Kure Beach, NC

Saturday, August 18, 2006

We had promised the girls we would take them to the ocean before school stared on August 25th. This was the same weekend a good friend of ours, Phil Gates, was in town visiting us. We loaded up the CRV and drove to Wilmington, NC which was 127 miles from Raleigh. Unbeknownst to us, this was the same weekend everyone was moving into their dorms at UNCW. Needless to say, the traffic was barely tolerable without having 3 children in the vehicle.

Once in Wilmington we realized it didn't end at the ocean per say so we kept driving to Carolina Beach and eventually stopped in Kure Beach. Compared to the ocean beaches I have been to in Florida and both Northern & Southern California, Kure Beach was just as beautiful. Before going onto the beach we made a short stop at an open house where Phil and Kristi went in together as the prospective buyers while I stayed in the vehicle with the kids. This home was literally on the beach overlooking the ocean and a steal at just $2.1M. We spent the remainder of the day at the beach swimming and the girls had a blast.