Beach attempt I

Saturday was my day off (I know, it was really weird to have a Saturday off because I usually work the weekends! Not complaining, it just felt weird, haha).

Kat, Melinda and I planned on going to the beach. Unfortunately when we woke up, it was raining so we decided to not go. But, Kat came over anyways and we did some grocery shopping for my Grammy and Grampy, and visited with them for a bit. After that, her parents called and said that Burlington wasn’t getting the rain, so we decided to head up there to go to the becah.

So, we pack our stuff and head out… only to find when we get there, the rain clouds are rolling in. Then it started to rain and it was calling for ran all evening. We decided to drive back home down the lakeshore, hoping that we’d hit a sunny pocket and be able to go to the beach for at least a bit.

Eventually, we found a spot to set up camp and while it was a rocky beach it was still nice to be able to lay out in the sun for at least a little while. We went in the water briefly (climbing on all the rocks) and ate lunch. There was a rock that was submerged in water, but it was tall (does that make sense?) So we sat out there for a bit, and felt like mermaids. Haha. But the weather was crazy. The photo on the left is where we were sitting, looking out onto the water. The one on the right, is once again from where we were sitting, but behind us.

Rain clouds. Suck.

The worst part is, it cleared up around the beach we were originally going to go to! But we figured out it was Canal Days there (which is like a big festival thing) so we were kind of glad we didn’t go. It kind of sucks going to the beach when it’s crammed with people celebrating. I like going to relax, haha.

While we were relaxing, we got a visit from a flock of Canadian Geese. Okay, so while they look all nice and cute, they are evil, nasty birds. Every time I’ve come into contact with one they’ve tried to bite me and hissed at me. And their poop is really big and gross. There was this little circle of rocks in the water and they filtered through there onto the beach (which we jokingly called our private beach because no one was around… except for people playing the bongo drums above us).

The first photo is of the flock leader and in the second you can see the rest of the clan.

We honestly couldn’t believe how close they came! I mean, it’s one thing if you go up to them but they came really close when we were their first. I had to take a video.

And about those bongo drummers… we were just hanging out and relaxing when all of a sudden we hear someone playing the drums. We were both like, WTF and though there had to be something going on up at the park that was above us. Kat went back to the car to get sunscreen, and found out it was just a guy and girl playing the bongos.

Apparently, he was teaching her how to play. She kind of sucked, and they honestly played the same rhythm for about an hour. At first it was kind of nice with the sounds of the water and then the drums… but after a while it grew irritating, haha.

It seems like every time we want to go to the beach, it rains. So we’ve decided to give it the codeword ‘mall’, haha. We were going to go on Tuesday, but unfortunately it looks like it’s going to rain… this is a new development, because it wasn’t supposed to a few days ago.

Here’s to hoping that the weathermen are wrong and it’ll be an awesome sunny day!

Oh, and despite the fact we weren’t out in the sun long, I got a bit of a sun burn. I mean I’m really pale and fair skinned to begin with, but I honestly didn’t expect to burn so fast. :/