the best place on earth

This was a very special year for our annual visit to the beach cottage in Small Point, ME. We all got to go for 2 weeks!! Heather, Ricky, & David are currently all students, so they have a flexible summer, and I got to take a 2-week leave. It was GREAT!

Here's the cottage. The rock wall is from about 3 years ago when a big winter storm took away most of the sand from the beach. Prior to that there were fewer rocks on the beach and about 20 feet of beach grass with a nice lazy path, much more scenic! But hey, we're just glad it's still there!




This year we saw a rainbow:
...ate lobster 4 times!
...celebrated my dad's 70th birthday! (we made him a calendar on flicker with photos of the four of us - a great gift for a man who can buy himself what ever gadget he wants. How does that saying go? a custom calendar... priceless!)
I watched the sunrise and fed the mosquitos while doing so.


Generally we relaxed outdoors on the terrace overlooking the beach, or on the beach itself.
Low tide is great for long walks!




Ricky attempted to defend his sand fort, but the tide won out in the end...

Ricky's parents came up for a few days. His dad went fishing, but seaweed was the biggest thing he caught.
David and Mary were in charge of the grillin'