Our first two days at the beach were wonderful. Lots of sun and calm water. We let the kids play without worrying too much that they would drift off to Africa in a rip tide. We spent a lot of time on the beach those two days, and most of us needed a break from the sun. So, we drove into Southport and caught the ferry over to Ft. Fisher. I had done this with my students on our tour of the coast this March, but no one else in the Tuck family had been on the ferry before. We were lucky that we didn't have to wait too long for the ferry- sometimes you have to wait two or three trips worth of cars in order to get a place. The ride was wonderful and the kids loved being out on the water for a little while.
We grabbed a quick lunch once back on land and then headed to the aquarium. (If you ask Karis about this trip, she will refer to this as our visit to "Nemo".) The highlight of the visit was the diver talk in the two story tank. They have a scuba diver in the tank who has a mic in his mask. He does a show talking about the fish in the tank while they are swimming around with him... including 3 types of sharks. We had an uneventful return trip- had to sit inside this time because it was just too hot out on the deck. We got home in time for everyone to take a late nap and all was good. : )
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Great pics of the fam, and aquarium.
Remind me to tell you about our two hour ferry ride a few years back. Lets just say we will not do that again until the kids are much older or now that I think of it never b/c Brent whined more than them. I love the aquarium there and we got to see the diver speak and really enjoyed it.
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