East Coast Vacation - Day 3

We had ideas of where we wanted to go on this vacation, but we didn't really have everything planned out. We were too busy planning Family Camp. As it turned out, it was a good thing we didn't have a schedule to stick to since Jason got sick. Saturday morning, we decided to visit the beach. We thought it would be a relaxing day for him to recover.

Crossing the Chesapeake Bay

The boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware

This was the first time the three of us kids had seen the ocean! It was beautiful!

It was a bit chilly that day.

Jason didn't want to give up his sweatshirt.

Mel

After testing the water temperature, we decided we'd wait a bit before going all of the way in.
Soaking wet suits and a chilly breeze--not a good combination to start the afternoon. We spread our towels out on the warm sand instead.

Mel and Mom took a walk down the boardwalk and looked in all the shops.

Finally, it was time to brave the waves! Once we were in the water, it wasn't actually too cold.
Dad and me

Some of the waves were pretty strong. They knocked us over a few times.
Body surfing
Jase, Dad, and me (on the edge of the pic)

We had a blast!

As we were getting ready to leave, Dad said, "Hey look! Dolphins!!!" If we'd left a few minutes earlier, we would have missed them. As it was, we were standing up at just the right time! It was hard to time the picture when they jumped out of the water. Sorry. This is all you get. If you look closely, you can see two fins sticking up. There were probably 50 dolphins swimming parallel to the shore about 100 feet out. It was a very neat way to end the day!!!

This was our most relaxing day of vacation, and we absolutely loved seeing the ocean! It was beautiful!