Last Day at the Beach

It seems that even when you have a full week of vacation, it passes so quickly.  Before we knew it, we were on the last day of our trip.  Can you believe it took me well over a month to publish all of my posts from Chincoteague?  We sure had a great time.  On our last day, we decided to start the morning with a run and the beach.

We did a 3.2 mile loop on Assateague called the Wildlife Loop.  It was pretty hot, even though we started before 8 am.  There wasn't a ton of shade, and I kind of wished we had done the Woodland Trail instead (I had run it a couple of days prior, and it had more shade).

 Still, it was pretty scenery for a run, and I enjoyed it.  I took it slow as my legs were tired from a run two nights prior.

 I don't know what these huge flowers are, but they were in bloom all over the marshland.  They came in both white and pink.  Gorgeous, aren't they?

 Paul pushed the twins in the double bob stroller while Pierce rode along on his bicycle.  Afterwards, we headed to the beach to rinse off and hit the waves.

 The boys were actually willing to give me lots of smiles for pictures on this particular morning, so I took advantage.

Paul liked getting out in the waves with his body board.  We've had this thing since we were just married and lived an hour from Galveston, in Houston.  We used to take the dogs to Galveston on weekends, and bought the body board then.  The waves there weren't much, but the waves on Assateague were perfect for it.

Look who FINALLY warmed up to the water:

And look who didn't.  Well, maybe next time Reid will feel more comfortable.  And he did have a great time playing in the sand.

As for this kid - he just couldn't get enough.  I'm not sure I've ever seen Pierce so joyful as he was playing in the waves, and driving his truck on the sand.  Seeing his enthusiasm made every moment at the beach so memorable.  I could've watched him rolling in the waves all day. 

What a vacation!  I hope that next time we don't have to wait 5 years before we get to enjoy a week away as a family.