Of course, we always love going to Sea Oats. But when life shuts down unexpectedly, and you are told not to travel, and you are told to only be around those in your immediate household- taking a weekend trip to the beach becomes a bit of a tricky decision. At the beginning of the Coronavirus, there were still so many unknowns and so many questions, and we didn't know if it was safe to be around Donna and Marty. We knew this virus was affecting mainly older people, and we didn't want to unknowingly transmit the virus to them.
Ugh, we went around and around this decision, and in the end decided to go. They insisted they were comfortable with us coming, but who knows if that was a smart decision? It would be the first of many many times we would ask ourselves, "Are we comfortable doing this?", "Is this the right decision?", "Are we going to hurt the ones that we love?", "What is safe?". All the questions and anxiety that this pandemic produced were horrible. But in each situation, you had to make the best decision for you and those around you. So that is what we tried to do. And that first weekend in April, we ended up at the beach. Thankfully, everything turned out fine and we had a great time, but plenty of guilt came along with deciding to go. While everyone else was up to their eye balls in Corona stress and news, we stole away to the beach and took a nap on a swan float...
After we set eyes on the beach, we had a tasty dinner which ended with Addie wearing her ice cream. Surprised? Thought not.
so of course, Collins picked out an elegant swan.
While she relaxed with her new friend, Addie and Luke went crabbing...
and of course, this was a risky venture which would end up like...
this! Collins is our polar bear plunge girl for sure.
The rest of us used good sense and planted it on the dock...
A good way to get a final burst of energy out before bedtime...
The next day, Brian decided we should rent a boat because he loves being out on the water so much. We all do.
We took a long joy ride, let the kids try their hand at driving, and enjoyed the pretty scenery.
Bonus when we saw this tug, a sailboat and the Figure 8 bridge on one trip northward.
Exploring the islands around Wrightsville is my favorite part about having a boat...we had a fabulous day on the water.
We managed to finish a whole puzzle this trip- this time, Chicago.
Luke's after-dinner jacket. :)
Our last morning, we arose to this action. Luke could not hardly stand the excitement!
The decision to go to Wrightsville Beach that early weekend during COVID was not an easy one, and we felt plenty of guilt for going. But I will say it turned out to be a mini-vacation from the Coronavirus. For a few days we almost forgot a pandemic was going on around us, and we just enjoyed being beach bums. It felt so nice and gave me the extra energy I needed to go full-force into remote learning with all the kids once we got back to town. It was a temporary vacation from our problems.
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