Jetty Island

Way back on July 3rd, we went to Jetty Island (a man-made island off the Everett waterfront) with a group of friends from church.  The weather started out pretty cold and dreary, but by lunchtime it was sunny and quite enjoyable.  In fact, up until our family reunion this last week it was the most fun we have had as a family in way too long.

While on the island we saw about 5 bald eagles sitting in the trees and even diving down to get fish and then fighting over who got to eat the fish.  It was amazing!

Trevor had a lot of fun playing in the sand and especially in the fort and tunnel the dads made.

Later in the day, the dads decided to make the cave and the fort connect with a tunnel.  It was very dangerous.  Even after one dad got caved in and the other dads had to dig him out, they still insisted on finishing the tunnel and then all crawling through.

After the tunnel was complete, the sun came out, and the tide was way out the dads and older boys decided that a race to the water was in order followed by some male bonding in the frigid water.

After their swim we were all standing in the sand out by the tide and wiggling our toes causing us to sink slowly into the sand.  Darren did it too, but he sank very quickly and became stuck.  Really stuck.  It took 3 guys nearly 15 minutes to get him out.  It was hilarious watching them dig Darren out.

We played hard, laughed a lot and had a great day!  As icing on the cake, on the way home we stopped by Dick's.  :)