“The sun! Quick, get your shoes on!”

The day started out cloudy but warm, after 2 days in a row of heavy rain. When the sun came out around 10am, we headed out for some exercise and fresh air. It only lasted about 45 minutes, but we made the most of it!

It is hard to tell without perspective, but these waves were about 7 feet high.

The dog joined us, as usual.

Since the tide was so low, we got to really explore the rocks today. It is fascinating how much the cove and beach can change from one day to the next!

Maggie took this picture of tiny snails hiding in a crevice in the rock. It is enlarged quite a bit as the actual crevice was only about an inch wide. There were so many of these tiny spaces along the water line in the rocks, and every one of them was filled with these tiny snails, and sometimes tiny mussels or barnacles too.

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Kelly got all wet inside the cave today, where there is always dripping water from the rocks above. Then she found this nice, wet, slippery spot to use as a chair…good thing I haven’t done the laundry yet today!

We only have one week left in this beautiful spot, and we are really going to miss it here (and miss the dog).

The clouds were rolling in very fast because it was so windy. We could see much darker clouds heading our way, so it was time to climb the hill and head home.

Nora came running to me and said, “Mom, Mom, Mom! Maggie is up too high, it’s not safe!”

On our way home we saw this caterpillar in the road and stopped to watch it for a few minutes. If we google the image and find out what kind it is, I’m counting it as science for the little kids 🙂