You never know what you’ll find when you go to the beach

On Sunday we decided to spend our afternoon at the beach. It was another beautiful day, and really there’s no better way to spend a sunny afternoon then by the water. With the sand and the glistening water and the boats… it’s magical.

So we were wandering down the beach when up ahead I saw something. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was… possibly some type of seaweed all coiled and glistening next to a mound of sand and… drift wood?

I was still trying to make sense of what I was seeing when Jay said, “It’s a dead seal.”

And it all came into focus. The coiled glistening thing? Guts. The mound? Body. And that bleached white part over there? Skull.

Ugh.

I felt rather sick to my stomach and quickly pulled CJ further away from the carcass. He, of course, wanted to get a closer look.

On down the beach to a rocky area where we carefully climbed over slippery rocks to peer in tide pools. An anemone! Cool!

I was leading the way, trying my best to keep my shoes from getting wet, when I saw something. I leapt clear into the air and gave a little yelp.

I frantically waved my arms at Jay and CJ. “Turn around!” I ordered, “let’s not go this way.”

But Jay was already looking past me at the source of my dismay. Teeth, perfectly in a line connected to a fleshy pink gum.

Ugh.

“They’re not REAL, Jen,” he informed me. And, of course once he said it, I could see that he was right. They were too clean, too perfect… the gums too pink. It was a piece of someone’s denture.

Still… I carefully stepped around it, pulling CJ with me.

On our way back we are discussing the day’s adventures.

“We saw TWO yucky things!” CJ says happily. In his book, there’s nothing like yuckiness to make a day GOOD.

“We sure did,” I say, shuddering at the memory.

Jay nods. “You never know what you’ll find when you go to the beach,” he says sagely.

Isn’t that a fact?!

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