We had a wonderful and short beach vacation in Port A. We arrived and headed straight for the beach which was covered in seaweed-rather disappointing but didn't stop our fun. Including the seaweed it was a very nature-ful trip!
Caleb used a cast net to catch mullet and Gloria loved inspecting them.
We also found a starfish and enjoyed watch the clam bury themselves in the sand. One evening millions of tiny clams would pop themselves up out of the sand all at the same time!
We checked into our hotel (King Fish Courts) to clean up (four showers in 48 hours!) and did the obligatory shark stop! Then to IGA for chicken which we ate while watching dolphins by the ferry. Then a quick trip to the Birding Center-not many birds but its a peaceful pleasant must stop.
Caleb and I watched The Help while the girls played and finally fell asleep!
The next morning we went to the new Charlie's pasture nature area-something new! Something old-Climbing the dunes-this was the first year for Gloria to join us!
Then we used seine net to catch tons of tiny fish, a few crabs and other cool stuff like a sea hare. We always had a bucket full, once it was dumped on the sand and the seagulls loved their easy to get meal.
We spent the heat of the day off the beach, including lunch at Virginia's by the Bay. The girls didn't eat anything but had a great time visiting the kids next to us, watching dolphins jump in front of a huge ship, seeing boats come and go, and seeing the Lydia Ann Lighthouse. Caleb and I enjoyed all that and the food!
After resting at the hotel, we got our suits back on. The girls loved the birds (Gloria keeps asking when can we go back to our hotel and see the birds?) and the peacocks even spread their tales some.
We made a sandcastle
Had a picnic that turned into feeding the seagulls (and yes that is a huge bulldozed pile of seaweed behind them)
Found a beautiful mermaid.
Lydia even helped daddy with the net. We stayed until we watched the sunset behind the dunes and then back to the hotel for one more night.
Next morning we hurried to the beach for one more morning of fun in the sun (no sunburns for us!). Lydia and I went out deep and fish were jumping every where. Since the sun was rising behind them we could see their silhouettes in the cresting of the waves-super cool! We found two more mermaids (Lydia said she wanted the people walking down the beach to think she was a real mermaid). Then we cleaned up, checked out and stopped at Subway (of course and they wanted me to come back and work) for another picnic at the ferry dock. Fabulous time! And there is really nothing quite as wonderful as watching your children frolic in waves even if they are full of seaweed!
