Check the tide schedule!

What to do when you get to the beach and it looks like this?

Climb over silky smooth driftwood, splunk through the river muck, carefully examine an empty horseshoe crab shell . . .

and make sandcastles!

Add a moat.

Notice that it looks kind of like a turtle and add feet and a tail.

While you’re digging in the sand, scoop out some river clay and shape a bird with a . . . ummmm . . . pancake to sit on the turtle’s head.

Call it a day and take the kids home to play in the sprinkler. Enjoy your summer!