Our day began semi-early, but Addison and Fischer did "sleep in" a little bit. And by sleep in, I mean they slept until about 7. We woke up to pouring rain so we weren't sure about sticking to our plans for the day. We ate breakfast in the room, got ready, and headed toward Huntington Beach State Park.
Our plan was to play on the beach for awhile, have a picnic lunch, then explore the state park. The kids were very anxious to get to the beach and the ocean!
We did get to do this, but it was a little soggy, and not from the ocean. :) We did get to play on the beach, but we could see rain all around us, and we just waited for it.
The kids had a great time here because there were a lot of little shallow parts along the beach, so they could play in the water without worrying about the waves knocking them over.
When lunch time came, we decided to try out our original plan and eat on the beach. As soon as we got the sandwiches made, it started raining. The kids and I took off with our lunches and headed to the closest picnic shelter, while Scott stayed behind and packed up our wagon of beach stuff. The rain eventually stopped but we decided to just change clothes and go explore a little more of the park.
We found the nature center, where the kids got to look at some cool stuff and even touch a few things in the touch tank.
Then we headed out onto the boardwalk, where we saw tons of crabs! The kids also enjoyed climbing the railing every time we stopped. As you can see, Scott and the kids are all wearing plaid shorts - apparently I missed the memo that day. :)
We loved this state park. The beach was great, and not crowded at all. Totally worth the $5 entrance fee! We can't wait to go back. Oh, and on our drive out, we saw an alligator!
We headed back to the hotel to do some restaurant research. All I wanted was an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner. We ate at those when we went to the beach on vacation when I was a kid, so I wanted to go back to one! And it was good - especially the crab legs. Since it was a little early for dinner, we first went back to Broadway at the Beach so the kids could play on the playground some more.
We got nervous when we pulled into Crabby Mike's because there was a huge crowd outside waiting for tables. But the wait was only 20 minutes and they had a DJ set up playing dance music and an area with hula hoops to keep kids entertained. It was great!
Addison enjoyed a lot of what the buffet had to offer (crab legs, all styles of shrimp, raw oysters, rice and cake), while Fischer stuck to hush puppies and fried shrimp, with some chocolate ice cream for dessert.
After dinner, we headed back to the room to relax a bit before bed. We had an early morning ahead of us because we had to squeeze in some beach time before checking out and heading home!
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