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The alarm went off and Doodle bounced out of bed almost 

forgetting she was on the top bunk.

“Blue, Blue,” she yelled as she shook her brother awake. 

“Hurry, get up! Today’s the day!”

“Huh, whaaa, what are you yelling at me for? That’s not very 

nice,” grumbled Blue as he sat up in bed and rubbed his sleepy 

eyes. “It’s not even light outside yet! What’s going on, Doodle?” 

He demanded.

Doodle took a breath. She sat on the side of Blue’s bed and 

tried to be patient. “Don’t you remember, silly? This morning 

Gram arrives to take us camping! Camping on the beach! Don’t 

you remember?”

Well, Blue’s eyes became wide, wide awake. Now he 

remembered. Gram promised to take them camping on the beach! 

He couldn’t imagine how that was done but he was so excited to 

go on an adventure! 

Quickly Doodle and Blue got dressed, rolled up their sleeping bags 

and packed a few special items in their backpacks. 

Mommy Dearie was already up and whispered to them (so as not 

to wake the rest of the family) to come into the kitchen for 

breakfast.

“You can’t go camping on an empty stomach,” Mommy Dearie 

declared.

Doodle and Blue knew Mommy Dearie was right so they quickly 

headed for the kitchen. As they ate their cereal and drank 

their milk, they heard footsteps. Around the corner appeared 

Gram. She had a silly hat on and along with a big grin declared 

she was ready to go!

Excited yet trying to be quiet, they 

hurriedly kissed Mommy Dearie, grabbed 

their backpacks and sleeping bags and off 

they went.

Gram was unusually quiet but Doodle and Blue chattered all the 

way to the beach. It was about a half hour drive before Gram 

stated she had found just the right spot!

The sun was just beginning to rise behind us 

and made the water glisten. Doodle and Blue 

grabbed what they could (it seemed like Gram 

had packed lots and lots of stuff) and hurried to 

keep up with Gram as she headed to the beach.

They stopped in their tracks. There in a little clearing, 

under a little tree was a tent! Gram had been busy!

She was delighted that they were delighted and they 

finished setting up camp.

“Now let’s establish some ground rules, kiddos,” Gram began.

“First of all, we stay together at all times, at all times. Right, 

Blue?”

Well, Blue wasn’t sure why he was being singled out although he 

did enjoy going off by himself to explore. But he agreed.

“And second,” Gram went on, “and this is most important, we 

need to have fun and to learn something.” Gram seemed to have a 

little gleam in her eye as she said this.

Now Doodle was confused. “Wait, what? Learn something? 

Can’t we just have fun?”

“Oh Doodle,” Gram laughed. “Just you wait and see how 

much fun we have and how much we learn. Just you wait.”

Doodle and Blue decided if Gram said so, it would be true 

so they waited to see what would be next.

They looked around and there, not too far away was a lifeguard stand and 

they felt safe because Mommy Dearie and Daddy Pie had always taught them 

how helpful lifeguards could be. 

Gram also explained that there was a policeman named Dan who patrolled this 

beach at night, on horseback, after the lifeguard leaves. He will watch out 

for them and keep them safe. This made Doodle and Blue smile! 

So they played in the sand with Gram. And they played in the water, and they 

went looking for seashells, and they got very, very hungry.

Gram had a big cooler full of 

goodies. Doodle and Blue 

helped set out a big blanket 

and one chair for Gram. (It 

was not always easy for 

Gram to sit on the ground.) 

Paper plates were handed out, 

along with napkins. Peanut 

butter sandwiches and Fritos 

were supplied along with cups of 

water. Everyone was so hungry 

that each had two sandwiches! And 

for dessert? Oreo cookies – the 

double stuffed ones. Yum!

More playing and exploring came in the afternoon. Doodle and Blue 

and Gram went on a sea-shell hunting expedition. They walked way 

way down the beach and couldn’t even see their tent anymore. But 

it didn’t matter because they had all the time in the world!

They walked out onto a pier and watched the fishermen at work. 

The sound and sight of the waves flowing back and forth on the 

pier was just delightful!

Someone started yelling! The three turned around to see five 

dolphins, FIVE jumping and diving and swimming in the water right 

next to the pier. It was a glorious sight, so fun! But then, more 

yelling and pointing – to the beach. Everyone looked and there right 

on the beach was a baby dolphin, flailing and stuck! Oh no!  

Everyone on the beach and the pier (including Doodle, Blue and 

Gram) ran to help.

It was important to keep the little fellow wet so while some kept 

splashing water on him, the others pushed and pushed and pushed 

the little guy and finally after what seemed quite a long time, 

finally got him back in the water where a worried mama dolphin 

was waiting to escort her baby back out to sea.

What excitement! And they were proud, Doodle, Blue and Gram 

were. They had helped save the life of one of God’s beautiful 

creatures. They had a story to share when they returned home 

tomorrow.

The afternoon flew by quickly and they headed back to their 

campsite, with their bucket full of fancy shells.

“I can’t wait to show Mommy Dearie and Daddy Pie all our 

treasures!” declared Blue. He was so very proud, and rightly so, 

of all those pretty seashells.

The three of them headed to the showers right behind the lifeguard stand. 

They knew it was impossible to get off all the sand, especially since they 

were still at the beach, but it felt really, really good, just the 

same.Doodle noticed the lifeguard was gone so commented,

 “We can't go in the water anymore tonight because 

the lifeguard is not on duty. Right, Gram?” 

“You are absolutely 100% correct, my little Snickerdoodle! We need 

to get supper started anyway. There is much to do. Why don’t you 

two gather some sticks while I get things ready?” Gram 

suggested.Sticks were gathered and together they started a little 

campfire.Gram brought out hot dogs and some of the sticks that weren’t 

burned in the fire were used to cook them. Cherries and grapes were handed 

out and Gram even had some nice cold milk 

in her big cooler.

“These are the best hot dogs I’ve ever eaten!” declared Blue.

They all laughed.

Gram said to keep their sticks and then brought out marshmallows. Wow, hot 

dogs AND marshmallows over the fire! Quite the treat indeed.

The sunset was lovely, actually the most beautiful they had ever seen. The 

beach was now deserted except for Gram, Doodle and Blue.

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