Last Sunday I took a trip to Secret Beach with a few of the spouses and some of the kids. Secret Beach is one of my favorite places on the island. Usually we take a trip by kayaking in or taking a boat, but Wes, one of the spouses befriended a local who showed us a way to hike down to the beach. This was hard to wrap my head around that you can hike down to this beach since when you are standing on the beach and look all around it is nothing but large cliffs. Sure enough, we drove about 2 miles outside of Picard (where we all live) and parked on the side of the road. Gathered up the five kids all under the age of 10 and started toward the cliffs. Now, Wes is one of the spouses that is, let's just say a bit fearless, and has passed this trait on to his 6yr old and 4 year old. His two girls are the first ones at the cliff foaming at the mouth to climb down. I was worried about myself let alone trying to bring these kids down. About a half hour later we were all at the bottom. It wasn't as bad as it seemed but I can say with alot of confidence that almost everyone I know would never have done that hike with their kids. The other family with kids that came with us did wonderful as well, they were just a bit more cautious then then Wes' two firecrackers!! The rest of the afternoon we hung out, snorkeled and had some hermit crab races. Wes gathered up literally at least 30 hermit crabs and we had the kids pick their favorite then dropped them on the "track" we drew in the sand and off they went. Love it! I posted the video below. Just another tough day on the island.....
The view from where we started our hike down with the kids.
Jillian with a crab shell she found.... fearles... seriously fearless:) love her.
Some of the hermit crabs preparing for the race...
The race...
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