Day 5 - More beach? Why, yes!

Day 5 brought beautiful weather and another trip to the beach. Clara outdid herself the day before and opted to stay home and explore the village on her own. 

[posted 8/29/2018]

Day 4 - Clara goes all in at the beach

This day, Clara went all in with beaching: she biked to the Lifeguard Beach all on her own*, then we picked her up and she joined us at a drive-on beach. I had fun with Molly's waterproof camera and took lots of pictures in the water. It was a bit gray, but actually super nice for hanging out at the beach. 

*One of the biggest changes on the island since I remember going is the actual reduction in traffic. Bikes are still as popular as always, but the addition of golf carts has made getting around the village much nicer, even though there are more people. Apparently, the golf cart thing was a grass-roots effort to deal with the boom in tourists and their accompanying cars. Where there's no option to expand, people sometimes figure it out. 

At the same time, another big addition is a bike path along the main highway out to the beaches. It only goes to the Lifeguard and Campground beaches, but it makes it absolutely possible to safely and comfortably bike to the beach from town! Clara put it to use, and paired with the lifeguards, had a solo trip to the beach. Lucky kid! 

[posted 8/28/2018]

Day 4 - Baskets & Crabs

Ann found someone who would sell us live crabs, so we bought a bushel and boiled them up! Quite a feast. 

Clara completed her basket with only a little guidance from me (I did take a basketweaving class in college, after all!). 

Day 3 - Beach, Beach, Lighthouse, Storm

Our third day brought us the rented 4x4, which opened up more beaches to our group. After a quick orientation, we zipped out to South Point and were able to get a quick swim before ominous thunder, lightning, and driving rain sent us packing. Zach and I ventured out again in the afternoon and it was absolutely delightful.

We also took a spin in Ann and Warren's golf cart, touring the lighthouse area and meeting one of the many local cats.

I'm pretty sure this was the night of the big thunder storm. Molly had commented that the thunder and lightening thus far had been somewhat "unimpressive". That night, the storm ramped way up and tat one point there was a clap of thunder so loud that a magazine jumped off the coffee table!

[posted 8/28/2018]