We piled into the car with all the equipment needed for a fun day at the beach. We drove toward Gloucester stopping at Subway for some sandwiches to Wingaersheek beach.
For twenty dollars you can enjoy the day. If you live close you can just walk in for free. At the car we douse with spray sun screen so as not to layer it with sand at the beach sight. We all carry our share including little Anya with pail, shovel and barbie dolls in hand. John carries the loaded cart with big wheels through the deep sand. He leads the way about half way to the edge of the water where the sand is a little wet from the previous tide. It is a lot easier to walk on wet sand that dry sand where your feet sink in as you walk.
There are lots of families and sunbathers already camped out for an enjoyable day. There is quite a bit of space between the blankets and chairs laid out to mark territory.
John starts by digging a pretty deep hole using Anya’s shovel so he can set up the umbrella. Shade makes all the difference to me on a hot sunny day.
Once we are all set up, Anya and Rachel head to the edge of the water to pick up shells and get their feet wet. From time to time Anya brings me over some sea glass they ave found. When Rachel and John first met they keep the sea glass they found on beach outings in a jar on a bookshelf.
I relaxed for a while, then got up to take some photos. There is a lighthouse visible along the coast, but some distance away. I try capture the photo, but it is far away. I could have walked through the shallow gentle surf closer, but I didn’t want to get my sandal wet or step on rocks with bare feet. I’m a real baby about the water. Mostly I just kept my short on instead of taking them off to get into the water. Sand and wet always make for an interesting uncomfortable feeling for the rest of the day. Can you tell that I didn’t grow up near a beach?
Anya just loves the day at the beach, digging holes in the sand and collecting sea shell fragments in her dump truck with naked barbie dolls driving of course. Kids have such an imagination.
While the rest of the family were walking and playing in the water I enjoyed a blue slushy. HIt the spot and probably made my lips blue. It was vanilla flavored and loaded with so much sugar even I had trouble finishing it. I bought Stan some ice coffee. Anya and I ate Doritos which left our fingers orange. Junk food at the beach. What fun.
John picked the perfect spot to set up at the beach. By afternoon the tide had rolled in and we had a front row seat to the ocean’s edge.