I really didn’t expect anyone additional to be in my bed before 7 am but alas…

Breakfast is easy when you’re the chef in charge.

“Do you want toast with peanut butter & jelly, toast with just butter, or toast with all three?” (The PB&J come swirled together)

A loaf and a half of bread later, everyone seemed satiated. I had my morning coffee, so I was happy.

Amir never made it into the pool yesterday, so his first order of business was checking out the 92 degree water. The rental is well-appointed, complete with water noodles, goggles, snorkeling gear, beach chairs, huge fluffy towels and even badminton rackets. With three bedrooms across two floors, it works well for our crew of six.

For our afternoon adventure, we decided to check out Magens Bay Beach, just a 10 minute drive west of us. It’s known to be a beach that’s not so crowded as you do have to pay a fee per person to go. There wasn’t much opportunity for snorkeling, but with restaurants, small shops and public restrooms, it’s got everything you need for an easy outing.

There’s a whole exercise park along the perimeter of the beach, and in the ocean, there are lanes defined by buoys where swimmers and snorkels can do laps safely without intrusion from boaters or kayaks.

I’m quite sure there might be more JEEPs here than any other place in the world. In our family, we play a little game called “The Rainbow Car Game” where, starting in red and proceeding in rainbow order (of course), you look for and call out that color car. Amir notes we could play “The Rainbow JEEP Game” here pretty easily.

There’s nothing like sun, sand and swimming to tire a crew out. On arrival back home to Sea View, there were no arguments about nap time. I even snuck in a whole hour to myself to type today’s entry.

Tonight Amir’s dealing culinarily ambitious – promising steaks, potatoes and asparagus. I’m all in. Oh, and I’ll have another round of Ale’s Pain Killer cocktail please, too.

~Steph