Ocean Blessings

Our children have inherited the same love for the ocean that my husband and I have. This was made evident when Bry was recently asked what he wanted for his 18th birthday and he replied "A trip to the ocean with friends." We then loaded up the cars with skimboards, food and five teens and hit the road for Morro Bay. The guys had planned for this trip for weeks. They had purchased wetsuits and all the boarding supplies they would need to skim for a weekend. The guys spent many nights attaching tread and waxing their boards. They constantly had a website up to check wave heights and tide times. This was to be the best! The girls planned by filling bags with every last item they might need. Girls' bags are considerably larger than guys'! How much room do you need for a wetsuit and a towel though really? We arrived at night after a beautiful drive through the Paso Robles wine country and the coastal mountains. I had the girls in my car and the screams erupted as we pulled into Morro Bay. We had rented a home close to the beach that the children love. Choosing rooms, unpacking and heading up to the rooftop deck to see the ocean at night was first. Then we bundled up and headed down to the ocean for a night walk on the beach. Amazing how the shells glow on the beach in the night sky. The next morning came early as we set the alarms for 5AM, made coffee, packed the bag with pastries and headed to the beach to skimboard and hunt for treasures. Take a moment to click on the title Ocean Blessings and enjoy an overall website of our favorite place.

The girls rose early with the boys and always made sure their was plenty of coffee packed as they headed to the beach. They filled their early mornings with coffee and hunting for treasures from the ocean. They walked miles that weekend as they searched for sanddollars, shells, sea glass and rocks all set before them on a glistening sand beach. They filled their cups with coffee to wake them and to warm their hands as they searched for yet another sanddollar to beat Brit's Papa's record of most sanddollars found in a day. Then off to the showers and down to the village where shops were waiting with yet more treasures. Clothes!!! Girls cannot forget this special shopping treat when off on Holiday! They filled their time in town shopping and drinking fruit smoothies as they strolled along the ocean docks hoping to spy the otters and seals. They then headed back out to the house and the ocean just in time for the tide to go out and the sand to be filled with even more treasures to fill their bags. The girls even found time to help retrieve a run away board for the guys as they searched. They then spent their evenings sitting on the roof top deck or in the house doing hair, watching the Olympics and giving backrubs to the guys who were in major pain after spending whole days on the waves. They each filled their cameras and have spent many hours since our return comparing pics and giggling as they remember their escape from life and their time spent at the edge of the ocean searching for treasures and building dreams.

The ocean was amazing and showed her power as the waves continued to grow throughout the weekend. The girls found this out the hard way while trying to retrieve a board for Bry. Watch what is coming or you may end up tumbling and rolling over and over by the hand of the ocean. They were drenched as well as amazed that Wayne spent the entire time taking pics and laughing histerically while they rolled and rolled. It was fun of course after it all was over and they still laugh as they talk about the fact that every time they came back up from yet another wave, there was Wayno laughing his head off.