Day 6 - August 2006 vacation

One of the really important things we've learned in our vacations and travels is that you should never try to keep groups together that are larger than 4 or 5. It's all right if people happen to get together in groups larger than that but short of using military discpline it is impossible to keep the larger group together while sightseeing, shopping, or just taking a trip to the beach. Actually, cell phones have made breaking up into small groups while coordinating vacations even easier.

Fortunately, a group such as ours consisting of several small family groups allows itself to be broken into smaller units, each with adults and children, so that no one needs to feel left alone and none of the very little ones is left unsupervised.

This morning one-third of our group left really early to spend the day at Disneyland, while another third walked down to the beach, and the last third lounged around the resort or began packing for the trip home. Our initial store of food was getting rather depleted so we also had to visit the local grocery store for resupply.

Most of us ended up this evening at a beach party in Long Beach. Friends and neighbors from the Long Beach 3rd ward were there to meet and greet while we had fresh boiled corn, hamburgers, salads, and treats of every kind.

Pooh Flint's house on the beach.

Manning the grill.

Forking the fresh corn from the boiling water.

Steaming hot corn ready to shuck & butter.

Children's treasure hunt. The chest has been found!

What's left of the treasure after kids have taken handfuls.