Monday, November 7, 2011

4H Beach Walk

Yesterday morning we headed down to Marineland and Whitney labs (about an hour drive) to meet up with the boys 4H group for a beach walk and review for their upcoming contest in December. The boys will be heading to Orlando for their first ever competition!

It started off as a cloudy rainy day and I was a bit nervous about that for me - it has been 5 weeks since my surgery and this was the first time I drove out of town. I ended up doing well, Adeline on the other hand stepped on an oyster shell and cut her foot - poor baby.

This part of the Florida beach was new to me and it reminded me of the CT beaches with all the rocks. They had fun climbing on them looking for marine life.


The rocks had cool holes everywhere
as well as making interesting shapes! This one reminded of the Grand Canyon yet on a much smaller scale! But if you use your imagination you can pretend you in the Grand Canyon : )
This brought to mind our northern friends who got dumped on with snow last week. Instead of snow we have sea foam : )

The clouds went away and it was a pretty day. It was worth the drive and only one other family showed up plus one mom from the group.
The boys discovered many marine plants like this beach morning glory or railroad vine.
This little fish that Sage found
The Whitney Labs had a pond stock full of cool fish.
My favorite pic from the day:

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