Beach stories!
Jess and I spent last week on the NC coast, lounging on the beach and lounging on the couch and lounging at root beer emporiums. There are three interesting stories to come out of this trip, and I'll share them with you one by one. Unless I never get around to the other two, in which case you're stuck with this one.
But it's a good one.
A little over a year ago, I gave my dad a set of sand sculpting tools for Father's Day. Unfortunately, I gave them to him at the beach, and he was flying home, so he couldn't take them with him. And, for one reason or another (the main reason being that we live 10 hours apart), I still haven't returned them.
So, as luck would have it, I had a giant bucket of sand tools with me at the beach. And I knew that I had to create something that would make my dad proud. There was only one obvious project:
SAND HELM'S DEEP!
I built it on the side of this hill going up to our condo. That way the hill could be part of the mountain that Helm's Deep is built into. That meant I had to carry water a loooonnng way. In these pictures, you can see I'm kind of perched above it.
LOOK TO THE EAST! IT'S GANDALF!
I was going mostly by memory since I had no way of printing a picture and I was scared of getting sand all in my iphone. I should have brought some Legos so I could have a horde of orcs charging up the bridge.
Here are my castle and the "real" Helm's Deep:
Next year: Sand White House?
Oh wait, I'll probably have to give the sand tools back by then.
But it's a good one.
A little over a year ago, I gave my dad a set of sand sculpting tools for Father's Day. Unfortunately, I gave them to him at the beach, and he was flying home, so he couldn't take them with him. And, for one reason or another (the main reason being that we live 10 hours apart), I still haven't returned them.
So, as luck would have it, I had a giant bucket of sand tools with me at the beach. And I knew that I had to create something that would make my dad proud. There was only one obvious project:
SAND HELM'S DEEP!
I built it on the side of this hill going up to our condo. That way the hill could be part of the mountain that Helm's Deep is built into. That meant I had to carry water a loooonnng way. In these pictures, you can see I'm kind of perched above it.
LOOK TO THE EAST! IT'S GANDALF!
I was going mostly by memory since I had no way of printing a picture and I was scared of getting sand all in my iphone. I should have brought some Legos so I could have a horde of orcs charging up the bridge.
Here are my castle and the "real" Helm's Deep:
Next year: Sand White House?
Oh wait, I'll probably have to give the sand tools back by then.