The Other Coast

I guess we've been bit by the adventure bug or maybe we're just restless from a looong winter stuck indoors.  More likely, we're turning into old people who enjoy the simplicity of a nice weekend drive!  Regardless of the reason, we went on another adventure Saturday.  Noah and Callie weren't due into the bus station from camp until late in the evening.  So that left the whole day to do something fun as a family of three.

We've explored the coast on our side of the city.  So, we decided to drive up the coast on the other side.  We've never been much farther than the second bridge on that side.

Driving up the coast, we saw a regatta.

Then we got to the end of the Straight where it opens into the Sea.

Sweet Lucy was a good sport!  Although she did get frustrated when she would ask, "Where are we going?" and our reply was "We're not quite sure!". 

The lighthouse that marks the edge of the Straight.

The beautiful Black Sea.

You just never know what you are going to happen upon in this city.

We came across this huge ancient aqueduct.

Since Justin is a water engineer, he thought this was particularly cool! 

The arches were beautiful!

Then a bit further up the road we came across a wind farm.
(Please excuse the dirty windshield!)

Thanks to Mindy, the kids and I are really interested in windmills!

The countryside was like a patchwork quilt.

We came to another stretch of beautiful beaches.

Lucy couldn't wait to dip her toes in the water.

The beach had my favorite kind of sand.  It was teeny tiny smooth pebbles and shells.
So, it's almost like sand, but not so sticky and gritty like sand.

They had put up big rock barriers every so often to protect the beach from erosion.
And because rocks are super fun to climb on!

Daddy and his girl!

Lucy's Little Mermaid photo shoot!

Up on the bluffs looking further west along the coast.
Yep!  It's absolutely stunning!!

We had such a fun day exploring a bit of the city that we hadn't seen.  Lucy was so sweet and did great in the car (no siblings to fight with!!).  This country is so beautiful!  It's nice to get out of our neighborhood and be reminded of that!