our last day

Today was our last full day here. We leave tomorrow morning and will drive a little over halfway and stay again in Virginia (a little further from where we stayed last time).

So here's today's rundown....

Down Time after Breakfast (this is what she's been doing most of the time that we're in our room--taking her shells out of her bucket, counting them, putting them back in, taking them out, and starting all over again--she counted to ten this morning correctly all by herself!)

Jockey's Ridge State Park--the sand dune place we went a few days ago when it was super duper hot. Today it was cooler and much more pleasant. We hiked up and saw hang gliders. Our daughter rode in the backpack on my husband's back for part of the way, but then decided to climb the rest of the way herself. She did great! She hiked part of the way back down, too, and then wanted to ride some more in the backpack.

The North Carolina Aquarium

Here she's looking at sting rays and trying to touch them.

She loved watching the dive show and went right up to the diver! We had to go move her out of the way so the woman giving the talk wouldn't trip over her! That's our fearless girl! (The picture didn't turn out very well but you get the idea....)

Our Beach--Kite Surfers (we were swimming in the pool and got out to watch these surfers)

Dinner--I tried soft shelled crab for the first time. It's fresh from the ocean here and you eat the whole thing, unlike regular crab legs that you pick the meat out--it was strange, but I liked it. I had to ask the waitress how to eat it!

Right outside the window of the restaurant was this osprey nest. You could see babies in the nest and the mother had a fish for them.

I doubt that I'll write for a few days. We'll be driving tomorrow and the next day, so there won't be much to write about. So farewell from the Outer Banks!