Random observations from a weekend at the beach

This last weekend had gorgeous weather ... so, Ramya and I took the opportunity to visit the Santa Cruz and Monterey beaches. On Saturday, we went to Santa Cruz with my sister's family including her 3 yr old tiny tot Tarun. On Sunday, we went to Monterey's 17-mile drive with Ramya's cousin.

There are few interesting things I noted ...

• no matter how many sea gulls' photos I take, I am always excited to take lot more of them!
• sunny days cannot have any impact on cold beaches
• cold beaches can't turn away excited kids who somehow get great joy in running into the waves
• kids run around in the cutest outfits such as Tarun's white vest and trainer pants. Of course, girls of his age have more colorful stuff to wear! ;-)
• If there are too many boulders on the path to the water then the crowd stays at a comfortable distance and prefers to take photographs
• The ones who tread past the boulders are guaranteed the pure joy of tredding on untrodden sands
• Older uncles and aunts have a nice way of romancing, that can be inspiring to us, the younger lot ;-)
• Squirrels, who are normally shy, get past their reserved nature and dare to jump into people's pockets, if the pockets contain food.
• Dippin' dots, that claim to be the future of ice cream, are really tasty and unleash the taste of ice cream in your mouth even though they don't seem to be able to do that
• its great to get face painting done, especially if its similar to the one your spouse got ... it triggers stares from the older folks and giggles from the kids.