Lost - found and found

It was quite warm here yesterday. In spite of that I slapped on some sunscreen and set off for a walk and went all the way up to the Arcadia Surf Club, which is at the northernmost end of The Strand.  The Rock Pool swimming beach is up there and I sat in the shade and had an ice cream while watching the children playing in the water and having fun.

The tale about how I lost my key ring is a m a z i n g!!  This is the key ring for the motel room.

You can see it comes in three parts which clip together.  The first morning we were here and went for a walk along The Strand, I started out wearing my sweatshirt as it was a little cool.  But as we were nearing home and I was quite warm, I decided to take it off. I had been carrying the key in the pocket, but decided to carry it in my hand in case it fell out while I was carrying my sweatshirt.  When we arrived back at the motel, I realised the back half and the label had fallen off and all I had was the key part.  The next two days I looked every step of the way, but it was quite windy so I really didn't hold out much hope of finding the little tag.

Then one morning as we were coming past the bakery we stopped to say hello to a lady putting out the tables and there right by my foot was the piece of paper with the room number.  That was amazing number one.  Of course I redoubled my efforts to look for the back piece but to no avail, until yesterday, there it was!  Right in the middle of the footpath - and undamaged!  Now how about that! Totally amazing! So I have the whole thing back in one piece again.

So now I have taken my eyes off the footpath and can look around at where we are walking.  This morning we did another huge walk along The Strand to the Casino and back, which took an hour and a half.  Of course we had a few stops for photos.  Perhaps that explains why R is fast asleep on the bed right now and it is not even 6.00 pm.

We passed by the water park, which is where I am going to take Kz tomorrow for a swim.  I almost wish I was a kid again to run under the water. The big bucket up the top fills up with water and then it tips over and the water, well, it just buckets out.

There was a waterfall cascading down the side of the cliff as we walked by.  R very kindly let me rest the camera on his shoulder so I could get a good shot.

On our way down to the Casino we passed by this seaplane moored for the night.  I was pleased to see it as I have been watching his acrobatics from the motel and I don't ever want to go for a ride in this plane!  He twists and turns and dives around.  Probably tells his passengers it is just a scenic flight!

Tomorrow morning we pick up Kz from the airport for 5 days of fun.  There were some children swimming in the motel pool tonight so she might be able to find some friends here.

I hope you enjoyed hearing from me today. I'm not sure how much time I will have over the next few days for blogging, but will try and pop a few words in here and there.  Bye for now.