This week included our daughter Brynn's birthday, and she lives near the coast of North Carolina with her husband Chad and their four kids. The vote was unanimous to go kayaking on Wednesday. The marine craft this time were perhaps not as elegant as Thallasic, and while they lacked a "head" (that's cool seafaring talk for a powder room) and while they can't really sleep four people,
kayaks are fun and at least the water was warmer.
We set forth on our adventure from Swansboro and headed down-wind and down-current, crossing the Intercoastal Waterway on our way to Shark Tooth Island!
Paula was paired with Annie The Intrepid who concentrated more on commentary and pointing out the sights than actually paddling. That more menial task was largely left to Grandma.
Along much of the Eastern Seaboard one can find the fossilized teeth of the giant prehistoric shark, Megalodon!
and this was the promise of Shark Tooth Island!
However, either the place had already been picked over, or perhaps was the ancient territory of the much-less-feared Microlodon! However we did see a mermaid!
The kids had a great time exploring the island with their mom,
as did Paula, aka "Adventure Grandma."
However, Adventure Grandma was not born yesterday, (Note: the number of 'before-yesterdays' is a State Secret), and she wisely traded Annie The Intrepid for someone who could/would actually help paddle and we headed back upstream against wind and current. (See Annie The Intrepid in the background with Brynn The Brave.)
The struggle was eventually successful, and the count of passengers in the minivan matched that on the way down. After a good rest, that evening we celebrated Brynn's birthday.
It was a fun visit, and we're glad that Megalodon! is prehistoric, even if we didn't find any of his teeth.
Dave
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We were right down the coast from you with the family on Topsail! Fun family adventures!
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