Beach Trip Part 3: Random Beachy Goodness

So as my final installment in our beach trip saga (I figure I have dragged it out long enough) I will share a few more pics of our extra fun, extra sandy, extra foggy adventure.


Our beachy campground

Happy feet...

...need no shoes...

My kids are weird. Just sayin'...

55* beats the snot out of 105* any day. Even the dogs agree.

Pure, beachy goodness...

Blessings.

Beach Trip Part 2: Cowboy Yoga

So.

My big, strong, cowboy has learned that yoga really, really, helps his horridly messed up back.

(Many, many, big strong cowboys have horridly messed up backs. It kind of goes with the gig...)

Being as we were camping in a relatively small trailer, which really did not have the floor space for yoga, my big, strong, cowboy ended up doing his yoga...

on

 the

 

beach.

In shorts

and barefoot shoes

which is a huge difference from say 18 years ago...when A) he didn't do yoga

and B) when he walked on the beach he wore wranglers & boots

And took work calls on his cell phone...

Oh wait. Maybe things haven't changed that much after all... ;)

Blessings.

Beach Trip: Part 1

So, we packed up our trailer & headed out on our maiden voyage.

During which I took somewhere in the neighborhood of, oh, 300 pretty pictures. ;)

Since some people still have poky old slow internet, I decided to do a few different posts rather than one ginormous photo heavy monster.

I already shared about our uber successful foray into Dutch Oven cooking.

Now how about a few sand castle pics?

First things first.

The building materials & supplies.

We came prepared. We brought a multitude of materials. Enough in fact, to fill a #50 feed sack.

His tool of choice: the folding spade.

Hmmm. What next? Decisions, decisions.

A wide & varied collection.

The construction game is serious business...

Smile!

NJ & I got started on our Castle Kingdom. Multiple towers, turrets & serf dwellings (not to be confused with 'surf' dwellings. hee hee hee)

DP tried to distract me from master piece but I wasn't going for it.

The Master surveying his minions.

 The finished Kingdom.

Complete with a Super Hero guardian.

I am pretty sure you don't care but just see the detail my camera picks up? Happy sigh.

W. & DP were busy creating a kingdom of their own.

W. probably dug 3 miles of ditch while we were there. DP was a close second.

Surveying their domain.

A walled a city, surrounded by a moat, surrounded by a wall, surrounded by a moat.

We take our sand castles pretty seriously around here :)

Blessings.

Dutch Ovens Part 2

Our first foray into Dutch Oven cooking was a resounding success!!!

Delicious. Simple. Divine. Goooooood eating!

Our first dish was a lovely, hearty beef stew (with fresh bread & butter of course).

A big hit with everyone.

Some people even tried to hide under the table...

you can't seeeeee meeeee...

Doggy kisses anyone?

 The next night we had chicken & rice.

It. was. fab.

Moist. Delicious. Perfectly cooked. Oh my goodness.

And SO easy. I dumped in rice, arranged the chicken pieces over it, sprinkled it all with garlic salt & poured chicken broth over all of it.

Let it cook for about an hour & perfecto.

And let's not forget dessert. (the most important meal of the day ;) )

Apple. Cobbler.

Oh yes.

I meant to get some photos of the warm cobbler all~ mushed up with the melting vanilla ice cream~ but I got, um, a little, um, preoccupied eating it & um, I sort of, um, forgot...but it was really, really, good.

And since I forgot the pics of the cobbler, how about a pic of really cute 3 year old instead?

:)

So...in conclusion...Dutch Oven cooking is AWESOME. You should try it.

Blessings.