ahhh...the miracle of modern technology....

I am updating my blog from the car. Isn't that fun?? I love wireless internet.

We have been to the beach this week. Love the beach! We had so much fun. Building sandcastles and playing in the water. Actually, I don't know how the kids can stand the water. It's so cold!

We also went the lost colony of Roanoke Island. History lesson ahead.....The first attempt at British settlement in the US was in 1584. The first group of all men got chased away by the Indians. And only because they attacked the Indians and killed their cheif. The second group was a REAL colony because they brought women. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New Land. They ran low on supplies and sent their governor back to England. But by the time he got back to England, Spain and Englad were at war and no ships were allowed to go back to the New Land. And Queen Elizabeth wasn't all that excited about colonizing the New Land anyway. Sir Walter Raliegh was the one behind colonizing. He financed the first 2 colonies himself. It was 3 years before a ship was able to return to the New Land. When the governor returned, who was the grandfather of Virginia Dare, the whole colony was gone. Not even houses remained. Only a post with the word Croatoan was left. That was the name of an island where the friendly Indians lived. The governor searched without success for the settlers. They were never found. Noone ever knew what became of them. So, that is where we were yesterday. Someone wrote a play about the lost colony. It is the oldest running outdoor play in the US. And who knows why. If you sell one of kidneys, you will have enough to pay for tickets and the play is well acted, but not really all that informative. Hard to follow. The play is called the Lost Colony, BUT they really only spend about 15 minutes of the 2 hour play focusing on the Lost Colony and what might have happened to them. But, you know, if you're there, you have to go. Have to have the whole experience, right?

And now we are going to the aquarium and then back to Jockeys Ridge Sand Dune. Off we go.