This year has been a weird year for us for the beach.  First it was so cold, then a series of injuries and Adrian has decided sand is gross....

June has been a really weird month.  We are fortunate enough to have a resident beach pass for many ocean beaches in our town. We usually go...

 We had a day collecting macroplastics and filtering ocean water for microplastics in the lab. We thought they were just watching, but it wa...

 Manasota beach...again...because we just can't get enough of the ocean. So many shells and shark teeth accompanied us home.  I actually...

I know people flock to the ocean in the summer, but I will always say the Maine beaches are so special when they are cold and empty.  We lit...

 I'm super thankful to get to do what I love.  Best of both worlds, homeschool and nature education.  So fun! Most of these pics are fri...

 I'm back to leading groups for ocean education.  These are a few of our beachcombing friends.  To think, we get to do science midday at...

 Does this girl think the Maine ocean waters are too cold in September? No. Not at all.  In fact she loved it so, she proposed to the ocean....

  I will never get tired of seeing the sprint to the water after a hot day on land. Summer nights are special. 

The heat in Maine is brutal.  Morning swim and nighttime swim today and probably tomorrow too. 

 Last week the girls fully submerged in the Maine Atlantic Waters for maybe a half hour.  Audra didn't want her wet suit either. Just to...