After lunch today we headed over to Blackie Spit on the north side of the Peninsula. After seeing the ducks at our ponds lately, Anders had gotten interested in my bird book. So we took it with, along with a pair of binoculars to see what we could find. Mostly sea gulls, crows, ducks of various species, herons, and cormorants (they're sitting on the poles in the bay). It was a fairly warm day (the forecast was for being near 11 degrees; our car only read as much as 8, but with the sun out, it did feel quite warmer--we saw a number of people in shorts); the morning was foggy, but it lifted before lunch, then rolled back in as we drove to the bay--thankfully it lifted again, giving us a good view of the mountains north of Vancouver.
Then we headed to the south side of the peninsula to spend a little time at Crescent Beach. On the walk down to the beach, as I was running back to get Anders' boots, Beth and the boys were looking at a firetruck parked on the street. The firefighters walked by and let Anders sit inside the truck--he thought it was cool. Anders had fun looking for shells and sea glass. Nils had fun trying to get as far into the water as he could. Needless to say, the boys rode home pantsless and Anders had a coat pocket full of shells and rocks. That's a good day off in my book.
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