NAGS HEAD 2006

DAY 1
Okay Kiddies, now it is Dads turn to try his hand at 'blogging'. Thought you might get a kick out of our week at Nags Head - actually want to make you jealous that you weren't there.
As always the first day is about 27 hours long. Getting up at 2:00 am to begin the great southern excursion is not as much fun as it was when we were younger (or when Grandma was better able to understand why we were waking her up at that hour). Anyway, we were on the road by about 3:15 - Mom driving, Dad napping (see Dad is getting smarter in his old age).
Trip was actually pretty easy - having the handicapped sticker made stops a bit easier and we arrived a bit early. Miracle of miracles were able to get into the unit before 4:00.
The unloading, shopping and getting set up went as usual. It was during this time that Aunt Nina arrived so all was ready for the usual Chinese dinner take out (you know us - if it works, don't change it).
We were so zonked that we didn't even get to the beach. Shelby barely made it down the steps to use the facilities before going right back upstairs and back to sleep.

DAY 2

Up early - about 7:00 - we decided that not sleeping the day away would be a good thing and so attempted to get up early every day - and we succeeded. Dad exercised, Mom and Aunt Nina ate and then went for a walk on the beach. The sluggards only managed a couple of miles. Upon their return, Dad went off on a three mile walk/jog on the sidewalk (you'll notice that we did not leave Grandma alone at all). After the walk, a ten minute dip in the ocean and a five minute dip in the pool were needed for a cool down. Meanwhile, Shelby has not yet stirred from her bed in the walk-in closet in our room (in fact had to wake her for lunch and other things). After lunch Mom and Aunt Nina went down to the beach to read while Dad watched sports. Upon the return of the ladies (sounds like a movie title to me), Dad went off on another three mile hike along the beach - initially wanted to walk to the other pier but was unable to do so because the two houses with sandbags were now literally in the ocean and at high tide was impossible to get around them (see pictures- hope I downloaded them properly???).
Pictures were actually taken later in the week at low tide - suffice to say at high tide the wave action was considerably more interesting. Anyway, enjoyed walking the other direction and again a cooling dip in the ocean at walks end (note Dad got into the ocean twice a day to compensate for the ladies barely getting their feet wet - including Shelby).
It was then time for our daily 'wine and cheese' snack (Grandma had both wine and cheese to be "one of the family").
After dinner Shelby condescended to go for a walk on beach, making friends along the way. Unfortunately once it was time to return, she wasn't real interested and it was a struggle to get her back home. Suffice to say there were no further beach excursions with her. She went to the beach for bathroom use and immediately turned around and went back to the house, after which we went for a walk (Nina kindly (foolishly) stayed with Grandma).