I actually slept in, being on vacation and all. :-)
We went back to the far tidal pools today, as there were more people on the beach, but most didn’t venture where we were, so we still had that stretch to ourselves. I saw a gushing spring pouring out of rocks by the shore; it was SO COLD, and it made a little waterfall! I dared to try some of the water, and it was definitely spring-fed, fresh and cool. All among the rocks were more springs, tidal pools, and creatures – we were able to observe and catch fish, snails, and crabs. The boys made “resorts” for them in the little pools. Nandry and I caught two little brightly striped fish by damming off part of their pool, then getting them to swim into more and more shallow water.
Later, while we bodysurfed, the ocean grew almost as calm as a pool for about 30 or 40 minutes, and we saw fish jumping up out of the water, with the sun glinting off their scales!
After we collectively demolished an entire watermelon, we made another sandcastle attempt (#3 if you are counting). And... it began to rain. We covered part of it and played in the water, which was warm compared to the cool rain. But then lightning started, so we had to abandon it, and the rain knocked down the sentry towers. And boy did it storm! The power even went out for a while, but thankfully the hot water still worked, and it soon came back on. So we watched a movie (projectors and white walls are great) and later had dinner.
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