Day 184/365 - July 3

Can't believe I didn't include any pictures of the beach yesterday! The water is not clean at all. Full of oil which is washing up on the beach and leaving tar balls and residue. These pictures are straight out of the camera with no editing at all.

Tractors come by every hour or so to plow it up, but it's still there under the surface.  Words can't even begin to describe how sickened and angry I am to actually see our beaches look like this. It was one thing to read about it, watch the news, but to actually witness it with your own eyes...the white sandy beaches, crystal blue waters that you grew up with. They are gone and for what? The greed of a company that has already made unimaginable amounts of money from consumers? I go back and forth between anger and queasiness...it's just not right!

Since the beach is out of the question (there are signs that specifically say "do not get in the water due to chemicals treating the oil per the EMA") we decided to head to the water park for the day.

We arrived right as Waterville U.S.A. opened and planned to make a day of it. The girls had a blast in the wave pool.

Josie, Avery, and Wes all tried the Flowrider, a simulated surfing thing. Wes actually did pretty good until he tried to do a trick and wiped out.

We headed over and rode go carts and the roller coaster (MANY times).

Wes and Seb headed back to the condo leaving the girls to finish playing. We did a few more water slides, the lazy river, and the wave pool before calling it a day.

After getting back to the condo, we all showered and got ready for dinner.

Before heading out, look what we noticed right off the balcony.

Isn't is amazing how close they were? You could seriously reach out and touch them!

While waiting for dinner, the moms each ordered a daiquiri and the girls each got virgin drinks.

Or so we thought. Pretty sure the order got mixed up and Avery and Josie had alcohol in their drinks.

Why?

Well, let's review their symptoms:
*within 30 minutes of drinking, both had the hiccups
*Avery immediately had a headache and thought she was going to puke all night
*Josie was silly and giddy - wanted another drink RIGHT then
*Avery lost all color in her face
*Josie couldn't hold on to anything - dropped something that was placed right in her hands

Yep, once again it has been verified...we are A-MA-ZING parents!