Gibsons, Day 11

It was supposed to rain today, but luckily, there wasn't a drop to be found!  Yea!  We had plenty of sunshine.  So, we got to what we call Starfish Beach this morning.  You have to get there when the tide is low to see all the starfish.  

And they are everywhere on the rocks.  It's kind of pretty and kind of gross.

Uncle Terry and Aunt Paula joined us for a bit.

These are the rocks that the starfish are on.
At high tide, these rocks are covered in water.  That just amazes me.  

David was the official digger and found a prawn or crawfish or something gross.

Emily found a hermit crab.

At low tide there are all these nice sandy areas.  

The walked out to a sandbar.

Emily did a handstand.

Then, we found this big crab.  I told the kids their Grampie would take that thing home and have him for dinner.  

The boys were out there playing.

Then, they came up and they decorated a small starfish with green seaweed, like Patrick the starfish from Spongebob.  Pretty creative.

More handstands.

Ben ran, and ran, and ran.

Noah being cute.

More handstands.

This little girl wanted a starfish, but was afraid.  Noah was so sweet and would get her one when she asked.

This one is sucking on some shells.

We stayed for a few hours, and the tide came up.  Then, it's just too rocky.  So, we left and went to the beach by the house.  But, we found Thor's hammer on the way out.  The kids tried to pick it up.  

We stopped at Starbucks for Frappaccinos and Wendy's for Frostys.  Then, we went to the beach.

Noah never goes all the way in, so David got him and dunked him.  

We sat on the beach and played and found glass and relaxed.  

When we got home, Uncle Terry and Aunt Paula had a delicious rib dinner for us.  We are truly spoiled on these trips.  It was a perfect last day of vacation.

We hit the road early for a 12 hour travel day.

It's been a great vacation!

Thanks to my Dad and Suzy and Uncle Terry and Aunt Paula who are always so hospitable.
We appreciate the family time and memories made!

Gibsons, Day 10

I can't believe we are down to one last day of vacation. Boo!

We woke up to rain and clouds. It's Canada Day today, which the same as our 4th of July. There was a parade and stuff like that we planned to go to, but with the rain, we opted to stay home. Instead, Aunt Paula made her famous pancakes! YUM!

Then, Noah and I went on  a slug hunt.  Aunt Paula hates the slugs since they eat all of her garden and plants.  But, all we could find was this cute(ish) snail.

Then, Aunt Paula found a slug and Noah got to sprinkle him with salt to end his laugh.  I felt a little bad about it, but since he ruins the garden, oh well.  

Then, we went for a walk.  Emily and Noah, the two who complain, stayed home.  It was just David, Ben and I.  We saw a cute deer.

The path to the beach was pretty.

We found some ripe blackberries.

We went to the same beach that we jump off the pier and were shocked at how low the tide was.  Holy moly, the kids would never jump from that high.

Look how many rungs are on the ladder. 

We walked farther down the beach and there was this massive tree.

We were trying to find a shortcut home, so David went exploring, but it was too rocky.

When we got home, Aunt Paula and Noah made banana bread.  Noah has eaten almost the entire loaf by himself.

We got home from our walk, had lunch and went to the beach.  

Then, the kids played Master Chef and made seaweed salad and rock soup.  We were the judges.  It was good, but everything was a little over salty from the sea water.  HA!

Then, we headed back to the beach where we pier jump and the water was high again.  Look how little the ladder is now that the tide is up.  It looks like nothing, but it's about 10 feet.

The jumped.  Noah still hasn't done it yet.  Maybe next year, and we will need to be in the water when he jumps.

David pushed Emily on this one as she was hesitating.  

They climbed to a higher part of the pier to make it more challenging.  

We are hoping for good weather tomorrow and a full day at the beach for our last day of vacation.