Cousin Beach Day

Cousin Beach Day

My sister and her four little ones are here visiting! Hooray!

We shared our favorite Beach Spot, Dubois Beach Park

with them on Thursday! My parents joined us, also.

Katherine, Sophie, and Megan....

Katherine and Sopie inspecting one the recently caught

crabs. One of favorite spots at Dubois Beach is

Crab Island!

Josh had one of the fishing nets and was determined to

catch a fish out near Crab Island.
Max had one of the coveted shovels for digging

I taught Max how to look for shiny sea shells.

Grandma found a perfect spot to cool off and have a

view of the Grandchildren enjoying Crab Island activities

Beach Day

By the number of Beach Blog Posts, it would appear as though all we do is go to the ***beach...

Not so, however, it a great photo-op activity. We go every Thursday, and some Saturdays this summer. This photo from last week was at Lake Worth Beach. It was one of those nearly perfect days at the Beach. Hot, though. We spent most of the day in the water, which is unusual for me.

Beach Day is always full of fun.... Shell collecting, swimming, digging, burying each other, jumping waves, etc. The girls look forward to playing with great friends each week.

***Note*** This week, we are scheduled for Dubois Beach Park. There is, however, a glitch I have not blogged about. During our last trip to Dubois, the Lagoon was shut down due to High Bacteria content in the water. The sheriff was there, the area was roped off, and the lifeguard put up a Red no swimming flag.

Since that day, I have not been able to confirm whether the park is open or still closed. I will report after our Thursday trek to the beach.

I will be so sad if that park is closed indefinitely, as the Park Ranger indicated was a possibility.

Stay tuned......

A Finding Nemo Experience

Saturday, we enjoyed our favorite spot, Dubois Beach. It was the Fraziers last Saturday in Florida before they move back to Utah. Note the net in Alison's hand. It is FULL of small crabs. Click on any photo to enlarge. Every one was so excited about catching so many crabs at "Crab Island" and then......
As we were standing in the ankle to knee deep water ( the tide was just coming in to the inlet), a wave of excitement rushed from person to person--- there was a HUGE Loggerhead Sea Turtle** swimming in to Crab Island! It was almost 3 feet wide (yes, it was huge). It was so exciting. Soon one of the lifeguards had to come check on the turtle. He said they get in to the inlet and then cannot get out. The turtles are very protected and watched over. None of us could find where the turtle ended up as the water got very dark at some places and we could not see. It was my "Finding Nemo" day at the Beach!

Megan, Iliana, Isaac, Katherine and Alison at Crab Island

**I have learned a lot about Sea Turtles recently and we are hoping to go on a night time turtle watch to see the babies hatch and head to the sea. There are so many nests on the beach right now. Every morning, a group of Sea Turtle Volunteers meet at the beaches to note the new Turtle Nests formed during the night. They stake the area, mark the date, and rope it off for protection. Very exciting to watch.

Dubois Beach Memory

Yesterday, while standing on the bridge at Dubois Beach park, I had a flashback to this day...

May 1998, Katherine was 14 months old.

This was taken at low tide. Can you name all the people in the photo?Start with Curt and go clockwise. I know it is full of Hostetlers, Lovells, Allreds, Simmons, and Jumps. Curt is holding Katherine and Jeffrey is holding a can of....what else.... Mountain Dew! I think I have a better shot of this pose. If I locate it, I will scan and post it.

Click on any photo to enlarge.

TJ, Tana, Emily, Erin, Andrew, Paul, and Will (Did I get them all right?)
This is the area in between the bridge and where the water empties in to the Jupiter inlet. Since the renovation, this area is off limits to swimmers and divers. In the background is Jupiter Island. Still beautiful and pricey, pricey, pricey.
How did I ever keep up with a baby and all of these teens at one time???? Thank goodness for all the teen helpers!