California Vacay: Cabrillo Beach Tidepools

Photo taken by madlyinlovewithlife

On the fourth day of our trip in good old California we drove by the port of Los Angeles on our way to Cabrillo Beach. We all had a good time driving over multiple bridges and observing so much portish stuff. The large cranes were incredible. 

After the port we made our way to the tide pools at Cabrillo Beach. While walking past the beach to the tide pools we observed this scene and Julie made this image. Love the blue tones!

Nate on his way down the boardwalk.



And here we are!

A few close up images of the action. Who knew seaweed is so cool looking?



Ohhhh, that shell looks tasty.

I think I'll have some! Thank you!

Looking up and down the coast. 

We were all kinds of blown away by the large number of mussels. Check out these images! 

Cara was good enough to let me carry her around the tide pools. 

And some more carrying....

Squishy!! We love all the shells ingrained on the rocks.

Madeleine was pretty nervous about getting out into the tide pools. However, after a while she warmed up.

Nate loves to explore (he reminds me so much of Julie).

He thought this thing used to be a restaurant because there was so much fast food trash inside. Haha.

My Week in Absurd Little Drawings

All of this is 100% factual. No exaggerations were needed.

 

Sunday Night

Rob: Looks like I’m going to Arizona tomorrow morning.
Julie: Okay

Later Sunday Night

Rob: Never mind

Monday Morning

Rob: Looks like I’m going to Arizona tonight.
Julie: Okay

 

Later Monday Morning

Rob: Never mind.

 

Tuesday Morning

Rob: Looks like I’m going to Arizona tonight.
Julie: Okay

 

 

 

And off he went. But not before…

 

 

Nate vomited in the middle of the night.

Rob: What’s going on?
Julie: He puked.
Rob: Huh?
Julie: He puked. Can you grab a bowl while I take off all his sheets and remake his bed?
Rob: Huh?
Julie: A bowl.
Rob: A bowl?
Julie: A bowl!

 

Tuesday
(After Rob had left)

Mom: Come here, Cara, lay on my chest. You don’t seem to feel very well.
Cara: BARF!!

 

Wednesday

No explanation needed.

 

Thursday Morning

Clerk: Time to renew!
Julie: I renewed last month.
Clerk: Looks like you upgraded instead. That’s good!
Julie: I didn’t want to upgrade, I wanted to renew.
Clerk: Oh, well. You upgraded. Now you have to renew. $55 again please.

 

Thursday Afternoon

Julie: Can you tell me the sale price on these boy shoes?
Clerk: Looks like they’re not on sale.
Julie: Even though there are twenty-five bright red signs everywhere saying “All shoes on sale”?
Clerk: I guess not.

 

Kids: Rides!!
Mom: I have enough quarters for one ride.
Kids: Yay!
Cara: Whaaa!!!

 

Mom: I forgot the jeans that we need to exchange in the car. Grrr.

 

Julie: Where are the toddler girls jeans?
Clerk: I guess we don’t have any.
Julie: You don’t have ANY toddler jeans? I need to exchange these.
Clerk: Nope, I guess not. Maybe in a few weeks. Can you wait a few weeks?
Julie: No.
Clerk: Just exchange them for something else.
Julie: Fine.

20 min later…

Clerk: Can I get your email address for your membership? Oh, sorry. See this teeny sign? We discontinued our KidVantage Club. You can’t exchange any of those without a receipt.
Julie: I have never needed a receipt before because of my membership info. Can’t you look up my purchase? That’s why you have my email address.
Clerk: No. I can only see some purchases. You have to go home, sign in, print out your receipt, then come back. Would you still like to buy those anyway?
Julie: No.

 

Thursday Evening

Wheeler Farm. Barbed wire.
Nate: Whaa!!

 

Kids: I have to pee!

 

10 minutes after the previous pee...#2 was on its way.

 

 

Mom: Great. The only restrooms nearby are next to the gigantic playground.
Kids: Can we play?!
Mom: No.
Kids:Whaa!

 

 

On the way home.

Kids: La La Mickey Mouse! La La Goofy! La La Donald Duck!

 

Mom: Mom’s turn. Ooh, I like this song! La La La!
Kids: Whaa!
Mom: La La La!!!

 

 

Thursday Night

 

 

Later Thursday Night

Nate: Mom, when am I going to have a little brother to play with?
Mom: I don’t know. But you play so well with your boy cousins!
Nate: But I play so well with Cara, too. That means I’m ready for a little brother!
Mom: Dad and I don’t know if we’re ready for a baby.
Nate: But I am! Whaa!

 

 

Even Later Thursday Night

Julie: Yuck!! There’s that huge moth that has been flying around in here for three days! And it’s still alive! Let me find a box to scoop you up in and set you free finally. Shiver.

 

 

Latest Thursday Night

Julie: Finally. Alone with my Costco bin of donut holes.