Beach Camping

Carpinteria State Beach turned out to be our favorite beach camping place yet! The campground was right on the beach and the kids could just walk over the sand dune and find themselves immediately enjoying the ocean waves.

Our days were filled with sand castle building (Timmy's favorite), frisbee (Andrew's favorite), volleyball (Amy's favorite), and collecting sea treasurers (Sarah's favorite). Sylvia and Bob enjoyed visiting with friends and the walks along the beach. We found a nice hike down the coast along the water where the kids collected wood, starfish, sea shells, and crabs. We viewed a seal rookery along the way and the beautiful California coastline. (This is why we live in California!)

The Laybourns, Singletons, and Medinas joined us on the three day adventure and added much fun to our castle building, frisbee, and volleyball. Timmy was not only excited to have school over, but to enjoy the sandy beach and have opportunity to build more exciting sand formations. It was great having Andrew join us for our first 09 family vacation as he's a great game player around the campfire and on the beach. Amy and Sarah enjoyed just being with friends all day and enticing a little gopher with various size treats watching them disappear into his whole.

The beach--cool, relaxing, and beautiful. A great get-away from the Bakersfield heat. Friends and family made it the perfect vacation spot.