We live in a place that has tides. Unlike where I grew up (the Great Lakes have waves, but not so much tides), this lends itself to a whole new aspect of fun. On a low summer tide, people can walk a nautical mile into the middle of Bellingham Bay. Barefoot. With feet squelching into the silty mud.
A tradition among our friends, is the annual mudflat games. This involves all-terrain bocce and golf (with balls fetched by the talented dogs of the group) after the requisite walk to the center of the bay. We run, we laugh, we play, we get very muddy.
This year was a little grey weather-wise, so the kids didn’t swim as the water came back in, but we stayed warm playing mud flat games. Just a half-day adventure, but it feels pretty far from home to be in the middle of the bay.
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