Snail's Pace - 123/365

We made it to the beach! 

We planned to leave Greensboro at 8:00am on the dot. They have a nice little breakfast at our hotel and every single year, Jim has to get his hard boiled egg in a bag. LOL! We had a nice little breakfast and got on the road by 8:15. We were making great time, about a 1/2 hour ahead of schedule, when Reagan got a little bit sick. She doesn't usually get car sick, but she had a pretty big breakfast. We stopped, got her cleaned up and were back on the road in 10 minutes. 

We were still early to the beach! 

Nana, Papa, Ray and Jenny were all there to help us unload the car. Reagan was super excited to see everyone! We got up to our "beach house" and went straight to the balcony. We just love that view, and while Reagan has been here three times before, it was ALL new to her. She said "look, there is an ocean down there!" 

We also got to meet Ray and Jenny's new pet snail. They found him on their walk that morning. They thought it was just a shell, until they got it upstairs, and realized there was a real snail in there. They are going to try to keep him and named him "Racer". Jenny googled to learn all about snails so they know what to do for him. They picked him all kinds of grass and mist him every once in awhile. He's been in his shell for awhile now, but they learned snails can sleep for THREE years! Exciting pet...LOL! 

 We got unpacked and hit the pool. They have three of the big pools heated, plus the lazy river, so it was wonderful! Reagan was in heaven in her little inter-tub in the lazy river. She got so brave that she said, "dada, don't hold me!" 

After while, we got cleaned up and headed out to Chestnut Hill! It's one of our favorite restaurants and has become a tradition. We always order the same thing every place we go down here, but this year, Jim said he's getting something different every place we go. Tonight, he got beef tips over rice. When we were leaving, Jim and Reagan were a few steps ahead, Reagan asked Jim "is everbody coming?" and he said, "Yes, in just a minute." To which she replied, "I'll wait here for my friends." LOL! She is too cute! 

We closed down the evening with adult beverages on the balcony. Somehow, we got into a discussion about folding laundry. We ended up making clothes templets from paper towels to demonstrait the different ways we all do it. I learned some new tricks! LOL!

Perfect kickoff to our trip! 

The photo of the day is "Racer" with our Mickey Myrtle Mascot standing guard.

I had to add a pic of Reagan from the lazy river...

Here is Jim and his favorite egg in a bag.