Cairo with one of the fish she saved yesterday after the net was pulled in.

shells and sea glass

We rented a car and took a drive yesterday.  BEACHES, BEACHES, BEACHES...the coast is dotted with granite rocks that look like giant hippos half submerged.  Around each corner is a new secluded beach with crystal clear water and NO PEOPLE.  It's amazing how quiet and private every beach is.  We stopped and enjoyed finding treasures on a beach.  I've always been intrigued by the idea of sea glass.  A broken bottle, rolled and tumbled to a soft, smooth, cloudy-colored treasure.  The beach was sprinkled with different colors of sea glass.  Once a dangerous, menacing piece of glass, now little treasures to be saved as souvenirs.  There were also so many shells.  It was as if nature had planned a treasure hunt for our entertainment.  We spent 2 hours collecting little treasures, climbing on rocks..And Cairo (the girl once chased by a buffalo in Yellowstone) found extra excitement by rousing a couple of guard dogs on some one's property on a cliff above the beach.  The dogs ran right past Brad and after Cairo's cute little tush.  The whole story goes like this:

Brad, Cairo, and the little guys climbed around an outcropping of giant granite rocks.  Sam and I stayed behind hunting for sea glass..After the 4 of them had been out of sight for about 20 minutes our peaceful treasure hunt was interrupted by the loud barking of two dogs above the rocks on a piece of property.  When we looked up we saw Brad's tan, shiny back sprinting away from two angry dogs.  We could even hear him kind of yelling "Eyyyeyyyyeyyyy!"

Had we not seen the dogs stop and Brad escape safely it would have been terrifying.  Instead we got a good laugh and waited for their return.  They had obviously climbed the side of the hill and were trying to come down a different way when they surprised..(or were surprised, or both) the two dogs.  On their return we were talking to Brad about how scary it could have been if the dogs would have gotten a hold of one of them.  That's when Brad told us that Cairo had been the one the dogs were interested in.  She was behind Brad and apparently the dogs ran right past Brad and were inches from having Cairo sandwich for lunch.  He was screaming to try to get them away from her.  

(That's his story and he's sticking with it...)

A room with a view.