July 16, 2012
One thing that Darren really wanted to do while we were in California was go to the beach. Unfortunately it seemed that we missed all the great beach weather by a few days. We decided to go anyway, and headed down to a beach in Monterey the week after we got to Cali. I was positive I packed our camera, but of course I didn't. Thanks to Sherry & Sheila we have something to remember the day by!
I think it was in the mid-60's temperature wise, but it was crazy windy so it was much, much colder.
Kevin and seagulls
I spent most of the time huddled in the sun shade Jeff and Sheila brought. It was tons warmer in there!
Me, Hailey, Sheila, and Jeff
Darren & Stephanie
Me & Darren
One of the funniest parts of the trip was watching Darren try to make our sandwiches for lunch. The wind made it quite interesting, so he tried to keep everything behind the lid of the cooler to keep the sand out...
After a couple hours most of us were ready to go, but we didn't want to head all the way home, so we went down to Dennis the Menace Park in downtown Monterey.
I had been there about 5 years before (with an old boyfriend, haha!) but it was much more fun this time around :) I pretty much just sat on a ledge with Sheila and Sherry, but it was fun to watch the kids enjoy every aspect of it.
The slide below reminded me of my family's years in Japan. So many of the parks had roller slides, and we absolutely loved them. We'd usually find a piece of cardboard to sit on, or we'd just sit on our feet, and we'd fly down them.
Darren & Jordan on the roller slide
Me & Hailey after she refused to go down the slide with Darren. Haha!
On our way back home we stopped at a Costco for pizza. Seriously some of the best food I've ever had since it was a really long day.
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