Tuesday December 21st

The day began nicely again with not a cloud in the sky and very little wind. Up at 5 and read til 730 when the boys got up and ran rampant around the place. After some reading and breakfast, we packed up and headed for the Ocean. The wind had come up again to a mere 40km/hr and blew us around a bit, but we made do as we found a nice beach 10 minutes from home and set up on the sand with all four kids, Toni, Krista and myself.   We set up the little Cabana tent to provide some shade and wandered out into the bay for some cool water. It is only between 17-20 degrees, far from the balmy waters of Mexico two years ago.  The tide was going out, leaving shallower water that warmed a bit for the little kids to play in. We took some photos and the boys tried out their boogie boards again, but the waves were very calm despite the strong wind.  Nicholas and Jacob met and made friends with 5 Australian boys about their age and played a great game of soccer for almost an hour. Darren took a walk around the point and admired all the 1-5 million dollar properties along the shoreline. Interestingly enough, there were a couple bathing beauties every 200 metres that chose to suntan topless, which added to the scenic walk around the point as well.  Perhaps we may have to venture back to that beach more regularly… Ha!

We packed up and headed home around 3 and had a quick swim in the pool which surprisingly hadn’t warmed up a damn bit over the last three days.  After a few showers, we have all been playing some games and winding down a bit after a busy afternoon.  We had a nice supper watched a bit of telly and called it an evening. Busy day tomorrow if the weather cooperates….