Thursday at the Tide Pools

It was colder last night.  I guess because it was not cloudy. I am not sleeping very well.  I think I need a thicker pad.  I wish I had brought my little space heater for the mornings, but I don't think that we had room for one more thing.  Our plan this morning was to leave at 9 am.  It was 9:20.  Not bad.  The goal today was to go to Rialto Beach which was supposed to have tide pools.  Every time we drove somewhere I was charging every electronic gadget I had.  Tried to keep my phone on airplane mode since there was no connection anywhere.  It still lost its charge.  As we went through Forks I had a brief moment of connectivity. I sent one text and one email and that was it. 16 emails came in. Actually, the email I sent did not go until we came through Forks on our way home.

driftwood monster

Ben, Robbie and Erin

we had to cross the stream on a log.

The beach was pretty but  it was very rocky and pebbly.  It was hard to walk on.  We were all bundled up.  Walked about a mile and a half to some tide pools.  Fun. Kids climbed on the rocks for a long time.  

river otter with lunch.  

Missy and Rachel

snack time

Rachel

Robbie

Luke

Mark had fun doing the timer photos.  He had to be fast climbing the rock to get into position.  We kept making him do it again and again.

this is zoomed in

Started back and found a nice picnic table for lunch, it even had a fort.  The sun came out and it was nice and warm.  Perfect day. 

Drove into Forks for groceries like milk bread and ice.  Then of course we had to include more wine and Baileys.   

Ben and Erin's turn to cook.  They made a delicious dinner of chili and cornbread.  S'mores for dessert so we had a campfire .  That was nice.  I always like campfires. We have been eating very well.  I have not had to do any cooking.  So I mostly did dishes.  Seemed like a fair trade to me.  Actually I was the lucky one.

Mark roasting marshmallows.

They played Dominion again after the kids were in bed.  I went to bed.