Day at the Beach

Benjamine (the youngest son in the family I live with) is on the national skating team. The team does their marathon training on the highways by the beach, so I went with the family when they accompanied the team a few weeks ago. Here they are dodging traffic as we trailed them with the blinkers on... and who said skating isn't a dangerous sport?!
The whole team went to the beach afterward and I attempted to take a few team photos as they were pummeled by waves. The current and waves are really powerful on the Pacific Coast- not great for swimming or even surfing for that matter.

Here they are bracing for it!

That didn't seem to deter Maribel's grandmother who turned 75 that day! The whole family met us down at the beach and she jumped right it (and was almost swept away by the current!)

The black sand beaches were beautiful nonetheless. A wonderful change of view and pace from the City.