November 13 through 16, 2009

Friday 13~~~~~ We went to the beach house for the weekend today, stopping at the casino for lunch on the way. Cindy, Erik and Nathan arrived late in the evening. The weather is wet and windy but what do you expect, it is the beach and November. It is my favorite time of the year for the beach, as I love the large waves that come crashing on the shore and the huge logs that it brings in with the tide. It makes you wonder where all those trees and logs come from out in the ocean. The "Twin Rocks" (picture) that Rockaway Beach is so famous for were beautiful in the haze. Our rock wall that protects us from the ocean is getting shorter from all the sand that the sea has piled up by the bank, we need a real high tide to come in and wash the sand away from the wall and clean it out. Saturday 14~~~~ Cindy made a great breakfast of pancakes and scrambled eggs, then we went for a drive down the coast so Cindy could take some pictures with her new camera she just bought. My camera doesn't catch things as good, but I still like the pictures of everything. The one picture is of the crab traps all covered with the barnicles from the sea. I thought it was quite different, so I took a picture of them. Pepsi loves his perch on the stair steps where he can see everything that goes on. (picture) After we drove home, I wrote in my children's books while waiting to go out for Chicken and Jo's at the "Bay view Tavern". We always go there when we go to the beach, it has the coldest beer and the best broasted chicken and Jo Jo's of any place we have ever been to. Kent and I really miss this place when we are on the road, we try a lot of places trying to find a place with chicken this good. Sunday 15~~~~The weekend is over and the kids head for home, Kent and I are staying an extra day as we have the luxury of being retired and can do that now. Monday 16~~~~The ocean is really rough today and the water is coming in real close the stone wall, not strong enough to wash away the sand or carry the big logs that trap all the sand, back out to sea. I really enjoy writing in my books sitting at a table in front of the big windows, (picture) I am getting close to the end of them and I will have them ready for Christmas if I keep working steady at them. I am so excited over these books and I know the kids will love them.