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Gore Bay

August 9, 2011 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Yesterday the children got the dishes done and the daily housecleaning done in a hurry, so I took them to the ocean.  We only have about a 15-minute drive to Gore Bay.  We spent about an hour there.  It was too cold to play in the water, so they played in the sand while I read stories.  The waves were really high yesterday, and we got to watch a few surfers for awhile.

We go through a range of hills to get to the ocean.

Just before we get to the ocean, the road runs along this cliff at the edge of the most gorgeous valley.

Driving through Gore Bay village–houses to the right, ocean to the left on the other side of the dunes, water’s-edge cliffs ahead.

Down at the beach! Tide was about halfway out when we got there. This is looking south.Looking north along the beach, after we went back up the cliff to where the van was parked.

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  1. Rebecca says

    August 9, 2011 at 9:40 am

    Those rocks on the shoreline!! So different from our shorelines in Michigan, but very beautiful!

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    October 8, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    […] was warm today, and the children wanted pretty badly to go to the ocean.  I told them that if they could have the dishes done and the kitchen and living room cleaned by […]

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