beach day

We went with the Hunts to a beach up on the north shore. It's really nice living on the east side of the island because everything is really close. I don't know the name of this beach, but it was BEAUTIFUL. We stayed until the rain caught up with us, and we all made a run for the cars. 

Lots of volcanic rock on the beach made shallow tide pools filled with treasures for the kids.

Our two families were, again, the only ones there, besides this sleepy monk seal. After an hour or so of sleeping, he made his clumsy climb back into the ocean. It is always awesome to see them.

There was a cliff jumping spot that landed you in a deep trench, with strong waves pushing you back to the beach. You had to be careful though not to end up bumping into those sharp volcanic rocks.

Paul went out and snorkeled with Andy for a long while and when he came back, Lullaby was ready to go out. So Paul went out again. He is never out of energy or enthusiasm.

The clouds, from a nearing rain storm were just spectacular! I took a million pictures this day.

The five boys stuck there sticks in the sand and danced around it. It was super funny to see. Amy and I were laughing.

Hannah found two lost ducklings, no mama, and a big storm headed our way meant that the Hunt family got to adopt some ducklings for a couple weeks until they were big enough to be released at Healing Horses' pond.

Here comes that storm!

One more jumping spot on the other side of this beach.  It was such a fun day. Even being rained out, we didn't mind it.