Day 8 of vacation

Buxton, NC

Today was a pool day. Grandson and Granddaughter spent nearly 4 hours (total) in the pool with Boppa today. We had water wings on them, and at first, they were quite cautious. But some other kids showed up, and they got a lot braver. In fact, both decided to practice swimming with their faces in the water, and Grandson ended up loving that. I think he realized he could go quite a bit faster that way. We took a trip to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, so they learned what a lighthouse was. We couldn't go up inside. First of all, the kids were too small, secondly, it's 257 steps and no A.C. and third, it's a $7 per person charge! We did get to go inside the base and take pictures.

We went in the Visitor's Center and the kids had a good time looking at all the toys and books. I bought them a small toy -- a plastic turtle coming out of a shell. We went to lunch at Dirty Dick's in Avon (Granddaughter loved the name) and Grandson slept through most of the lunch. We got back to the room, rested a bit, and then it was back into the pool. The change from the morning session to the afternoon session was amazing. They were swimming like ducks!