Beach Day

Our family has been planning on taking a beach day for a couple of weeks. My original plan was to take a day trip to Granbury next Friday as an early Mother's Day celebration. Then I decided that maybe it would be fun if we went this past Friday since the weather was warming up. And then on Thursday evening one of friends told us that Trophy Club actually has a beach as part of an extension of Trophy Club park. Thank you, Alex, for giving us an adventurous day and hilarious story.....

So most of the park area is like this. Lots of grasslands and areas to hike around in. We found the right spot to park in. We got a little park map. We looked up how to get to the beach...no worries, it was only a short 1 mile hike...wearing flip flops and pushing a stroller loaded down with beach necessities. 

Never one to pass up a great awkward encounter, we decided to venture off onto the trail. Or as Eva would say, "We in the JUNGLE???" She was pretty convinced we would see a tiger and I'm sure Ryan was about to faint at the possibility of running across a snake. 

Fallen tree obstacles in our way? No problem. We are the Bradleys, after all. We simply pick up our stroller, trying not to drop our child, and venture onward.

Finally we reached the sandy path. This is much more of how we imagined the trail that was described to us on Thursday night. Only one problem. It was impossible to push the stroller in the sand. Never fear Eva, Daddy will pull you backwards the whole time. Wheee!!!!

Finally we made it to the shoreline. This part was actually great. Eva loved playing in the sand.

We had surprised her with a couple of new beach toys so she was very entertained. 

Of course, there was that one point where I tried to venture out a little bit. I wasn't trying to go far, just enough for the water to cover my ankles. Then suddenly the sand beneath me was sinking! Seriously, it was how I imagined quick sand feeling. Every time I moved my feet went deeper into the sand. I was almost up to my knees (in sand, not water) before I could figure out how to get out. Aside from that small moment of panic, we had fun. I have no idea why the sand was suddenly like that underneath such a small amount of water. After that we stuck very close to the shore line. 

My nature enthusiast! We saw a few giant dead fish across the shore. Eva was very interested in looking at them and pouring water next to them for the fish to drink. 

She also had a blast throwing stones into the water.

All silly stories aside, we did have a fun day at the beach. We stayed for a couple of hours and were the only ones there so it was very relaxing. We laughed a ton which was good for us. The shore was breezy and I loved watching Eva play. I would definitely go back, although I might wearing better shoes next time for the jungle hike :)

Now I am ready to take her to an actual ocean beach. I wish it could be somewhere exotic and amazing...but maybe Galveston? Hopefully soon.