The Hole Truth

Today was theme park free. Instead we went to the beach. This was going to be my chance to get some sun. In the theme parks you spend a lot of time in the shade, in lines or in rides. I want my friends to believe I went to Florida, and for that to happen I need a tan.
It was an hour and a half to drive to the beach. In the distance was Cape Canaveral, complete with a space shuttle waiting to be launched. It was far away so it wasn’t that clear to see. But there was definite nose cone and tail-fin. And the garage was huge. We didn’t test it, but security was probably pretty tight. NASA would look really bad if they became the victim of grand theft rocket. Actually, the security seemed to be provided by large ants that were not at all afraid to bite people who wander around in sandals.
The beach was great! The waves were very active and I spent a lot of time playing around in them.
I did start my own sand project on the beach after awhile. It started out as a channel, to see if it would drain water from high waves coming in. It soon became a channel to see if the water could go farther inland. The deeper it was, the further the waves came. Until it was deep enough that it was below the water table and filling naturally. Then it just started becoming a big hole. I tried to go as deep as possible, but that just caused the sides to start collapsing. Sand is a poor construction material. I kept at depth though, putting excess sand around as walls to prevent waves from entering anymore, and it kept getting bigger and bigger.
But as happens to all sand sculptures, (or sand vacuums) they will not survive the tide. Or family wanting to leave. And so we have gone and the hole will probably disappear, if it hasn’t already.