Day 7
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 09:01AM 
Still at the beach...;)
Spent the morning at Roanoke, watching a film, exploring the replica Elizabeth II (whoa...so very glad not to have been aboard that back in the day!), and looking at exhibits from the settlement. (Yes, I'm counting this whole vacation as homeschooling! Lol) On the Elizabeth II, of course, all three boys gravitated toward the on-deck guns. In the settlement, we learned about period tools, the game of Skittles, stocks, and armor...all of which the boys enjoyed.
And, after giving Micah a hard time about his mohawk, the guy working the exhibit gifted Micah with a hand forged iron nail.
(Micah was stoked and has now decided that it's not so bad that everyone keeps joking with him about his hair and making him pay for dinner, lol. Truly, there's apparently something about him...people everywhere keep chatting and joking with him, lol. He was starting to get a bit miffed about it but has now decided it's okay.)
After that, we hit the Kitty Hawk Kites store and did lunch and then got ready for the beach. We went better prepared this time and had a blast, though I'm sure the locals thought we were crazy for being in the water, especially for so long. (Temperatures did increase to the 70-80s, thank goodness, but the water was still COLD and it was windy.)
The boys loved trying to outrun waves and digging holes and just getting hit by the water. When it was time to go, Micah wrote a message in the sand..."Goodbye, Atlantic. Love you, Micah." ;)
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