After the run and our celebratory beers on Canada Day, we drove up to Miracle Beach, a provincial park about three and a half hours north of Victoria, to meet up with my cousin Shane, his wife Dayna, and their kids, Midori and Toby, for some camping. Miracle Beach is a nice spot with a very gradually-sloping sandy beach, located on the east side of the island between Courtenay and Campbell River. Because the beach is so shallow, the water actually gets quite warm, and there are some very warm shallow tidal pools filled with little crabs and fun kelp and seaweed. On the whole, the water is quite clear too. The campsites themselves are only a short walk from the beach, and are nestled amongst tall trees, giving some much-needed shade and coolness after an afternoon at the beach. Here's a picture of Shane and Dayna at the beach with Toby.
There is also a playground at this family-friendly park, and here you can see Midori playing on the slide. She was quite taken with Jeremi throughout the weekend, and wanted to be wherever he was, even if that meant being carried 100 m in the shallow water out to where he'd waded. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the two of them - I always forget to take pictures, so there end up being many more of me than there are of Jeremi. I'll try to improve on this in future.
Here I am playing with Midori in the sand. My goal of the afternoon was to have her get over her fear of seaweed, until it could become fun. I didn't quite succeed, but she was willing to touch it by the end, and even popped one of the poppers (a kind of seaweed with little air pockets in it - more fun than bubble wrap). You can see the snow-capped mountains of the mainland across the strait.
Finally, here's a picture of Toby and me playing back at the campsite after a day of much activity. Toby is walking now, and entertained himself for many hours walking around, trying to get out of the wagon, and sticking rocks in his mouth. (We tried to prevent the last one of these activities, but sometimes he was too quick for us.)
There is also a playground at this family-friendly park, and here you can see Midori playing on the slide. She was quite taken with Jeremi throughout the weekend, and wanted to be wherever he was, even if that meant being carried 100 m in the shallow water out to where he'd waded. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the two of them - I always forget to take pictures, so there end up being many more of me than there are of Jeremi. I'll try to improve on this in future.
Here I am playing with Midori in the sand. My goal of the afternoon was to have her get over her fear of seaweed, until it could become fun. I didn't quite succeed, but she was willing to touch it by the end, and even popped one of the poppers (a kind of seaweed with little air pockets in it - more fun than bubble wrap). You can see the snow-capped mountains of the mainland across the strait.
Finally, here's a picture of Toby and me playing back at the campsite after a day of much activity. Toby is walking now, and entertained himself for many hours walking around, trying to get out of the wagon, and sticking rocks in his mouth. (We tried to prevent the last one of these activities, but sometimes he was too quick for us.)
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