THURS., July 15, 2010
Yesterday late afternoon we spent an hour at the beach, just Leah & Jean, Zakiah, Caspian, myself holding Naylah. I did not get in the water. Naylah was so sound asleep, I did not want to wake her. Leah had a great time riding waves on the boogie board. The tide was low, waves were great but not too big, and they rode the waves easily. It was a good time. The wind has been relentlessly strong. That’s the only thing that makes it difficult. It was low sun, cloudy, and in fact we left when we started hearing regular thunder.
I took Caspian & Zakiah to the official “museum”, paying $18. to get in. They had about 6 rooms and a gift shop. It was okay, nothing super. They had numerous taxidermied animals in displays, which I found rather bizarre. They had a “touch tank” where the kids couldn’t touch most of the stuff in there! They had puff fish in a “touch tank” and constantly told the kids not to get the upset by touching them and making them puff up. Of course, that’s what the kids would like to see most. It was kind of dumb. “Don’t touch the starfish!” If there’s anything you can touch and not hurt it, it’s a starfish. They were supposed to touch with 2 fingers, the ROCKS inside the touch tank. There were some turtle puzzles, a puppet theater they could play in with ocean-type puppets, and a few other things.
At 3:30 we returned for a kid’s program on water safety, which was worth it, they had fun. Then at 7pm, Caspian and I went back for the “ghost walk” where they told us a few stories about ghosts sited in the area. Then they let Caspian dig for shark teeth, where they had lots of them buried in a gravel pit. All in all, I finally got my money’s worth.
Caspian & I stopped by the turtle watch on the beach, where “turtle parents” (adults) are watching and waiting for baby turtles to hatch & then lead them to the water. About 60 people sit there 24/7 waiting for them, which is pretty cool. You can’t see anything because they are buried in the sand until they come up and out. It is nice to see so many adults watching over small living things to aid in their survival. If only human beings could care as much for one another as they do for hatching turtles, the world would be a good place. Somehow, with human beings, we set limits and lines of nationality and create friends vs. enemies, while turtles are just living creatures subject to extinction that we should nurture and cherish.
Levin avoided the beach due to his sunburn. They played Scrabble and chess all evening. It was a good day.
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