An Outing In the Park

Since yesterday was Taigen's day off, we decided to do something special with Mom. It was supposed to be fairly hot so we wanted to be near the water so we could get a breeze from off the ocean. We packed a picnic lunch and took off for Hilton Park in Dover.

It turned out to be slightly overcast during most of our picnic so the heat held off until just before we left. It was perfect! It's not a big playground, but there are a few things for the kids (including my BIG kid, Taigen) to play on, but I think they enjoyed the see-saws the best. It would make them laugh so hard when they would bonk on the ground and make the one up in the air bounce up a bit. This would get them laughing.

After we were done at the park we drove over to Salmon Falls Pottery. Mom loves their stuff and we wanted her to see the store for herself. She's bought their products before, but that was when we were still up in Maine and shopped at The Nestling Duck. It's amazing to see all of the different pottery they put out. When I told her that the maker of the crocks that she's bought us was right here in Dover, her eyes lit up.

We came home for a bit and relaxed and then took off again to go and eat dinner at the Tocks. They live right near the ocean and the view is spectacular. They wanted to treat Mom to dinner by the sea.We enjoyed grilled hamburgers, salad, potato salad and chips 30 feet from the ocean's edge. Just gorgeous! I've posted pictures of the view before on this post. It was a full, but enjoyable day.