A Day at the Beach

Today was another day to sleep in and get some rest.  We ended up getting out of the room around 10am or so and we stopped at the other Dunkin Donuts down by route 6 before taking the road east towards the outer cape to go to the beach.  We decided that we would stop at Coast Guard beach on the National Seashore.  After parking at the remote lot and paying the $15 fee we caught the tram down to the beach.  The beach is relatively narrow set between the dunes and the ocean with a fairly steep drop off into the water.  It has life guards stationed although they hearded people into a relatively thin slice of the water out in front of their stands.  The sand itself is pretty coarse and down by the water you sink into it pretty deeply.  Also right where the surf hits the beach there are a lot of rounded stones making it a little tough on your feet getting into the water.  The water itself was great, perfect for relaxing when you got past the surf.  They mostly had green flags up indicating good conditions with a brief time where they had the yellow flag out.  We swam a bit, the kids played in the sand, and I took a walk down the beach to seem some of the dunes closer.  We even saw a few seals swimming offshore a couple of times.  After we left the beach around 3pm and caught the tram back we grabbed a bite to eat at the Lobster Shanty out there on route 6.  It was good.  I had clam chowder, some baked stuffed clams and the all you can eat fish and chips.  The kids got little sand buckets with their meals.  Now we're back in the room resting before we go off to the local fair tonight.  More to come.