Happy Weekend!

Brian and I are back down here at Oak Island! Mom and nanny were down here all week and Dad, Callison, and Clayton came down for the weekend. Today was absolutely fantastic weather! When we first went down on the beach, there was very little wind and the ocean looked very calm (out at sea), but the waves breaking near the shore were pretty big. After we were down there for about an hour, the wind really picked up and the waves completely changed. They got really big and started rolling in at an angle (as opposed to parallel to the beach). It was hot, but the wind made it quite pleasant. We think the change in beach weather may have been due to Hurricane Bertha out at sea.

I finished off the book I was reading (Tourist Season) and started Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich. Tourist Season was pretty good, but it ended up being pretty serious and not too terribly funny. I still enjoyed it and would recommend it to someone looking for something good to read.

After the beach, we headed out to Southport and ate dinner at the Yacht Basin Provision Company, which is probably the most fantastic place on earth, ever. You eat outside on the waterfront under this big tent and their specialty is peel-and-eat-shrimp. The 5 of us eating shrimp chowed down on 4 lbs. of the little guys. Soooo yummy!!! Eating outside was so nice because they have these great ceiling fans under the tent and it wasn't hot or humid. I think my dad said (at least twice) "this is heaven!"

YBPC is a very important landmark for Family Samuels because four years ago my parents were eating down there and talking about how much they loved the beach. They talked about how great it was to live on the coast and how they were going to do anything in their power to move east. Right after they got home, my dad started looking for jobs and found the one at Big Rock to get them to the coast! And the rest is history.

We definitely do NOT want to come home tomorrow!