the beachy fun continues

the beach was not warm.

 it was overcast and in the 80°'s every day.

we still had a good time, but i have to say, the biggest disappointment of the whole trip was the water temperature of that beautiful atlantic ocean.

 

 it was sooooo cold! the lifeguard station said it was in the 60°'s.

we met a family that had been at the beach for 2 weeks and they said the water the week before was so much warmer and nice. figures. i was only good to go out into the water once, stay out as long as i could (it was shivering water, even when swimming), and then once i came in and warmed up, i couldn't bring myself to go back out. later in the week it warmed up a little bit, and i was willing to go into the water more than once, but it was nothing like the warm and pleasant water last year.

 

 it was some weird ocean phenomenon, i think it's called upwelling, where the warm water gets pulled out and cold water gets pushed in. at least that's what the lifeguard station said. :)

 walking up the boardwalk.

the view of our sweet setup from the top of the stairs of the boardwalk.

more moat fun.

and more and more and more moat fun.

overcast days at the beach. it even rained several days and we swam in the warm rain, which was pretty cool.

gramps didn't come down to the beach much, but he did once or twice. photographic proof.

tom-bon made a little sand loveseat and laid out.

 addie supervised. ;)

and a cutie quinn to wrap us up. this chic was a total trooper, but she was so tired the whole week. she didn't sleep very well. but isn't she cute?!!!