Dog Beach at Honeymoon Island

Bentley enjoying the beach
the kids... not so much.

After a night out with several of my favorite friends, I was thankful that the kids slept in until 8am. By the time we all woke up, Allan had already completed his morning swim routine consisting of his 3 mile swim (better him than me because I would be sure to drown after the first lap).

After getting them ready for the day, I thought "You know, I want to do something nice for Bentley." Prior to kids, we would always take him to the dog park, long walks and now he makes it 4 houses down the street if he's lucky and I have a few minutes to spare. And if he is super lucky he gets to play in the backyard because normally, I would rather not have surprise land mines for my kids to find. So on a whim, I thought "hey lets pack a quick bag of towels and some beach toys and make it a family field trip".

Have you ever had an idea that worked so perfectly in your head, but once you went through the motions you quickly realized that it actually was one of the worse mistakes ever? Although, it was overcast today, there were gale force winds at the beach causing sand to fly EVERYWHERE.

Tip #1 - Avoid taking young children don't understand that they can't wipe the face with the sand covered hands.

Tip #2 - Bring chairs and not towels because toddlers don't understand that the towel is not a place for them to shovel the sand onto.

Tip #3 (The best one of them all) GO to the dog beach with just the dog and yourself and really enjoy it.

Hind site, there are a few alterations I would have made to my plans but to my surprise, Bentley was FANTASTIC and did really well at the beach.