Eureka!

This is Highland Park, just a two block walk from our temporary quarters. Sure, it is an old, weathered play structure...but it is a great escape from cabin fever. Here the sun is setting on our first day in the "hood" while Brian had his first day at work. Shortly after this shot I scurried us home as I was getting too cold.
This is the beach. I saw a lady sunning herself in a bikini, so I put on my tankini top and strolled down to the beach to join the boys & Brian. I quickly put a towel over myself and nearly shivered off 5 lbs! The boys are blissfully unaware of the cooler temperature - all they care about is digging, digging and more digging. I remember watching crazy kids on the Washington coast play in the water while their jeans & sweatshirt toting parents smiled and waved. Now my kids join that "crazy kid" group as they gleefully went into the water up to their waists! I couldn't make it in past my ankles. This is not like the Gulf Coast nor the East Coast...I always boasted about the West Coast being the Best Coast...and now I have to aclimate to the Left Coast.