Isaac and I joined Heather for a morning walk. It wasn't a very nice sunrise, but the clouds were pretty and it was still a lovely walk. We saw a very dead sea turtle that had washed up on the beach. It was huge! There were also a lot of beach volunteers standing vigil around it, so we didn't feel as though it was appropriate to snap a picture.
Most of us went on the inflatables in the morning. One family went to Charleston for the day, Ben and Isaac were pulled on boards off to the side, and Dusty was our wonderful photographer/videographer.
It's hard to tell, but I'm at the top of the bump with sunglasses on.
Joshua ran around the ring (bright green). I got around the ring once, but it was tricky.
Overall, the place was a bunch of fun. The obstacle course was large. Joshua jumped off the top of the tall slide three or four times during the second hour. (I elected to slide down the slide.)
Ben and Isaac were in the same lake, but on the cable course. Isaac worked on knee boarding, while Ben did a both knee boarding and a little wake boarding.
The first hour didn't go all that well for Isaac and we almost checked to see if he could take over my spot on the obstacle course. However, he decided to try one more run and got far enough to keep going. He never got all the way around, as the last turn was pretty rough and he hasn't really done many water sports before. I think he had a lot more fun during the second hour though, because at least he got most of the way around. Ben had a ton of fun.
Ben:
Isaac:
We went out on the pier right after lunch. We had to pay for the privilege, which was a bit annoying, but it also probably kept it less busy. We got to pet some sharks. They were smooth one direction and like sandpaper the other way.
On the way home we got some ice cream and Isaac's started to melt...quickly. You can see all the drips coming out the bottom; Isaac, of course, found this hilarious.
As we were hanging out in the afternoon Marshall started asking Ben if he was worried about brain-eating aemebas (because we had been in a fresh water lake for the inflatables). Ben said no, and Eva jumped in with "he'd have to have a brain for that to be a problem."
It was obvious that the kids were older this year. They ate more (left overs were almost non-existent), they stayed up later, they were able to get their own food, they put dishes in the dishwasher, and they entertained themselves so well. It was amazing.
In the evening we went back to the beach.
The pier passes were good all day, so we walked to the end again at night. Looking over the water, it was so, so dark.
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