I think I say this every single day, but today was my FAVORITE day of our Choose Your Own Adventure trip!
The day started out where we picked to sleep last night. We drove and drove until he finally stopped at a place called Neptune Beach. We camped in our car in the parking lot, and Micah and I woke up at first light. Micah went and scouted the place, and realized it was awesome. After he and I explored it a bit, we got the fearless foursome.
And we were all headed to the best tide pools of our lives. Maybe EVER!
Need I say more?
There were thousands of bright emerald green sea anemones that were as big as salad plates. There were also hundreds of huge red or purple Starfish, that were as big as any I have ever seen.
When we finished exploring the tidepools, we found a pile of rocks.
To a naked eye, it just looked like a pile of rocks. But not to our eyes.
This was a pile of rocks brought up from the ocean alongside agate!!!
We mined for the next three hours! We would have mined for the next three days, but the tide came up, and we narrowly escaped disaster by staying as long as we did!
In our exploring, Micah found the rock that is now next to our front door!
Pretty rad.
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When we finally left the tide pools and agate, we drove on to see a crazy scene.
This car was filled with bashed up people who were drunk and driving the winding road.
Our next 30 minutes of conversation with our kids was all about drunk driving, and the poor choices people make. I guess there is nothing like seeing it with your own eyes.
YUCK!
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Our final stop of the day equaled our Neptune Beach experience. Which would have been hard to do….
…but the sand dunes in Oregon did!
Dash dominated!
Scout schooled!
Pippi persevered.
And Micah Monopolized…catching air and all.
Navy, on the other hand, got PMS or something, and just wanted to stay in the car. After a while we got her out, and she went down once…but didn’t want to do it again. I assume all of the action has caught up with her, but for a girl who would have loved this the most, it was definitely a missed opportunity! Oh well…maybe next time — if there ever is a next time!
Meanwhile…..
Everyone was having the time of their lives, while I tried to catch the action shots!
After all of the sand insanity, they took a quick dip in the lake to wash up for the final day in Oregon.
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Honestly….this day will be almost impossible to top. It was perfect. Literally perfect.
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