Beach Bums pt.2

I'm glad we bought an Empire Passport.  It was an early Fathers' Day gift to Richard - and honestly, its more of a present to me and the kiddos than Daddy but since Daddy wants a happy healthy family, heres one solution.  Get out to the beach!  The passport lets us in to most state parks and historical sites.  With the $10 vehicle use fee at Jones Beach, its worth it.
Here we are at Jones Beach
~ June 9

Violet immediately went to hang out with the 8 year old boys who were tossing a dead frog into the woods.  :/

This playground is wheelchair accessible and thus has a ramp all throughout.  We discovered its great for trikes too.

And Azures too!

June 20:

Beach bums pt. 1

We had a lof of fun @ Nickerson Beach on June 4.  Just me, Cliff and Vi.  The playground had these cool enclosed ramps going up to the slides on the 'biggest' kid playground section (marked for ages 8-11).  It was a chilly day and I'm glad I had my hoodie.  The sky was rather dark and it was a blustery day.  I loved it!!!  I crave days like that.  They're awesome.  The contrast of the sky, which was mostly dark and cloudy but there were some sunny patches , the shore and the water was really stunning.  We had a great day. 

Mommy has fun too!

 Off to the beach!!

                        

 Usually, this has been about as close to the water as Cliffton will get.

Isn't the sky great?

                

 I thought these last two look great side by side

Palmyra Temple, June 23

Susie and I drove to Palmyra after leaving Niagara Falls.  We only stayed at Niagara for about 5 hours.  We got to the Palmyra Inn just fine and checked in and then I went to get a few groceries.  In the morning we took some pics in front of the sign.

The little girls had fun playing with food and each other in the hotel room.  I used an elliptical for some exercise that morning.  We walked over to the Temple first. 

A stake center is basically right across the street from the temple.

We couldn't find the camera after this so the rest of the pictures are on our camcorder and on Susie's camera.