Day 7 of vacation

Gloucester, VA to Buxton, NC

We said a sad good-bye to our family and headed down the road to the Outer Banks of NC. Grandson knew we were going to the beach, but he didn't know how FAR it was! Every 10 miles it was "Are we at the beach?" It took us over three hours, so that was a lot of whining.

But once we got there, it was worth it. The first thing we did was go to the beach. Of course, the Atlantic coast is not as kid friendly as the Gulf Coast -- water was cold and too rough to get in. Drops off very quickly. The sand was pretty coarse and stuck like glue to the kids. After Boppa lugged all our luggage up to the third floor room, we went and changed into our bathing suits and went back to the beach. I opened a set of 12 plastic dinosaurs, and we played archeologists in the sand. I would bury the dinosaurs just under the top of the sand, and they would use their hands and shovels to "smooth" until they found the dinosaurs. They also practiced counting to 12 to make sure we had them all. This fascinated them for quite a long time.

Our room overlooked the pool and the ocean. Since it only had one bed, Boppa blew up the nice air mattress we brought, but he ended up sleeping on it himself!