Wrightsville Vacation -- Wednesday and Thursday

Here is the longer, more detailed description of our beach vacation, along with lots more pictures.  For the first two days of the trip, see yesterday's post.

Wednesday:
We went out to the beach again Wednesday morning and did more sand-playing.  We did a little bit of playing in the water, but he was still more interested in the sand.  We went back to the pool as well.  Tyler enjoyed it again.  This time, he even went underwater!

We took showers and went to Bluewater Waterfront Grill for lunch.  It's a hotspot at night, but we opted to go at lunch when it's more low-key (and cheaper).  Jason and Tyler got the world's yummiest fried shrimp, and I got some mahi mahi (and maybe stole some of Tyler's shrimp as well).  Then, we spent the rest of the afternoon in downtown Wilmington, walking along the river walk, the Cotton Exchange, and along the roads.

we sat outside and enjoyed watching the boats

That evening, we walked along the beach again.  It was beautiful!

The "best" shot we got after lots of attempts to get Tyler to look at the camera.  He has really sensitive eyes, so I don't think he liked the setting sun being right behind me.

playing with a shell

I'm not a fan of sharing bath photos publicly, but this one was too funny not to share.  Rinsing off all the salt and sand in his inflatable duck tub

A few of Jason's photos from the evening beach walk:

This one just made us giggle.  What is that expression???

"No no no no NO!"

Thursday:
We went out for breakfast at Causeway Cafe.  It's always packed, and you definitely get the idea you're not welcome to linger long after you're done eating, but the food is delicious and crazy cheap. After that, we went back to the hotel, packed up, and checked out.

On our way out of town, we went to the battleship.  I've actually never been, so I was looking forward to it.  It was... hot.  I mean, I know it was July, and I didn't expect a fully air conditioned boat, I just forgot how little I can tolerate heat now.  Next time, we go in March or something.  Tyler was even less of a fan of the heat.  The only thing that distracted him was the fact that every doorway had a wheel.  Big fan of that!

"I'm on a boat!"

stopped and had snack in the mess hall to rehydrate and revitalize a tired, hot, cranky boy

It was just a few days, but we had a jam-packed vacation full of fun festivities and LOTS of pictures!