The author travels to Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica and finds a natural paradise filled with pristine beaches, rainforests, and wildlife.
Family vacation houses offer a constancy of place that nurtures us as the decades and the inevitable changes roll over our lives and generations.
First beach, Rialto Beach, near La Push, Washington. October 2006
Centre Island Beach, on Lake Ontario, on the Toronto Islands, is a short ferry ride and walk from Toronto's Harbourfront and -- unlike the beach at Hanlan's Point, where bathers have fought for the right to leave their swimsuits at home -- is an ideal family beach, frequented mostly by Toronto families.
Barra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venice Beach, CA
As part of a New Years tradition, a man in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil carries flowers to the ocean which are thrown into the sea as an offering to Yemanja, the Goddess of the Sea.
Magenta lights of the Starlite Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami, Florida
Marlin hotel at night. Ocean Drive.
This is Funtown Pier at the south end of the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Many wonderful moments by many families have been spent here.