Beach Day!

We had a leisurely morning today. Jeff did his P90X workout and I made some blueberry pancakes (plain for Henry).

Then we took the trolley to the beach to check it out. We're just a half mile from a beach, but about a mile and a half from Old Orchard Beach, which has a pier with pizza places, ice cream shops, an arcade and rides. We didn't tell the kids about the pier and amusements, so they whined about going to the beach today. They wanted to stay at the campground and go to the pool and play miniature golf.

But when we said we were going to the beach, they reluctantly agreed to come along. It was worth it to see the looks on their faces when they saw the ferris wheel and Dairy Queen. There were squeals of delight.

It was sunny, but chilly, so even the lifeguards were wearing sweats up on the stand. The kids were unfazed by this and went right in the water, which was also cold. They had a ball playing in the waves.

After a bit, we went up on the pier and had lunch. The pier juts out into the water, which gives you a great view while you eat.

Then it was on to the arcade to play some skee ball. We all took turns, and the kids were reminded that it's harder in real life than it is on the game on my iPod.

After a stop at Dairy Queen, we headed back to the trolley stop to go back to the campground. The kids jammed pool time, miniature golf and banana bike riding into the rest of the afternoon, and then we had burgers and chips for dinner.

The mosquitoes are worse here than anywhere else on our trip. I have some citronella candles, lots of bug spray, the new Off fan things and mosquito coils. Yesterday, even with the candles, Jeff and the kids got eaten alive while playing Uno. Tonight, while I was sitting at the fire pit reading my Julia Child book, mosquito fan hooked to the chair, bug spray all over me, two citronella candles near my feet, I looked up and saw a swarm of bugs flying overhead. Eww..... When the light got too dim, I headed in to read some more and write this post.

All in all, I think the kids would say they had a fine day.