Sand Dollars, Crabs, and Sea Planes

Last week, Clint was off at Camp Imadene, so the kids and I had an open schedule to do pretty much whatever we wanted. There were swimming lessons in the morning. But that left our afternoons free. One afternoon we ventured out an hour up island to Pat Bay. I was intrigued by the prospect of finding sand dollars during low tide. And we did. Ethan came up with the fantastic idea of skipping the sand dollars as one might skip a flat pebble across a lake. They skipped wonderfully and I even managed to get one to skip despite my being disadvantaged in the rock skipping department. The kids also loved picking up the tiny crabs that were everywhere during low tide. When the tide started to come in there were cool waves to jump in. It was nice finding a spot in the ocean that wasn't ridiculously frigid making swimming a real option. Malcolm had the most fun pointing at the sea planes coming in. He also liked the water and was way too proficient at mastering the rocks along the edge of the beach.