Saturday, April 18, 2009

Santa Clara

So they dragged me to the beach… again! Ok, so please keep in mind that there is actually either one or two weeks in between these visits, I'm just a little behind in the publishing dept. This time was a little farther out though and we had to drive 45 minutes down a pretty rough road after it had rained the previous night. We only had to do four wheel drive a couple of times, but definitely had a lot of slipping and sliding! We stayed for most of the day because it is such a grueling drive out there!

Here's a picture down the beach... beautiful!!! Sam is standing on one of the numerous logs that line the beach. At high tide they start floating and the guys have to heave them out of the way. We went at low tide to avoid that and also to see the reef.



It is an awesome beach with a few neat characteristics: a river that flows into the sea at one end and a reef on the other end. Also when you step into the ocean sometimes you are on sand and sometimes you step on rock.
Meredith and a neighbor girl are poking around on the reef.



Here's a quaint little alcove we found near the reef.


The ladies walking back from the reef.


So while the girls were down at the reef, the guys were focussed building a bridge across the river. It was entertaining to watch them work so seriously and industriously on the bridge.

Sam and Geoffrey hard at work on the bridge the guys built.



The guys were attempting to move this huge log, but ended up deciding it was good right where it was.


The guys are building a dam to divert the water around one side.


The side of the hill was cut away which exposed the many layers of soil... quite cool looking.

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