It's been 2 years since we last went to the beach, so we planned another visit to Port A with family in early June! Steve and Lil C flew into town with their littles and we drove down to Port A on a Tuesday. We stayed at the lovely
Spinnaker House which had a community pool right across the street and a boardwalk to the beach (of course we usually drove to the beach with all our gear). Our 1st evening there we stayed close to home and enjoyed the community pool, Wed-Fri we spent at the beach, and Saturday headed back home after breakfast.
The kids had a blast! The 1st day on the beach Carsy wasn't too sure about the ocean and it took her all day before she'd wade into the water. Ry couldn't wait to get to the beach, he'd been talking about it for months, so he jumped right in! Harper and Mason loved it all. On the 2nd day a couple teens were fishing and they caught a baby shark! They brought it on land to show the kids before releasing it back into the ocean. The kids were fascinated with the shark and blue crabs.
I made the mistake of not reapply sunscreen on the 1st day so I was badly sunburned. I didn't let it stop me though from enjoying the awesome weather and beach. We only went out for dinner one night, the rest of the time we cooked at the house. This worked out well as the littles were exhausted once we left the beach, in fact Carsy crashed about 5pm every day, and she rarely takes naps!
Overall this was an excellent family vaca. The kids are old enough to entertain themselves so that us adults can relax as well. :) Even the car ride was easy, thank goodness for DVDs.
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| Ferry ride over - me and Car-Car. 6/7/2016 |
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| Malek and the littles on the Ferry |
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Cooling off in the pool 6/7/2016
Carsy refused to get in... |
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| Happy kids |
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| Good morning! 6/8/2016 |
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| They loved holding 'baby' Harper :) |
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| 1st day at the beach 6/8/2016 |
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| Carsyn digging in the sand |
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| Harper is all giggles |
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| Carsy didn't care for the water the 1st day, she kept her distance |
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| she preferred to hang out in the back of the van |
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| the boys playing in the ocean |
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| strolling the beach |
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| cutie and she knows it |
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| building sand castles |
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| the birds! |
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| they love playing together |
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| brother and sister |
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| Sunset |
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| Day 2 at the beach. 6/9/2016 |
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| Cheetos walruses |
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| the canopy was a life saver |
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| Malek's |
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| my little lady |
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| my big boy |
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| kids were done by 2pm. 6/9/2016 |
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| Ready to go out to eat |
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| Ry got a hold of the selfie stick |
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| Opa and Juju |
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| yup, we're related :) |
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| Dinner at Virginia's on the Bay |
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| I always get a picture with this dolphin |
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| Jaws of life |
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| SHARK! |
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| Day 3 at the beach. 6/10/2016 |
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| my hubby |
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| Carsy body surfing |
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| they love those seagulls |
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| digging holes with Opa |
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| enjoying each other and the water |
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| they love feeding the seagulls 6/10/2016 |
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| The beach wore her out every day |
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| relaxing with technology |
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| Group shop before we head home. 6/11/2016 |
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| Time to head home, on the ferry. 6/11/2016 |
