A day at the beach with Tyler

Living in Colorado - the thing Denise misses most is the ocean - So while they were in Massachusetts I decided to take a family outing with both daughters, Denise and Robin as well as my grand-daughter Tyler to visit the Ocean.   We were very luck to get a beautiful sunny warm day -  As soon as we arrived, Denise and Tyler decided to 'stand the waves' together.

At first they started in the very low shallow end with smaller waves.

But slowly, Tyler wanted to go deeper and deeper and closer to the wave action.

We could hear Tyler screaming with delight as the waves hit them.

But they kept edging deeper and deeper.

It wasn't long before the waves were getting them soaked.

And THEN..... Yup - completely soaked - right over their heads!

Every now and then Tyler would run screaming from the waves - then ran right back in again....

But Robin was so good and patient with her she held the rope and kept Tyler in the shallow areas first till she was confident and enjoying the ride.

As you can see in no time at all she was loving the ride.

Tyler loved sitting and just letting the waves roll over her as she screamed in delight.

Tyler spent lots of time collecting seashells to take home with her to Colorado

Usually I am not an ocean swimmer - but the ocean was unusually warm today - so even I went in.

One of the things I crave most when away from New England besides the ocean - is the fresh seafood - so on the way off the beach we decided to order up a ton of scallops, shrimps, clams and haddock - and we ate it all!

Driving over the new bridge in Boston was the last thing I saw as I left Massachusetts.