On The Road Again

So, this morning I woke up pretty early and decided to go out for a walk. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining, the waves were crashing, and people were setting up their beach chairs for the day. I strolled around and found it amazing that in a resort/vacation area, the stores don’t open up until 10 or 11 AM!! Crazy!! I grabbed a couple of bagels for Doug and I and went back to the room.

We headed out after sleepy Magoo woke up. Destination Unknown. We just started driving south. We went through Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and on to Ocean City. Ocean City was pretty cool. Boardwalk, honky tonk, you know the drill. The kids were hot, they were tired, their leeeggggssss hurt, so it was almost a no go. But they rallied and we walked and had fun. Liam took another ice cream bath before we headed out of there, so he ended up being diaper boy for the ride. We left OC and headed toward Virginia. Not a bad ride…but lots of farms. And trailers. So not a lot of great scenery.

Liam fell asleep by the time we reached the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Nolan and Meghan loved it and had all sorts of questions. How did they build it? When did they build it? What if we were in this tunnel alone? What if a mouse was in this tunnel alone? Can you turn on a movie again? (Okay, so they weren’t fascinated the whole way across.)

We arrived in Virginia Beach a short time later and searched for a hotel. Amazing what a range of prices there were. So we found a place to stay and hit the strip (that really is what it resembles). We walked a bit. Fed the kids. Fed ourselves. Checked out the shops, the amusements, the fish pier. On our way back, we got to see a variety of street performers which was pretty cool. I guess they are paid for by the city. I took a picture of the No Cussin’ sign which I thought was pretty funny. Now we are back in our room, trying to get kids to sleep and get some sleep ourselves. Tomorrow we head on to our destination…Corolla! Lookin’ forward to this vacation!

The Griswold Family Vacation

Well, we have made it through day one of our trip. We decided that driving through the night would be the best things in terms of the kids traveling a looooong time in the car. So, we left around 10 at night from Weymouth and headed south. The kids were more excited about watching movies in the car than anything else. We had a pretty easy time of it driving down. It was a bit misty rainy on the way down, but Doug handled it well. I slept off and on on the way down. We went from Massachusetts, to Rhode Island...then the long trek through Connecticut. Into NYC, New Jersey and then we saw the lights of the Delaware Memorial bridge in the wee hours of the morning. He tried to take a rest around 4 AM, but the kids wanted no part of that!! So, we got back on the road. We arrived in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at around 8:30 or 9 AM. We drove around a bit, checked some room rates and then decided to stop for a bite.

We went to Sammy's for some pancakes and waffles. Then for a little walk around the boardwalk and the shops before we decided where we would stay the night. We checked into the Admiral Hotel at around 10 am and as luck would have it, we could get into our room. I was excited to wash the road trip off me and then we were on our way. We are on the floor that has the pool and the sign there just cracked me up. We went off in the hot weather to explore. We played some arcade games and the kids won some prizes. We checked out some of the shops,then the crankies set in. We headed back to the hotel at around 1 for some R&R. We all fell asleep for a bit and then Meghan was off the wall again. Doug took her out for a walk, an ice cream, a lemonade...does she have her Daddy wrapped around that pinky finger or what?? Liam and I woke up close to 4 and then Nolan did shortly thereafter.

We headed out for a bite to eat and then off to Funland for the rides. It was really the kids first experience with amusement park rides. They loved them! Daddy even took his turn on the dragon ship, I guess you really are never to old to enjoy the rides!! There was the one ride that scared the bejeesus out of Nolan. It brought them up into the air and then dropped them. They did go on that with Daddy, so I guess it made it a little easier. Meghan, of course, loved it!!!

After the rides, we went off in search of an ice cream for Mommy and Liam and some cotton candy for Meghan. Pink, of course. Then a little stroll on the boardwalk and back home to bed. Tomorrow is another day of adventure for us!

Vacation, All I ever Wanted!!

Well, today is the day we embark on yet another new adventure for the Connolly kids. A family trip in the car!! We are heading out this evening with our van, our bathing suits, our clothes and our kids to drive to the Outer Banks!

This is the vacation we've been planning for a while. Celebrating BA and Jackie's Fifty Years Together. I am really looking forward to spending this time with the family and for the kids to get to spend a vacation with all their cousins. Let's see how it goes!!