We spent a wonderful Christmas in Wilmington North Carolina. Rob's (Jen's boyfriend) Mom and Step Father (Linda and Mark) live here and they welcomed us into their home for all the holiday festivities.
Christmas eve was spent with Rob's sister Jill and husband Landon. They had a nice holiday party. It was fun to watch the children decorate ginger bread cookies. Jill had made cute aprons for the little girls. They were all dressed in pretty white dresses with bows in their hair (a Christmas tradition in the south).
Christmas day we went over to Linda and Mark's home where we enjoyed a delicious breakfast and opened presents afterwards.
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| Mark, Linda, Rob, Jen, John, and Carol |
Our campsite during this time was at the local Elks club. Many of the clubs offer camping in the back of their facilities for their members. For only $15 per night we had 30 amp service and water. It was conveniently located only a few blocks from Linda and Marks home.
The next day Jen and Rob went with us to Fort Fisher Aquarium. We traveled past Carolina Beach and had a picture taken on the beach. It was snowing, cold, and windy. The weather has not exactly cooperated. Did you hear about the blizzard along the east coast? Raleigh had over 7 inches of snow(last time that happened was in the 1800's) Under the circumstance we are fortunate to be here. The snow in Raleigh may have really delayed our departure. Whew!
The aquarium was very interesting and it was fascinating watching the large tank filled with over 32 species of fish. Here a couple short video's that I took with my Droid of some of the fish.
Stingray
Amazing Jelly Fish
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| Sea Horse |
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| Diver in the large tank answering questions by under water micro phone |
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| Beware! I never knew eels could be this long We finished our visit by going to the river front today. These pictures were taken along the Cape Fear River. There are a variety of interesting shops and restaurants in this area. John toured the USS North Carolina today. It is permanently docked in this area and was in service during WWII. |
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| USS North Carolina |
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| John and Jimmy enjoying the river front |
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| Interesting Bed and Breakfast |
Tomorrow we are heading south to Charleston South Carolina. The weather man is promising warmer weather!
Great looking Christmas breakfast!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you escaped the big east coast snow storm - it looked pretty bad.
The aquarium pics turned out really good.
Hope you stay in the warmer weather!
Please be sure and post pics and info about Charleston. . .hubby is wanting to visit there this summer!
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of the little girl with the big bow in her hair. All of your pictures are great today. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteThe aquarium looked like a lot of fun, especially through a kid's eyes. Charleston is sooooo wonderful, hopefully you can try out some of the great southern food there. We especially loved Jestine's Kitchen for mac and cheese, and pecan pie. yummmm
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