It's been a while since we did a family outing.
Normally by this time in June we are well on our way to hiking every accessible mountain and/or trail on the road system, but this summer has been busy, between me working (doing move out cleans on military housing), Boy Scout summer camp, and 750 sleepovers with Calen's best friend Noah (who moved away yesterday, tragically).
Seriously, doesn't someone have a time machine or a time stopper spell or something?
After an exceptionally hard morning yesterday (see above: Calen's BFF moving away), our other family friends (the Ardan's) asked if we wanted to go on an afternoon hike and dinner on the beach. I said YES, this is a great distraction for Calen, a hike with two other good buddies, the beach, anything that isn't moping around at home. So we packed up kids, the dog, 1000 snacks and headed out on an adventure.
This was a new hike for us, which is saying something considering we live on an island - we've hiked almost everything on the road system. Heading out towards Pasagshak (i.e. the far side of the island going in the opposite direction of town), there's a hidden trailhead about ten miles before the road (literally) ends, called Marin Ridge. It's mildly steep at the beginning, then levels out to a very pleasant ridgeline that overlooks the back mountains and both bays. Of course, it decided to be foggy/overcast for the first time in a week, so the views were limited, but it was still a really nice shorter hike up among the clouds. And the views we did get, were spectacular.
After the hike we piled back in the car and drove the rest of the way to the end of the road to Surfer's Beach, which is exactly what it sounds like, a nice sandy beach with gorgeous cliffsides and great surfing waves. We made a fire on the sand and roasted sausages and had meat and cheese wraps for dinner and the kids played in the sand for a couple hours.
Really it was a great adventure day that we will probably recreate in a few weeks.
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