Thursday, August 23, 2007

Lyme Regis Beach

Lyme Regis is a beach that is within an hour of Martock. The town is a tourist spot, with lots of small shops and small hotels. One side of the jetty is a rocky beach, and the other side is sand. Notice how we are dressed at the beach in July!

These photos are of the rocky side. Lyme Regis is a Jurassic beach. The water rolls the rocks and uncovers previously unseen things. People frequently find fossils. All we found were fossils of sea shells. The kids really enjoyed playing in the rocks.

Notice the sack in Julie's hand. The sack is full of Katelyn's "special rocks" that she found on the beach.


The following are pictures of the jetty and the other side of the jetty. Sometimes we saw the surf spray fly 30 feet above the jetty. When you walk on the jetty, you end up covered in sea salt from the spray.



The girls dug a big hole and put Collin in the hole. He had a great time! The only way we got them out of the sand was to promise them ice cream cones!

5 comments:

Staci said...

Sand and Rocks! Brody would've been in heaven!!! That jetty looks pretty cool! Did the girls want to walk out on it? I love the family pic of Julie's family :)

Anonymous said...

We had so much fun that night. I always intended to go back there so I could explore all of those cute shops we saw.

Steve and Joan said...

Hey, Ron is there too! It's great to see you both in the photos! I was beginning to think that Ron was working all the time. (I guess he is!)

Steve

Steve and Joan said...

I like your new bio photo! You are getting the hang of the blog! I'm proud of you!

Steve

Anonymous said...

Great pictures. The girls did tell me about the beach, but the park was their favorite. They had a lot of fun in England, and they should remember the trip with all the good pictures you made.