Rats, Sand & Tacos

Clark's schedule lends itself to early Friday's so we took advantage of our long afternoon...after Clark passed his first test today! (The audiologist passed his hearing with flying colors and told him he had great ears...)
We took the girls to Ratatouille (two thumbs up, the girls laughed a lot and with only 2 trips to the bathroom and Mia nearly made it through the first hour of the two) in nearby Pawcatuck then followed it up with a scenic drive back to Groton by way of Misquamicut Beach and Westerly Rhode Island. This beach was on my list of "check out" so it was fun to drive through and walk around. It was significantly cooler today so too chilly to put our feet in but we strolled long enough to check it all out. From what we gather its a pretty cool beach: narrow beach, coarser sand, cool rocks, waves and a playground. It's a bit farther than our last beach but we may come back to play another time. We then continued our scenic drive through Westerly, Rhode Island and were enchanted. It has a very quaint downtown with a beautiful City Hall and lots of old, brick buildings, emmaculate city park and serene waterways. We ended up in Mystic again for a bite to eat at Margharita's Mexican Restaraunt where we discovered that Clark is a wax stick prodigy. He built a man on a horse and a bicycle with training wheels...all before our meal arrived. Los Cucos in Texas has set the bar pretty high, I don't think we'll visit "Rita's" again even though our dear waitress tried very hard. The food just was not up to par.
This is a great family.