This week we had the opportunity to spend a couple days with my parents at the Outer Banks. I had never been to Outer Banks. We were greeted with a rainbow. By the time we unloaded the car, it was almost a full rainbow.
I went to buy groceries with Dad. Ice cream was on the list and when there was Tillamook ice cream, it didn't matter that it was the most expensive ice cream in the freezer. Isaiah quickly gave up the cheap ice cream for the best.
Our condo was literally in the best spot of the whole complex. We had the ocean to the front of the balcony and the pool to the left. Sunset by the pool was first night was pretty nice. The beach was rough and windy. There were a lot of pretty shells that Anna enjoyed collecting.
The Wright Brothers National Memorial was our tourist stop for the afternoon. We walked through the Visitor Center, the kids and I walked the length of the first 4 flights and then we walked up the hill to the memorial.
The view from the top of the hill was neat.
Supper was at a seafood restaurant. Josiah wanted to try flounder and Aliza wanted to try a crab cake. Crab cakes in NC are not like Maryland crab cakes! Aliza also go California rolls which sh was very excited about.
That evening Grandad showed the children a toothpick game. He eventually told them the strategies to win, but only after lots of rounds of him winning. There was a lot of laughter and some frustration. Anna was hilarious...she was completely cracked up by Dad's belly laugh which just made enough laugh even harder.
On Aliza's bucket list was watching the sunrise. She and I sat in the gazebo and watched the sun rise through the clouds. It was pretty--and then we went back to bed!
No one was really ready to go home...especially Anna. She was pretty sure she wanted to stay the rest of the week with Grandma and Grandad.
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