Okay, I Guess I'm Back

It's been a strange week. Initially I was in denial I was back from vacation, but the definitive lack of water out my front door finally convinced me.

Then things just got busy. But now I'm finally posting some more vacation pictures.

Tyler

This looks goofier than it did in real life ... Tyler was actually playing, jumping around and racing back and forth on the deck. It was a beautiful thing, even if this picture is just silly. I mean, the Poo will be 15 years old next month ... I had to capture this moment. (smile)


Tyler loved the deck, especially the dune walk-over ... because this deck was completely enclosed and dog-safe, so he didn't have to be tied up. He could run free (as much as a dog can on a deck). It's the most freedom he's had since we moved to the new house (with no fenced-in yard). He sometimes just went and ran up and down this part of the deck.

Pelicans (but no Laurels) (ha ha)

Miscellaneous Fun Stuff

Greg body-boarding.


Me and Greg's brother, Bo.


Shrimp boat. Bubba Gump? Could be.

Found at the North Carolina Maritime Museum.

Our ledge.

When we got to the beach, there was this 4 foot drop-off down by the water. We'd never seen anything like it before, and after asking around, it's not very common, though it happens from time to time. Apparently there'd been a bad storm the day before we got there, and it had eroded this huge section of the beach. It generally fixes itself. During the week it grew shorter and taller as the tides came and went. But by the time we left it had been reduced to only a foot or two, and looked to be correcting itself slowly but surely.

A storm at sea ... I loved how you could see the rain.

Sad.


A fisherman just up the beach from us had caught this little shark. He decided to use it for bait, so tossed it aside and let it die. Then he changed his mind and never cut it up. I was sad that he killed it, especially when he didn't even use it for anything (not that I think cutting it up for bait would have justified killing it, but at least he'd have used it for something ... I guess).

How I spent my birthday.