Beach Day!

The beach was part of my summer bucket list.  I had originally though we'd go to Evanston, like we did a few years back, but Jared suggested we just drive straight east  on Lake Cook road to Highland Park and see what we could find.  Yelp suggested Rosewood Beach, so we headed there.  However, you either have to have a HP resident sticker on your car, or have the forethought to purchase a sticker at the village hall during the week.  :(  we couldn't park in the lot.  We could park in the downtown Ravinia Business district and walk about a half mile*

The kids had fun playing in the water, in the sand collecting rocks, and lunch.  It was beautiful, just about 75 degrees.

*plus several slippery steps down to the beach, with two kids and double stroller.  We smartened up on the way back.  I walked back to the car by myself and drove the car and picked everyone up in the parking lot, parking double illegally: no sticker and in a handicap spot!