
In perfect Arizona tradition every summer when I was a little girl, we would come to the beach for the week. We stayed in a dumpy little hotel across the street from the beach...it was dirty and it was paradise for me!

Ocean beach has a surfing beach, a swimming beach, tide pools (where we would get sunburned combing through the shells), a peir (where we loved to walk at sunset and admire fishermans' catches of the day) and cliffs to walk on (and chase crabs on!). My Mom came to this beach as a little girl and now we have brought Kimball! They have since cleaned up the beach hotel, but the memories remain!

We told Kimball the whole way to California that we were taking him to the beach to play in the sand. When we arrived, we had to unload the car. Well, Kimball and Corbin found the sand toys and Kimball kept saying "Beach Mommy! Beach!" as they dug in the left over sand on the patio!
I was excited to take Kimball to the real beach...but for him the highlight was the ocean. He loved the waves!

He clutched Dusty's hand to be sure not to be swept away by the waves, but he kept dragging Dusty back to the water line. He would giggle as the water tickled his feet and belly laughed as the wave would knock him over!

For dinner, we went to an Ocean Beach landmark...Hoodads for the best burgers and fries! It was even featured on the Foodnetwork's show, "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives." Kimball loved eating next to his cousins! Besides the good food, we love reading all the personalized liscence plates all over the walls...some of them are hilarious!

Next, we walked on the peir and saw seals jumping and an 8 inch rock bass someone had caught. Kimball wasn't too sure about the giant pelicans flying overhead. He loved running on the peir though!

We rounded out the evening with a trip to "Lighthouse Icecream" that has the best waffle cones around! I loved introducing Kimball to my family's traditions!