Today was “build a tower” day.  My father did it with us when we were kids, so I figure it’s my turn.  We had plenty of driftwood to pick from in the next beach over:

We each grabbed one of the four main poles and dragged them back to our beach:

Binding the main poles together:

Adding the floor supports:

 

Installing the floor:

Tying down the floor:

I figured I should test it before letting the kids up:

Come on up kids!

Trish gave it a try too:

Our daughter practices her whittling:

We found an elephant seal shoulder blade and forearm.  Leatherman is pictured for scale:

And a pretty big banana slug too:

The kids bolstered a fort someone else had built and left:

They decided to turn it into a seafood restaurant:

Here I am sampling the fare:

The last few days have been pretty oppressive with the fog reducing visibility to 150 feet or so:

Hunting starfish:

We found a silver dollar-sized jellyfish:

One last tower shot:

Trish finished her beautiful beach rock collages:

If we don’t leave here soon, we will never go.