Girls Scout Beach Trip

June 12, 2012

A couple weeks ago, Grace's girl scout troop had its final field trip.  The troop is officially disbanding although our leader has done such a good job of keeping the activities fun and interesting to 11 & 12 year olds that there were still 14 girls through this year.

As usual, Bonnie, our leader, planned a fun filled trip to Newport Beach, CA.  The girls swam in the ocean, took surfing lessons, visited Balboa Island (on the cutest tiny little ferry I have ever seen),  had an award ceremony/quiz show/pajama party/ice cream sundae bar, saw tons of dolphins while out on a
boat, and generally enjoyed themselves.

This is the Newport Beach Girl Scout "Campground." It's literally across the street from the ocean.

The girls played in the ocean after the long drive from Phoenix.

Grace & Alex

DAY 2 

Surf Lessons!  Grace is on the pink board...makes her easy to spot.

 Now she switched to a blue board.

Grace & Alex on a party wave.

Hang Ten!

Troop 990 with the 3 surf instructors.

Alex & Grace

This is the ferry boat.  It holds about 3 cars.  It's teeny.   

 Balboa Island...the cutest place on earth!

 Day 3 Boat Ride 

Those are a lot of dolphins.  

All those splashes are dolphins.  We ran into a feeding frenzy.

The luxurious accommodations

That is a LARGE party... 19 to be exact.  Three of us moms are at the "mom" table in the back to the right.  

 Night 2 (out of order) Juliette Awards. 

 Each girl got a goofy award and had to answer two Troop 990 trivia questions.  

Our kooky leaders, Kellie & Bonnie

Crazy pajama party

And here I am surfing.  It is SO much fun; I'd do it again any day. 

That's me half standing

Don't I look like a pro?
I'll tell you a secret: The water is about 2 feet deep, ha!

Me & Nikki.  Before we got in the water, Nikki said she was going to kill me for making her join me surfing.  Getting into a wetsuit is not a graceful activity.  But when we were done she said she had a great time.  She even go up a few times!  

 HANG TEN!