Town Beach

At the end of our street is the start of a short beach path walk.  It starts through the reeds and walks along the tide, leading you to the town beach. It's barely long enough for a 10 minute stroll, but you could take a lot longer to enjoy the small waves that wash broken seashells and debris ashore.  Having kept more shells then I ever know what to do with from Sanibel, Island, FL I choose to just enjoy what I found along this walk and leave the beauty for someone else to gather.  I found shell remnants of welks, moon snails, and horseshoe crabs.  

Walking alone the ocean is always the most peaceful way to clear your head when so many life decisions need to be made.  And who says any planning even needs to be done right now?  Not when I'm enjoying the warmer 40*F weather and a nice quiet walk on the beach with my faithful dog companion. Doodles had a field day sniffing out all the seaside treasures.

At the end of our walk we met up with my husband, who had brought our daughter Keiki to the town playground at the beach.  It was built just right for tiny tots like her!  Not only is the surface under the play elements squishy rubber, but if a munchkin trips and falls while running around, there is beauty sand to catch you.  We only stayed about 20 minutes because the wind was icy off the ocean.

And speaking about the"ocean," I'm beginning to wonder what to call this water because when looking at a Google map, it isn't clearly labeled.  It's definitely salt water, and moves drastically in-and-out with the tide.  I want to assume it's the town of Clinton Harbor?  But since we are in Connecticut, there is not what I would consider open ocean since the coast is along Long Island Sound.  But are we close enough to Block Island Sound instead?  I'm not sure so I wonder if I can find any local town maps while out on our adventures one day.