Tide Pools

On our way out of Fort Bragg we pulled off a small vista point that Amy advised us about to hike down to some of the best tide pools I've ever seen. Huge anemones, hermit crabs, starfish, we even caught a glimpse of some seals and a red crab working on a clam shell (you can see him in my reflection photo.) It was the icing on the cake for this awesome trip.

I promise this is the last of my Fort Bragg photos. Thanks for enduring. :) Needless to say I love this place and we will be returning!


























Now I make no apologies for the insane number of posts coming about my trip to Africa which I leave for in ONE WEEK!

Glass Beach

Day 3 of the Fort Bragg trip we visited Glass Beach.

Pretty neat that years of trash has been turned into a treasure hunt.

We bagged up our treasures and headed back to camp for a walk along the beach. I'm so glad my boy is such an ocean lover like his mama. Did I mention that we were blessed to see whales in the distance from our campsite the entire weekend? Spotting whale tales and blowhole spray was beyond amazing!

We ended the day with a firewood band concert!!
(That is Asher's "rockstar" face in case you were wondering.)

Fort Bragg Day 2

After a yummy breakfast we hit the road into town and caught a classic car show, took the obligatory tattoo museum photo, and stocked up on some landshark. Highly appropriate find since we told all the kids that landsharks lived in Fort Bragg and like to feed on whinny children. Muahahaha!






(Thank you my love for pulling over on Highway One so I could snap this!)

Dancing to the sunset and roasting mallows

The sun set on our first day at Fort Bragg so we sat on the sand and watched it leave. Millie's long braid was making a perfect silhouette as she twirled and C-dawg showed us her running man skills. The temps dropped and we bundled up for campfire and roasting marshmallows. *sigh* I am ready to go back.

Fort Bragg Day 1

The Labor Day beach camping trip to Fort Bragg was so full of beauty and laughter my camera was working overtime...that and the pressure of being the "official trip photographer."
My friends didn't even bother bringing their camera's so I couldn't let them down!
As a result I took A LOT of photo's.
My apologies in advance for the family vacation slide show-esque posts...
I'll try to spare you a 500 photo post and break it up a bit.

After the 5 hour drive we arrived to the campground and the sun was shining!
It was pretty much the only fog free day we had so I'm glad we spent the rest of the day getting our fill of vitamin D. The kids found a little hole in the sand and that became hours of entertainment. Nothing like a sandy beach and a group of fun loving kids
to bring out the adorable smiles. :)

The dad's joined in the fun and of course became human jungle gyms.

C-dawg hopped on the pile and ended up with a face full of sand. LOL!!!

Labor Day Residual

We got back last night from a 4 day beach camping trip to Fort Bragg with friends. An amazing time had by all, wonderful memories made, magical moments captured, I can't wait to load the pics to share. Today I'm having a really hard time waking up. Good thing I can do my job in my sleep. lol!