Two years ago, the whole family (meaning practically all of my siblings, their spouses, children, my parents - the whole shibang) went on a wonderful camping trip to the beach outside of Santa Barbara. We had so much fun, that we decided to do it again this year. However, this time we opted for a little closer and went to Dana Point. Doheny State Beach is a beautiful campground with great facilities! We missed out on Hudge and his family joining us (Terressa is quite prego, like that is somehow an excuse or something) :) Other than that, we were all there - although Mom and Dad did the motel thing down the road.
You've got to love three days of doing pretty much nothing except playing on the beach. It was great because our campground was just 100 yards or so from the beach.
The cones you can see in the picture above, were kind of weird. I guess there had been some irrigation pipes or something right there so they put cones to cover up the little stubs. Other than that we met really friendly people and had a great time. A highlight was the showering. We'd go into the larger, disabled-equipped showers so the whole family could fit. Then all of the boys would shower with Kim handing me Cooper. Then we would all exit to let Kim take her shower. Good times! Once, when we were waiting for the shower to become available, the boys discovered that the lock said "occupied" when it was in use. Now why that is funny, I do not know, but my brother-in-law (the shower's occupant) got to hear four little boys repeat over and over "OOOOOCUUUUUPIIIIIIIIED!" (emphasize each syllable). According to the boys, the word is funny because it has the word "pie" in it. - As a side note, last week we were at the mall and guess what the locks on the restroom say there? Yes, we got to relive the entire experience all over again. Oh so much fun. Really.
Travelling to and from California was somewhat of an adventure. We took my truck so we could more easily haul all our gear and a good portion of the food for everyone. Well, since my truck only seats 6, that meant we had to farm somebody out. Greyson got to ride with Chad and Tara down and back. That meant he watched little girl movies and teen movies. He saw Bratz, Ella Enchanted and Lord of the Rings! Since we caravaned and with a truck full of little boys as well, we made frequent stops at the side of the road for them to do their little boy business. All in all the trip went very smoothly.
We had such a blast. We're not sure if this will be an annual experience or something we do every other year, but one thing is for sure. We're going to keep camping on the beach for some time to come.
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