Vacation 2012 - Friday

Friday was our final day.  It wasn't our favorite day for a lot of reasons.  For one, Seth (and maybe his momma) doesn't like change.  He was happy where he was and would've stayed longer for sure.  I hate the drive and was dreading it.  Max started coughing (turned out to be croup, but thankfully he didn't seem to feel really crummy until Saturday night/Sunday after we got home.  And, Dave's mom had to have surgery this afternoon - rather major surgery - and it didn't feel right to be out playing while we were worrying about her.  Thankfully, her surgery was a success and early evening we got a call that she was doing well.

Friday morning breakfast.  Max was coughing like a crazy person and Dave decided he and Seth would hang out at the condo for a bit while I took Seth and Luke to the beach.  Max and Dave took their time getting ready and hanging out and eventually joined us.  In the meantime, Max loves the outdoors and thought eating on the balcony everyday was fantastic!

Once Dave got to the beach they decided to bury Seth.  For some reason it took them some time to get the concept, but it worked out eventually.

Luke doesn't look mischievious here, does he?

The Italian Ice vendors frequent the beach.  It's like a hot dog cart/ice cream truck - but you can only buy lemon or strawberry ice.  It was raining just a bit that morning, on and off, and was almost cool, but it was our last day at the beach so we got some strawberry ice.

The only pictures of Max actually eating it include me (in a swimsuit) feeding it to him, so we'll skip those - however, this is the face he made everytime he wanted me to spoon some more into his mouth!  Max loves his treats!

We had one last place we wanted to go - the Boardwalk at the Beach.  Truthfully, I think we might have opted for a quiet dinner closer to home if we had known how commercial/cheesy/almost scary it would be.  However, we made the most of it and had a good time.

A couple of cute boys waiting for dinner at Landsharks.

A third, rather sleepy and a little sickly boy, waiting for his dinner to arrive.

Me and my date for....

The SkyWheel!  Each of those little "gondolas" is completely enclosed and holds 6 people comfortably.  Luke and I had a gondola all to ourselves.  They are even air conditioned!

Dave, Seth, and Max watched an  Elvis impersonator while Luke and I went on our ride.

We opted for the night ride.  I didn't really think about this in advance.  The wheel itself looks neater at night with the all the LED lights, but I would imagine the view from the wheel is more exciting in daylight.

Just some inner workings of the wheel, photographed from inside our pod.

The wheel reflecting in a building across the street.  Something I read said the wheel is 16 stories, something else said 18 stories.  Tall either way!

Then it was back to the condo for a lot of laundry and packing and finally a little sleep before we hit the road for home.