Scott got his first old man hat today. He is quite proud of it.
Cole in the Atlantic Ocean.
Drew taking a moment out of his swimming.
Cole riding the waves.
Drew battling the waves. The waves won.Today we got up early and headed to Virginia Beach. It's about an hour from here as long as you don't get caught in "base traffic." There are lots of military bases around here, so lots of rush hour traffic.
The beach was beautiful. The sand was clean and fine. The beaches we've been to in the past have lots of shells and rocks. This one didn't have any that we could see. We got to park close by, so that was nice. There was a store across the street where we got Drew some water shoes.
We only had to walk a short way to get to the water. It was colder than I expected. It's been awhile since I've been in the ocean. I think I was younger and a little tougher then. This video is when we got there. The boys hadn't fully gotten wet yet. You can tell when the water hits them how cold it is.
The coolest thing happened while they were swimming. I was looking out to the ocean behind them and I saw a dolphin in the water...and then another..and another. I lost count of how many were out there. It was great. We saw them swim one way and then another. There were boats that were on sightseeing cruises that basically kept chasing them back and forth in front of us. We had planned to take one of the dolphin watching cruise, but after seeing them from shore, we decided that was good enough. We could spend that $70 elsewhere. We really enjoyed the beach. It's really hot here, so it was nice to be in the water.
We left the beach and headed back to the condo. There was an accident on the interstate, so our one hour drive took 2.5. Since we're on vacation, not a big deal? wrong. We'd stopped at Sonic on our way out of town and got the Route 44 drinks. Not good.
We finally made it back. After some pizza from the freezer in the condo, we headed back up to the activity center. Scott and Drew hit the pool again while Cole went to the arcade. I take my place outside of the arcade. I'm like the ambassador of the arcade...or a future Wal-mart greeter...however you want to look at it.
And, we are officially caught up! Yea! I'm actually on the correct day. What a happy feeling.
It sounds like maybe the $70 you saved might have already been spent in the gift shops. Drew is making out like a bandit. Cole is probably saving up for a big ticket item.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. Although he didn't spend that much. Cole got a book called, "Battle" that has all of the battles in chronological order. It's a cool book. It cost more than the colonial hat and a piece of fudge, but Cole said he's going to read it all the way home. It's hard to argue with that.
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