Annual Shark Tooth Hunting

We made our annual pilgrimage to go shark tooth hunting again this year!. Last year's trip to Flag Ponds Nature Park was so much fun that we decided to go again. There aren't as many fossils on the beach but the beach is WAY better. The girls and Declan spent most of the day swimming and everyone else had plenty of sand to run and play and plenty of shoreline to find fossils. We found a few good sized ones which is always fun!

There is one more day of summer vacation tomorrow. Big changes this year with Aidan in High School, Emmy in 7th grade and Aoife and Declan at Jamestown.  We are all looking forward to a great year!

Shark Tooth Hunting

 This year we tried a new place to look for Shark teeth. We went to Flag Ponds Nature Park. The beach was much better but it was a much longer walk to the beach and we really didn't find as many teeth as previous year - but they were different kinds of teeth which was kind of cool!! It was a beautiful day and always the best way to finish up summer!

Fossil Hunting at Purse State Park

 It's the last day of summer vacation.  How did that happen so quickly? This year the summer just flew by and I'm totally not ready for fall!!
Today we drove to Purse State Park in MD for our annual fossil shark tooth hunting expedition!  It was a beautiful day and we were pretty successful in our hunting. Brendan made a lean-to shelter for the kids out of driftwood which they loved.  Aidan made swords out of driftwood.  Emmy and Aoife played in the water and Declan preferred to stay out of the water and on the sand. Declan found a deer femur which was the best thing of the day!
We found bunches of shark teeth. It was lowish tide so the hunting was a little easier than when the tide is high. We didn't stay too long. Everyone was getting anxious for school the next day. It was nice to be able to relax outside one very last time before the crazy starts all over again!