Beach

The Dolibers will be arrive this week from Colorado to accompany us to the beach in Topsail. (North Carolinians love to pronounce things in a non-phonetic way. This beach is called "top-selle" just in case you want to sound cool when you talk about it.) This is the best beach that I have ever been to in the continental US. The water isn't Carribbean-clear like Florida's, but it is clear enough to see the bottom--and gorgeously blue-green. Plus the actual BEACH part is perfect for everything...it is soft, flat and wide, with a small sandbar that is exposed at low tide, leaving a channel of warmer water that is perfect for kids to play in and adults to float in on rafts without being pulled down-shore by the tide. There are no life-guards, crowds, or seagulls, mostly pelicans and little water-birds that eat the sandcrabs and clams. We take the dogs, who run around like crazy and splash, and also can relax at the house that we rent, right on the beach. As far as I am concerned, this is the only way to vacation. And it's 2-hours from our house.

I am really looking forward to Jack playing in the sand this year. He was not into it last year and got sick as well, so the trip was a little stressful. This year he is very into building and organizing, so I anticipate some glorious sand structures in his future. He is also at the age where I have my first memories of going to the beach with my Dad's family, before Leslie was even born, and they are some of the best. It makes me feel good to know that we are giving him some of the same comforting and fun rememberances that I have from my childhood...back when I was an only-child. Hehe.