Long Beach

We were so excited to make it to the beach, but woke up to rain, soaking wet rain.  Little did we know, there was also a fire ban! (Great, so what are we going to eat while we are camping?)  We had the worst/best luck ever.  On the way there, we picked up groceries, and a camp stove (because we needed to eat right...).  It was horrible.  Both of us were a tad grumpy given the weather, and common, what's camping without a fire?  The rain turned out to be a blessing in disguise and the fire ban was lifted.  HURRA!  When we arrived, so many people left because of the bad weather, so we were upgraded to an ocean front campsite!!  We set up camp (while it was still drizzling) and then made up some soup for dinner.  Just as we sat down to eat it, the rain picked up again.  We looked miserable, I'm sure you can picture it.  #1 thing we wished we had: A Tarp, so we didn't have to eat in the rain.  We then walked down to check out the beach.  It was awesome, even in the cold rain!!

Camilla had a blast! She was laughing and dancing and splashing and exploring.  She eventually fell down into some cold water.  She was wet and shivering, so she spent the rest of the time in mommy's sweater keeping warm and snuggling.  The first night, we had a bit of a hard time getting her to sleep. #2 thing we wish we had: The play pen!  She tossed and turned and eventually zonked out like this...

The rest of the nights, she slept great in the tent and went to sleep no problem.  It was fun to sit around the fire at night with Mr. Stannix sipping hot chocolate.  The next morning we went out after breakfast to check the tidal pools.  We found some sea life, and Camilla touched a star fish! She's so trusting lol.

Then, her and daddy started goofing off.  He taught her how fun it is to splash.  She got soaked, and was cold, but had an absolute blast!! We spent the next few days catching waves and hanging at the beach.  It was great!!

Getting ready to go...

Catching his first wave!! Woo hoo!

Building sandcastles!

I LOVE this picture...priceless

Checking out the waves on a windy day..

Mommy catching some waves! OH it felt good.

There is nothing like being pushed around by the powerful waves of the ocean.  I love the open water.  I love the smell, I love the sound of the waves crashing, I love everything about it.  Mr. Stannix is so sweet, this vacation was pretty much for me.  He knows how much I love the ocean (I rave about it allllll the time).  It felt good to get out there again!!

Our little surfer girl!!

The view from our site! B-E-A-UTIFUL!

#3 thing we wish we had: Something besides a STICK to stir our soup with.  We had plastic spoon melted soup for lunch one day (ew). lol.  There are so many things we should've done differently.  We wanted spontaneous, it was definitely that.....