We were just in Cape Hatteras, a place I'd never been before. It's in North Carolina, in the United States. We stayed in a big house on stilts with another family. It was amazing! It's a beautiful place.
Our house was on the Pamlico Sound, but you could walk to the beach. I was glad we were on the Sound, because it was much calmer and shallow for ages which was great for the kids.
The Sound is great for windsurfing. Our friends are big windsurfers. My husband and I tried it and I liked it! Once you got the sail up and in the right direction (which is harder than it sounds) the wind would take you and it was like a fun ride.
It was great to be by the water and under the big sky. At night it seemed that we could see thousands of stars. One night we did a midnight kayak. You just have to do this to understand. It's a great experience.
I've never seen so many crabs in my life! We also went to the beach at night and there were lines of crabs standing there on the beach, staring at us. Not something you see everyday.
The drive was long to get there - 15 hours. There was a low point. There always is, right? As long as you have good moments to balance out the bad, that's really all you can hope for.
Anyway, one of my sons was whining because I told him to do something other than stare at a screen. This was a huge problem, apparently. I launched into a huge speech. My voice rose. I exclaimed, "When I was young we didn't even have DS's! Or DVD players! We played word games in the car! We sang songs! And played hang man!" I warmed to my theme. "We didn't have screens in the car and" - I paused for the grand finale - "LIFE WENT ON!"
I sounded about a million years old. And that's probably how long it will take before anyone listens to any of my speeches again!
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