Daycation

On Friday Thomas took the day off and we took a day-cation to Wilmington & Carolina Beach.

We wanted to take Riley to the beach when it wasn't miserably hot and crowded since we are not big beach people ourselves. We picked the perfect day! The forecast was for rain all day but we did not see a drop. It was cool enough that we didn't sweat but warm enough to go in the water. It took a few minutes for Riley to take in the new environment but once she did she was "all in"! She laughed every time the waves crashed the shore, even when they knocked her down. She loved transferring sand from one pile to the next and knocking down any castle that we attempted. This was a much better experience than our trip in March.

After we washed all the sand off (which reminded me why I don't like the beach!) we headed to downtown Wilmington. It is a fun place to walk around with its funky shops and scenic waterfront pier. The pier is pretty long and areas of it were people-free so we let Riley get out and run around. Another reason I like downtown is because many scenes from one of my favorite shows to watch in college (Dawson's Creek) were filmed downtown. While walking along the pier we saw that across the water they were filming scenes for the show One Tree Hill. And...

of course we had to check it out! We are always on the hunt for film-making magic!

We were able to stand near by and watch the action. Thankfully we weren't the only celebrity stalking weirdos who drove across the bridge to watch. Thomas got a few good shots of the actors thanks to the zoom on our camera. We only stayed a few minutes and probably would of been asked to leave if we stayed much longer since Riley did not get the concept of "we're shooting, be quiet" (oh and because she was throwing rocks at the Range Rover they used in     a shot). 

 Afterwards we got dinner and headed back to Cary. The weekends are always so busy for us so we rarely get a whole day to spend as a family so it was extra special for us to be able to do this. We plan to do this a couple more times this year since Thomas has some vacation time to use. Yea!