Day trip to Presque Isle

We headed off for our annual visit to Presque Isle (Lake Erie) yesterday.  As soon as I put the beach chairs and life jacket into the car, Bobby knew exactly where we were headed.  He happily sat in his booster seat for the three hour ride, ate his goldfish crackers and drank his juice.

At one point in the ride, he reached over and got his life jacket and put it on.  He wanted to be able to get out of the car immediately!!!  He wore it until he stopped to use the bathroom and I made him take it off.

When we pulled into the state park, Bobby got restless....park this car NOW and let me out!!!  I turned a little too soon and had to end up driving going around another loop to go down the beach a little further to park and Bobby was not happy.  He got out of his booster seat and tried to get me to park the car.  Daddy put him back in his seat and we got to our destination.  Bob had to take him across the street to the beach because Bobby was not waiting one second longer!!  I grabbed our things and took them over to the beach. 

Bobby didn't run into the water like he did last year.  He was more interested in investigating every inch of the area.  I took Bobby for a walk up the beach while Bob set up our chairs.  When we came back to our area, Bobby still wasn't too excited to go into the water.  He wandered over away from the crowd (of about 15 people!!) and then went into the water. So, Bob moved our station over to where Bobby wanted to be-off by ourselves.  It took him about 10 minutes to start playing in the water...

Bobby decided that he liked sitting in the water and letting the waves hit him in the back of the head.  A couple of times, he even got knocked over.  He stood up, we laughed, and he sat right back down.

Bobby and I took 3 different walks up and down the beach.  We all played in the water, which was much warmer than we thought that it would be.  The beach wasn't very crowded, especially since it was a Thursday and a little cool outside.  There is a more crowded beach area at Presque Isle with a concession stand and playground, but Bobby likes to be alone.



After about 2 hours on the beach, Bobby was all done.  So we gathered up our things, went and changed our clothes (poor Bobby had a cup full of small rocks and sand in his swim trunks), loaded up the car and headed home.  Bobby is just as excited with the car ride part of any trip as he is about the destination.