It's all about the water table

Yes, these were the huge waves that overtook Rehobeth Beach on Labor Day weekend. The Bessey, Essig, and Bowen families made a trek up to Rehobeth for a little relaxation before the summer ended. We had planned a day full of chatting and reading but this was not to be.

We got there early in the morning and found a great spot near the water. However, by late morning the water started to moving closer to our place in the sand. We realized that if we wanted to stay in that same spot we would have to protect our area with walls and motes. We knew that we would have to maintain this until high tide, a few hours away.

As we built up trenches all around our spot we realized that we would need to make a little island for ourselves since the water was going around our sides and to he back of us. We worked for hours to protect out little spot and had much support from fellow misplaced beach guests. Our motto was Never Give Up, Never Surrender.

Eva slept through the whole thing...

After the water started to fill up all around our island oasis, we knew that we were soon in trouble. Ryan kept preaching, it is all about the water table. If the water table rises, then we would not be able to maintain dry sand. Alas, it was all about the water table. Ryan and Trent worked hard to try to make a canal but it was to no avail. The ocean had won and we gave up and went to lunch.

The beach is always a fun adventure with this group. We are blessed to have friends that know how to laugh and have kept a childlike exuberance for life.