A Surprise Beach Vacation

When my friend Charlotte asked if the boys and I wanted to join her and Walker at her friend's beach house last week, I think my answer was, "ummmm...yeah!" The house had some work done early last week, and since it's usually a weekly rental, the owners weren't able to rent it. So, Wednesday morning we packed up the Tahoe and headed for our FREE 3-night, 4 day beach vacation with the kids. We were so excited.

The weather was awesome, the house was great, the beach was wonderful! Here are some fun things we did:

*popped huge bubbles an old lady on the beach was letting the wind blow in our direction

*played in the surf (high tide was really fun)

*dug big holes

*touched a live sand shark (the non-business end) a fisherman caught from the pier

*went miniature golfing in the extreme heat, then enjoyed some ice cream

*took showers outside (the novelty did not wear off--they loved this!)

The kids did great--even traveling--although we now think you have to add an extra 1/2 hour per kid to your total trip time. For example, our 3 and 1/2 hour trip really took closer to 5 hours. So, when Rick and I head out for our 12-hr./2-day trip to Michigan later this summer, we're going to estimate that we'll travel 7 hours the first day and 7 the second day. We'll let you know if this theory pans out:)