Far West Galveston Beach - June 22nd, 2014
Wake up Sunday morning to find rain on the mainland off in the distance. We stayed in the building far left 2 years ago
Girls play with Legos while waiting for cousins to arrive
Ahma brought up two playsets for the girls to enjoy
Ahma prepares watermelon for the girls' breakfast
Erin works on building a cow and a pig
Trip to the grocery store provides a new suitcase lego set
Meet the cousins at the beach closer to San Luis Pass
The most seaweed EVER greets us on our arrival
I thought we were going to the beach, daddy, not the dump
Ahma pulls out the rake but begins to have 2nd thoughts
I scout out the path through the seaweed to the beach
Water is 4in deep at the seaweed edge that is 3ft deep
And the seaweed covers 60ft across the beach
No problemo says the man with the rake
Doug starts working the 3 foot pile at the waters edge
David stars clearing a path to the water
Torn blisters on hands force an early quiting time
Clear out all but 20 feet of seawood so get a running start
Set up the sun canopy and finally relax at the beach
Uncle Doug helps Tor and Alex make some quick progress
Cheyenne, Erin, Alex and Savanna play in the sand
These little shovels have really gotten the job done
Tor relaxes in the shade with a MP3 player & cold drink
Girls cannot resist feeding the seagulls awhile
Alex knows they will be hungry back at the resort
Review the cleared path of seaweed to the beach
Progress slowed down once the seaweed got two feet deep
Doug cleared as much volume and allowed an entry point
Is this planet earth much less Galveston Beach?
Seaweed as far as the eye can see!
Kids finally make it out to play in the surf
Bojangles also likes to play in the surf
Surf is OK once you clear that stinky seaweed
Yep, you gotta suit up to clear that yuckiness!
Girls swim with Uncle Doug
The dig in the sand with Ahma
And yes, the seaweed is still all around us at the beach
The seaweed is so high, it almost hides the cars from view
Alex provides a unit of measure of the seaweed height
Wishing for the days of jellyfish and oil balls now
Girls look for hermit crabs in the sand
If you find one, put it in the bucket and keep looking
Alex looks for hermit crabs at the seaweed entry point
Our walk path has trampled down the seaweed to see her
The girls collect a few hermit crabs in their bucket
Erin shows off her tiniest one hiding in its shell
Kristen captures a great group photo before departure
Time to head back because it has been a long day
Doug and Kristen and kids stop by the resort to clean up
Enjoy dinner and little playtime after cleanup
The corndog gang digs into some tasty morsels
Ahma is happy that the whole family decided to stay over
Alex is happy to share her bed with her cousins tonight