Butterflies and the Beach

It was almost 90 degrees here yesterday so the boys and I headed to the Monarch Butterfly Grove in Grover Beach. Aidan was fascinated with all the butterflies. Nick has been enough times that he just liked looking at them through the telescopes. There were only 1200 butterflies there yesterday. I know that sounds like a lot but we have been there when there were more like 12,000 butterflies and the trees actually are orange colored there are so many. It is a really beautiful site. They are traveling down south right now and we will be able to see them again in a few months when they travel up North again. Then we headed down the path to the beach and hung out for about three hours. It was such a gorgeous day. The boys built sandcastles, and played in the water and watched all the dogs and horses go by with their owners. They also climbed the trees and sand dunes. A great day for little boys! On our way back to the car Nick heard the train whistle sound and tried to run back to see the train but we missed it because we were pretty far away still. He cried the whole car ride home because he missed the train. He is so much like his Grandpa M. that it stinks. He says next time he isn't going to the beach because he doesn't want to miss the train.