by the time we got back to the car and found a place, almost everything was already closed. And when we got to the one place we thought would be open, it was closed for the holiday altogether. We ended up getting back to the campsite at 9pm and ate bagels and peanut butter by lamplight until surprise, it started raining again. Not the best day, but not the worst, and at least we enjoyed time together, which is the point.
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