And Now This

After yesterday's weather we were left with windblown sand dunes up and down the beach:

But this morning, we awoke to this:

Yep, that's Marines on the beach doing fitness drills. After an hour or so watching them and enjoying the Sunshine (!), we opted for cooking Breakfast Burritos on the Beach.

Of course, after that came the need for the second Sand Purge of the day

As Tom likes to say, "the good part is you're camping right on the beach, the bad part is you're camping right on the beach".

And as I mentioned yesterday, we had a party up at my sisters house for my Dad's 90th and my nephew John's 29th birthdays. It was a great time, lots of good barbecue, and I thought I'd show you a few pictures of the family.

Matt, Adriana and Lily

Dad

Logan and Jack

I am certain we have more pictures of the actual party, but I was busy partying and not using my phone for pictures. Tom does have pictures in his camera, but of course, this is the camera that has no Internet connection and I cannot get the pictures off of it until he attaches it to his computer back home. But rest assured we all had a great time.

Tomorrow we leave here, and while Pam and Gene will head more directly back to Corrales, we will do the same taking a slightly longer route via Lake Havasu and Grand Canyon.