Wordless Wednesday: Aaron's Beach

Two for Tuesday

I know this looks a lot like teamwork.

But really it's Bailey (the chocolate lab)

being a dock diving dog and a fast swimmer

getting the stick first

and Bindi (the yellow lab) sitting in wait

and going to steal the stick. 

Sometimes Bindi even pushes Bailey under because Bailey

won't give up the stick.

Dogs are goofy.

Virginia's Best Ice Cream

There's a little ice cream place we like to go called Short Lane.

They make homemade ice cream

and it is to die for.

It was recently voted best ice cream place in Eastern VA.

The place is awesome.

I love the decor and color scheme.

There's plenty of seating either at the booths near the counter, 

the spots outside

or the upstairs seating area inside.
The building used to be a Post Office and General Store.

They also have some old fashioned candies and drinks.

And you can even take a gallon home with you.

My favorite flavor is Cookies & Cream,

Big E likes to try new stuff 

(he's more adventurous than I)

but his favorite so far is the Spumoni 

(but they haven't had that recently).

None of the flavors are bad.

It's definitely worth the drive to Gloucester!

Check them out!

Short Lane Ice Cream

or on Facebook

More Teeth

 We took another trip out to Shark Tooth Island.

We ended up going at high tide

and the wind was blowing steady so it was pretty rough.

There was hardly any beach visible.

But we thought we might find something

since the water had been lapping against the cliffs.

 We managed to find 6 shark teeth.

 Three of them

(the longest ones)

are from a Sand Tiger Shark

It's very scary looking

but is actually quite docile.

The other teeth were from a 

Tiger Shark

The other is a possible 

Atlantic Angel Shark tooth

They're shaped a lot like a stingray

and hunt prey by burying themselves in the sand.

They aren't dangerous unless you mess with it,

then it has the ability to inflict severe lacerations.

So even though it looks kind of like a flattened dragon,

don't pet it.

 When we were ready to leave, 

we had to hike out to the boat.

But the water was warm

even if the wind was chilly.

The Holiday Weekend

Sunset on the Rappahannock

Another holiday weekend is in the books.

It was nice to catch a breather before the crazy that is my life

gets going full gear.

We found some more shark teeth

and spent a lazy afternoon in the water.

My only complaint:

I could have used one more day.