Busy Vacationing

A busy vacation day today! We headed to the Fort Fisher Aquarium this morning - it's a neat aquarium that we've visited before. The turtle exhibit, probably Sam's favorite, was closed today, but we did get to see the diver presentation at the big fish tank. The fish were neat, but Sheldon the green turtle was the best. He was down near the rocks where we were sitting, trying to scratch his back on the rock ledge, and then wanting to play in some of the equipment the diver had brought in. Fun to watch with a lot of personality, it seemed.

First time in about 4 visits that she's actually touched something in the Touch Pool ;-)

Sheldon the Green Turtle

Watching the diver in the tank

Playground fun

Ribbit!

Lunch at Flaming Amy's

This cone is as big as my head

After some playtime on the playground out back, we headed to Flaming Amy's for lunch, and Boombalatti's for ice cream. Yum! Then back to home base for a quick change - me into my running clothes and the rest of the crew into their swim suits. Sam had been asking to go back to the pool all day, so more pooltime it was! I met them up there after a 4 mile run. It was warm - low 70s - and sunny. I was happy to feel good running and be able to keep up a sub-8:30 pace. Still just a bit of junk in my lungs, but definitely feeling so much better.

A fun day for sure!