Back to the Beach

We made a quick trip to the Texas coast last month.

Fletcher wanted to check out the end-of-the-season sunglasses sale at the bait shop in Matagorda. I think we chose well, don't you?

Why is Matagorda our beach of choice? 

For one, we can watch a pretty sunrise from our condo deck...

...and we can watch it au naturel, if we so choose.

But really, it's all about the dogs. Is anyone surprised?

 Matagorda is the only leash-free beach in Texas and it's a great spot for birding, which just happens to be one of Gretchen's favorite hobbies.

It's all fun and games until the dreaded shower.

Gretchen claimed the papasan chair as her own. We were fine with that, as long as it stayed in place, blocking the Toddler Spiral of Death Stairs.

Fletcher helped us make our favorite out-of-town breakfast food, E-Z pecan rolls.

 

Refrigerator biscuits + bananas + brown sugar + pecans = warm, gooey goodness

Fletcher agrees.

No beach weekend would be complete without a short visit to a construction site, am I right?

Pelicans!

Fletcher worked on his collection of broken shell fragments.

And then he enjoyed a well-earned rest.

Hooray for beaches!