A few weeks ago we spent our fifth vacation in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. The weather ended up being PERFECT! It was actually less humid in North Carolina than it was back at home in Maryland. The sun shown everyday, the breezes were strong, and the waves were delightful.
This year Ava really came into her own at the beach. She screamed with delight with every wave she jumped and loved going out past the waves with Josh where it was calmer–she wasn’t scared at all!
We spent everyday out on the beach. Other years we’ve needed a mid-week break or there’s been at least one rainy day, so we’ve visited the aquarium or something like that. This year it was beach time all the time. We also had movie nights, went to Beaufort for ice cream and to look at the boats, got seafood takeout, and did LOTS of bike riding.
We also did our annual family photoshoot on the beach the last evening we were there. It’s so neat to have these picture to put in our Blurb books every year and see how the kids have grown and changed.
There was a sea turtle clutch on the beach and the sea turtle volunteers had roped off the area to protect the site. They were having a “sea turtle party” to watch for the turtles to emerge. The eggs would have already have hatched and the turtles were building up strength to dig out of the sand and make their long trek to ocean. Our last evening there they hadn’t yet emmerged but they were hopeful that night would be the one!
Emerald Isle, thanks for another great year!
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