Reading, Turtles, USS Fitzgerald, More Beach Pics!

A mix of pics!

Nothing like sprawling out on the cool linoleum after a long walk!

Mason and Maegan hiding out in one of the built-in storage areas.

Bedtime stories...

Misty supervising the bedtime reading!

Turtle Pond

Mason reaching for a flipper!

Peeking up for something good to eat: bits of shrimp, fish, or dark leafy greens!

Low tide at Coral Sands Beach, this time with Dad!

Maegan enjoying a swing.

One more time, Mom!

Wild man.

What a surprise to see this massive ship approaching Kwajalein.
Later we learned it was the Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald.

The USS Fitzgerald nearing the dock...Gus and Mason had the privilege to tour the ship later that night!

One of the millions of hermit crabs on this island...

Gus training Misty to sit...

Mason and Maegan walking Misty on the beach.

Our beautiful daughter!

Visit to the Surf Shack.

Fun in the Sun at Coral Sands Beach

New island friends took us to Coral Sands Beach, which you can reach by riding your bicycle or renting an electric golf cart to the other end of the island. Pristine beaches with finer sand than the family beach area...

Mason swinging from the tree rope.

View across the lagoon from Coral Sands Beach...our house is over there somewhere!

Mason not quite hitting the water...ouch! Need to wait for high tide next visit!

Can't get any better than this!

New friends Sophia and Maegan playing in the surf.

Later we went to Glass Beach, which is on the ocean side of the atoll (vs. lagoon side), where you can collect a wide array of colored polished glass, as well as other interesting objects. Shoes necessary, as there is also sharp, corroded metal and other garbage that doesn't belong in the ocean. Not sure what the significance of the concrete structures are.

Boys can always find a stick!

Girls hunting for the perfect piece of sea glass.
Maegan was thrilled to find a large piece of royal blue colored glass!

Glass isn't the only mark human's have left on this beach: to the far right dark masses (hard to make out) are actually huge hunks of metal.

This gecko hung out over Gus' head while we slept at night. We suspected he was in trouble as he rarely moved position.

Unfortunately, after several days he disappeared; we discovered him on the floor just below his hang out...no longer with us. We've caught and released several babies to the great outdoors, only an inch or so long since that time.

More Island Life Pics

Maegan was thrilled to receive her first long distance call from best friend, Lauren,
in Kennewick, Washington.

Girl talk!

Caught the family in the nightly ritual of reading before nite-nite....

Misty Moonlight was groomed to help keep her cool in the humid environment...

This is how people walk their dogs on Kwaj...

Arriving at the back of our home...

Mason enjoying another day at Emon Beach...still trying to get used to the salty water!

The weekly paddle on Monday morning (Sunday in the states)...

I never looked so good....ok, maybe I have looked better...  :)

Enjoying a nice paddle in the lagoon..

Maegan reading to Mason before bed...

The barge on its way to the dock.

Sweet dreams...after crawling into Mom & Dad's bed!