Crown Beach Annual Sand Castle/Structure Contest

You may remember way back in January that I was going to shake things up and try some new things. One of those things is "Meet Up"...which I feared was a Singles thing, but turns out it's a legit way for people to get together over a common interest using the internet. We've been to a few "Events" and since I bring my "little gang" as one of my friends call it, I'm not meeting new people...which is not my intention. I want to learn how to better use my camera, learn to take better photos, and visit some new places. One great thing is visiting a few of the many outstanding recreational areas in the East Bay Regional Parks. This time we went to Alameda, to the Crown Beach, for the Annual Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest. There were way more sculptures than castles. There were families and other groups and then a few singles....some were having fun and others were super serious about the whole thing.

The weather was a little breezy and warm.  Oh, and we also had Ezra.  He was a very busy boy.  He scooped sand from this "mountain" (which we named since it was nearly impossible to scale with the sand eroding) and taking it to the water.

Then he discovered water holes to sit in and dig sand.

Then he declared he was cold..that happens when you're wet and the wind is blowing.

Pretty amazing work was being done

This is an Olympic swimmer in the making

One of the few Sand Castles

We're done...Grandpa showered him off and changed him in to his shorts so he's warm

No photos but our friends Teresa (Ezra calls her Feresa since he needs work on his T's) and Peter were there too.  We finished off the day with a quick visit to Rosenblum Winery and then lunch at the great Mexican joint.  Alameda is really a great little town.