What a Trip Down the Shore Looks Like

Sometimes people like to get all covered in sand and salt. When this urge arises, a trip "down the shore" is usually in short-order. Today was one of those days. As a result, a few good friends and myself made the trip across the Garden State to what I would consider a quaint little village on the sea. In fact, it's called Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey. Here's what we did when we got there:

Alex gave the universal sign for "I love UV rays!"



Catharine and Rob looked both natural yet wind-swept down along the water line. What do you think they're contemplating?

Take 1.

That's better.



At one point in the day a mad game of "Keep the Volleyball in the Air" broke out. Basically, it was a quest to keep the ball in the air 30 bumps. We did it! Action shots are kind of my new thing, so I'm pretty proud of these.

Either pre or post ball visitation.

I'm going to call this the shot of the day. What is she looking at?
These guys are my paddle ball heroes. They hit that little ball back and forth to each other 199 times while their children counted. Seriously, they were so amazing.

Rob Lee came! Rob would later win the award for "He who has gotten the most sun". Congrats, Rob.

Catharine and Camille did the best job of soaking up the rays though. Camille even did some sand angels.

Then this happened.

Alex invited everyone to cover him with wet sand, citing some king of theraputic result. We were more than happy to oblige. However, I do not look very happy do I?






These are a few of the activities people like to do when they are down the Shore. I tried taking pictures (action shots) of people diving through the rough surf, but didn't have much luck. They just looked like little dots diving through the surf. The waves were pretty rough thanks to tropical storm Bertha and there was a pretty good undertow. All in all, a seriously great day. Good thing there's a shore to go to round these parts.