man in the sea

We followed another morning at the beach with a seafood lunch at Mike's (kind of a family tradition) and a visit to the Man in the Sea Museum. Dennis made some friends at the beach that helped him excavate more of the big hole he's been working on. He also borrowed a boogie board and turned a strip of seawater stranded on the beach into a Slip 'N Slide. He was a wet sandy mess by the time we decided to head back inside. We hosed him down before going into Gigi's place.

After frantically searching for somewhere that David and I could have seafood reasonably and Dennis could get a hot dog, we had reached Mike's Cafe/Diner, and we had a delicious lunch there. Then we explored the museum. Much to Dennis' delight, there were a number of old sea labs and vessels for him to climb into. He loved the small submersible sub that was inside the museum, loved crawling in and pretending he was on a mission. We learned about deep diving technology back to its origins. Dennis was traumatized at having to leave.the place, and we were all glad when he took a nap! We had a nice long sunset walk on the beach and watched the dancing fountain show from Gigi's balcony before an early bedtime for all of us. What a fun vacation this has been!