A sign is up:

Beach Party!

Follow the orange flags if you don't know the way to the Caribbean Inlet and come have fun, all day.

The air is cooler, tonight. The water, too. The breeze that was rippling the waves this afternoon blows a little harder ( Read more... )

Night falls, and the air begins to hold a slight chill ( Read more... )

Sunshine Dust, the golden squid, frolics closer to shore today. There were so many people to play with in the lake yesterday! And squids need love and attention too ( Read more... )

There's no real sign that a party went on yesterday; the loompas made an exception and got busy outside once most patrons headed in to sleep ( Read more... )

It's dark, now. The water retains all the residual warmth from the beating sun ( Read more... )

The sun's gone down. The food's been replenished.

So has the booze.

A bonfire's been set up, and is burning.

There are people relaxing , here and there, enjoying the warmth of the fire.

There are others, outside the ring of light, enjoying the darkness.

Don't go inside yet.

The night is young.

The water is warm, almost too warm to be refreshing, and sparkles in the early afternoon sun as the squid frolics in the distance.

It's the perfect temperature for swimming, and the sun is the perfect temperature to make one need to swim.

So come on in. The water's fine.

It's early afternoon ( Read more... )

[Post-Lake Party: Flying turtle to the rescue]