DAY at the BEACH

Saturday, we picked Gary up from the Managua airport at high noon. He had no problems coming through customs. We were outside the security window waving at him as he picked up the 2 pieces of checked luggage. The checked luggage was mostly "goodies" that Grandmommy picked up for Ellen. Stuff like Golden Grahams, marshmellows, chocolate chips and candy so Ellen can make "Indoor S'mores".

As we drove back to Ellen's apartment, Gary kepted us entertained with his traveling adventure stories of getting on the airplane in Dallas and his fast connection in Miami. He was pretty tired since he didn't get too much sleep on Friday night.

After reheating our pizza, we were all loaded up in the van to head to the Pacific Ocean. Just 45 minutes away. Glenn offered to drive and I was the co-pilot. The rest of the van was full of teachers from NCA.

We arrived at a private beach and marched towards some grass huts so can could throw our towels and stuff down. The sand was thick DARK black sand. Quite different than the Cancun beaches. Gary played frisbe football with the teachers. Glenn and I strolled along the beach. We picked up shells and noticed lots of living sand dollars. Or would it be sand cordovas (Nicaraguan currency)?