A Last Day Relaxing and Doing What We Want Before Coming Home

Today is the day after Thanksgiving and I'm still thinking of all the things I'm thankful for.  Here are some pictures from our last day or so.  Ben and Sarah were heading to the beach to have fun in the ocean.

 Here's a white crab that washed up on the beach.  We thought at first that it was alive.

Next we found a horseshoe crab.  We know it had just washed up overnight.  It is NOT a crab.  It is really in the spider family.  The tail is a rudder for this creature.  This is Sarah holding it so Ben could photograph it.  Go Sarah!

Tim and I did a nice walk on the beach early before kids and dogs and runners got out.  Then later after lunch we brought the sand chairs down to the beach to relax and read.  Nothing like it.  I told him it had been a week since I had a headache.

Ben and Sarah had fun throwing the football around.

I so enjoyed just sitting in my sandchair watching and listening to the waves come in.  Little by little the waves came closer to us.  High tide was arriving.

Another thing I wanted to do was nap in the hammock.  I took a blanket, a book and a hat.  I read for a while then dozed off listening to the ocean and rocking gently in the breeze.  Loved it!  Soooo relaxing.

Our last North Caroling sunset.  This has been an extraordinary week!  Thank you God for all your blessings.

We're packed and ready to come home. The tram will come for us at 6:45 a.m. to take us to the ferry.  The ferry ride is 20 minutes so we should be on our way by 8.  The tram picks up lots of people then we get the ferry at 7:30.  It's been a lovely week of relaxing and getting away from home, work, etc.  We had a different Thanksgiving dinner since we didn't make Turkey, mashed potatoes etc.  We'll have that when we get home sometime.
Thanks for visiting Bald Head Island with us. It was wonderful to walk around in shorts and flip flops in weather in the 70's for most of the time here.
Blessings,