Vacation '07: Day 10

Today we decided to get out of the house (and off of the beach) to check out some of the shops around the island and eat out for a change. We have only eaten out twice in the past 10 days. Pretty amazing... eh? We did the whole "groceries" thing and ate in every day. You can sure save a lot money that way.




OK... so we found a little restaurant at the Bohicket Marina today called "Rosebanks". The food was pretty good... but we all agreed that the first place that we are going to eat when we get home is... EL SAN JOSE!

Aly found a Hummer and wanted dad to take her picture with it. She said "It's not black with pink flames... but it'll do".









In one store... we found a bottle of bubbles that boasted "a gazillion bubbles"... so I decided to count them.
My kids (and my wife) think that I am nuts.






One of the shops that we went into had some old toys on display. The photos to the left are of some of the toys that I had when I was a kid. WOW... it sure took me back to see them there. There was the "Big Jim Sports Camper". That used to be one of my favorites. Then there was the "Operation -like" JAWS game that would absolutely freak you out when that crazy spring-loaded mouth full of razor sharp plastic teeth snapped shut. The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle! Man... I can remember running my Evel Knievel motorcycle up the plastic ramp and through that cardboard cut-out "hoop of flames". I bloodied up many a knuckle trying to crank that thing on the sidewalk. Do you remember that toy? Then there was the Six Million Dollar Man action figure (not a doll) with his bionic eye that you could actually look through. Did you guys have any of these toys? You will be telling your age... but 'fess up! What was your favorite childhood toy?

BTW: It looks like this particular Six Million Dollar Man didn't fair to well with the JAWS game!

After we got home from checking out the shops... we went BACK TO THE BEACH! It is like a magnet!

On our way back to the house from the beach this evening... we found a friend drinking water off of the boardwalk where the shower was. It was a beautiful 6 point buck. He was so tame that he let me walk right up to him to take the photo below. If the guy next to me hadn't yelled to scare him off (I was pretty ticked about that)... I really think that he would have let me pet him. He was THAT tame.

We have really enjoyed being around all of the wildlife around here. This island is just covered with incredible animals and natural beauty.

Well... tomorrow is our last day (sniff... sniff) so we are going to cram in everything that we can possibly do in one day (We always do that... it's a family tradition). Then is it time to load the family truckster and head back to the great state of Ohio (where there are no dolphins, gators, pelicans, crabs... but lots of deer and squirrels - just not any of the "sea squirrel" variety).

One more vacation day to blog about (sniff... sniff).