We made it home from vacation just over a week ago - and that week was the whirlwind of getting ready for school to start. But many of you have asked about the trips that we took and looked at the photos. Time to share the stories:
Water Country USA
We left on a Friday afternoon around 3pm and took "Rover" (our motor home) to Williamsburg, VA were we found a WalMart to park at for the night. You must try it, we found the perfect WalMart. We were one of approximately 30 campers in the back corner of the lot. We were about 50 yards from an IHOP (where we ate breakfast) and in the same parking lot with a Starbuck's.
We finished the drive to Water Country USA. Upon arrival, the Heathens changed into swim trunks and we smeared everyone with sun screen. Since we are not a family that tends to burn on average, I had purchased a bottle of sunscreen to take to the park. And since the activity was "water park," I purchased water-proof sunscreen.
The Heathens and the Asst. Zookeeper looked like I had coated them with plastic. The sunscreen was terrible. It was really sticky. And then further into the day, it started to FLAKE. But no one got burned!
The boys had a really great time. And so did the Asst. Zookeeper. :)
After leaving the water park, we headed further south in Virginia so that we could cross the bay into Eastern Virginia. The Heathens thought the bridges that changed to tunnels were really cool. On our way, we found this lady:
Make sure to read the license plate. And I can answer the questions you have running through your minds:
1. Yes, we passed her.
2. Of course we looked.
3. And YES, she was.
Assateague Island
Despite the enjoyable traffic, we made it to Assateague Island without trouble. The Heathens have a mixed beach history. Heathen #1 was at the beach last at age 5, loved it and remembers it clearly. Heathen #2 was at the beach at age 1, loved it and has vague memories. Heathen #3 had never been.
The boys loved camping on the island with the wild horses. We saw quite a few. The Heathens also read the handout about not getting too close because the horses can bite - and spent the rest of the time pointing out the "stupid" people and wanting to wait to see if they were bitten!
For those of you never lucky enough to meet Rover in person, here he is! The Heathens just love him and already plotting trips for next summer. We even have the vintage owl lights that my father-in-law unearthed from his basement!
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