Friday Evening at the beach

It seemed like it took us forever to get to the beach.  The trip started as an idea back in June, and after much planning, packing, and preparing (and all the accompanying lists) we were finally ready to go Friday morning.  Except Zac and Simon woke up with eye infections.  A few phone calls later, we had prescriptions waiting for us at a pharmacy on the Outer Banks and we were really ready to go.

The drive should have only taken 3 1/2 hours, but with stops for gas, lunch, and a screaming child who appeared to be trying to poop (but with no results) we arrived at the outer banks something like five hours later.

We went to the pharmacy and the grocery store, then headed to our beach house.  We made a quick supper, then finally, finally, went to the beach.

Our beach house was in a little cul-de-sac one block from the beach, so it was a quick little walk to the beach.  To Alice's delight, the beach house came equipped with a bucket and a net.  She was all ready to catch some fish.

It was windy that first evening, and Alice was afraid of the waves, so she stayed pretty far from the water.  But we took a nice walk along the beach and enjoyed the seashore.