Photography

ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Sam Hanson,10, plays baseball with a friend at Golden Gardens Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Hanson spent the afternoon in the sun and playing in Puget Sound with his family and friends.

ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Zhenya Shurupau, 8, shoves the sand and water at Golden Gardens Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Shurupau spent the morning and early afternoon playing in the sun with his family and the Seattle Pokrov Russian Orthodox Church.

ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Nicholas Gascoigne CQ, 9, dries off after washing the sand from his body at Golden Gardens Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Gascoigne spent the morning and early afternoon playing in the sun with his family and the Seattle Pokrov Russian Orthodox Church.