Rockets, Sand, and Waves!

Sunday, my wonderful husband decided we were all piling into the car and going to the coast to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Here is my husband - Pat, The Great!!!

(I did get one with out the thumb, but I knew he would want this one posted instead)

We arrive in the parking lot at Washburn park and the thermometer read 65 deg. No fog, no wind. Just beautiful.
Liz on the beach, thinking about getting those toes wet.

Vicky on the beach with wet toes. Can't delay that with this one.

All three of my puppies playing chase with the waves.
Misty liked attacking the waves by biting them.

Looking for sand crabs and shrimp..........

Vicky digging holes and finding sand creatures.

Liz digs and captures the sand creature!

Captain Pat reading the codes to launch the rocket. Shhhhh! Top Secret from NASA

(Look, no thumb... A total of 6 shots of my dear husband in one day without the thumb. Wow it is my lucky day!)

Assembling the rocket.

Getting ready for the count down.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,

3, 2, 1 BLAST OFF!!!!

It shot up over 600 feet and we lost sight with the camera, but here it is coming down.

Liz runs after it.

And here it is.

We launched four rockets before one was captured by the sea and swept away.

Liz was heartbroken and we had to stop her from running into the tide after it. :(

Daddy Pat - The Great saves the day and gives her his rocket. Yes, he has a rocket too. :)

I tried to capture two of these on video with my camera, but I didn't know what I was doing. Instead I have video up to the beginning of the count down. :(

Time to go walk the beach.

The intriguing piece of driftwood before it was time to leave.