DAY 6 Continued: Saturday May 19th
After running around the playground, we were hungry for lunch. There was a restaurant nearby called Islander's so we decided to stop there. I got a burger, and DH had the fish & chips. We ordered a grilled cheese for DS and it said it came with fries or seasonal fruit, so we went with the fruit expecting grapes or berries. Instead his plate came out with two huge slices of cantaloupe & honeydew melon!
Needless to say, he didn't eat much fruit with his sandwich.
Once we finished eating, we decided we'd better head back to the house and let DS take a nap. I went to change his diaper before putting him down and got a hilarious surprise. Not only did he have the usual wet business going on, he also had 2 pieces of gravel from the dog pen and 2 wood chips from the playground in there!
I about died laughing. And now when I look at some of the other videos from the playground, I notice he keeps grabbing at his booty while playing and now I know why!
While he was downstairs sleeping, the four of us had some time to sit upstairs and talk in the living room. It was then that I noticed the sky had cleared and you could see the mountains really well, and I made a mental note to have DH take pictures later. But by the next day when we remembered, it was raining and nasty outside with no view whatsoever. Maybe next visit...
When we got him up from his nap, we started getting our things together to head out to the beach. I asked DH if he had both cameras, and he noticed our point & shoot wasn't in the bag. I felt my heart sink further as we kept looking for the camera in the car, in the guest room, all over the house and couldn't find it. The last place we remembered using it was...the restaurant! Aunt J quickly called them and they said they had it waiting for us at the podium since someone had found it and turned it in. Thank goodness!!
So our first stop was back at Islander's to pick up the camera. DH ran inside to get it and when he got back in the car, he turned it on to check it and said, "I knew it!" When I asked him what he knew, he held the screen out to show me and said he had a feeling whoever turned it in had taken a picture of themselves. Sure enough, we have the picture to prove it. Sorry for posting it on the DIS, guys I don't know, but thanks for the laugh and for returning the camera!
I was so thankful to have the camera back I snapped this adorable smile from DS.
With our camera safe, we headed out to our original destination, Cama Beach State Park. There was a wedding going on so we had to drive around to find a spot to park, but eventually we found a space and headed down to the beach. There were people everywhere because there are a bunch of cabins lining the water and a lot of families were camping for the weekend there. DS got a kick out of waving to everyone.
We went down to the water and DS was ecstatic to learn that this was a rock beach!
Trying to teach him how to throw them into the water!
A lady & her dog came near us and DS loved watching the dog fetch sticks in the water.
DH was trying to teach me how to skip rocks, and I just wasn't getting it. However, the second DH decided to record me trying, I was able to do it! Never repeated that success, but at least we have it on video as proof that I actually did manage to skip a rock at least once in my lifetime.
We walked down a little further to the other end of the beach to see if their little shop was open but it wasn't unfortunately. Instead we enjoyed the scenery, DS played with the girls from the closest cabin and waved at passing cars, and we just enjoyed spending time together.
DS with his Great Grandma
We went back home for some dinner, then gave DS a good bath after all the playing he had done. He certainly needed it! We got him to bed for a reasonable hour for the first time since our first night in California, then went to bed pretty early ourselves.
UP NEXT: Our very last vacation day!
