The weekend before my birthday we both took Friday off from school and headed out for Wilmington, NC. It's about a 4 hour drive and it was raining so instead of checking into the hotel we went to the aquarium first. There was hardly anyone else there so it was really neat to get up close to all the tanks and Avery could walk through by herself. She touched a few things in the touch tank but most of them were too squishy or too prickly for her taste.
We happened to be there when the divers were in the giant tank. This diver came right up to the glass and put his hand where Avery's was.
Avery loved the fish and didn't want to leave.
Ready to go swimming in the hotel.
We had grand plans to walk on this stone path to at least the first island but at 9AM it was a little colder than we had bargained for and my ankle was hurting so we decided to turn back before I hurt myself and Avery froze...maybe next time.
The view from atop the dunes.
Bring big red down the sand dunes to the beach.
Gotta try out the new boots.
We had packed a picnic lunch and after we ate we went on the USS North Carolina. It was pretty neat and gave a much better picture of life aboard a naval ship than the USS Yorktown in Charleston.
Action shot
Wilmington in the background.
Some cooking pots just like convention.
Enjoying some French onion soup.
Playing with her doll, Sasha, as we pack up.
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