Jill's Journal: Yesterday we did something entirely different! The five of us headed into popular beach destination Ocean City, Maryland, which is just 10 minutes away, and went on a pirate adventure. The girls were quickly painted with pirate tattoos and christened with pirate monikers: Excellent Erika, Mermaid Madelyn, and Vicious Victoria. And then we headed out to sea (or at least the bay).
The girls (and 20 of their closest honorary pirate friends) got to battle and defeat the evil Pirate Pete on an opposing "ship" with water cannons. They found a message in a bottle. And finally, they followed a treasure map through the bay to find sunken pirate treasure. What a fun kid adventure for our little scallywags!
With the girls still exclaiming, "Aaarrgh!," we then headed over to Ocean City's boardwalk and spent a little time strolling, people-watching, and enjoying ice cream. A lovely afternoon.
And then it was back to the ponies...and the deer! This awesome picture is of Madelyn in her bunk, dozing off herself to the sight of two deer napping not far from her window. Wow.
4 comments:
Jill,
You are so lucky. Seeing the ponies has always been a dream of mine, and I really wish I was there with you guys!! It sounds so fun, though awefully hot. I never knew you could actually stay on the island, how cool.
Hang tough in the sticky weather. You wont regret the experience you had once your back one the mainland in air-conditioning later on!
Your cousin, Kelsey
"Raucous Ryan" did the pirate thing for his birthday last year in Baltimore. He & his pal "Crazy Kailey" had a blast! :)
--Diana
Kelsey, you are so right. You need to come here -- you would be in heaven. I highly recommend it. I think it should be the next VP reunion!!
And Diana, I'm not one bit surprised that they pegged Ryan as raucous -- look at his mother! I'll bet that little cutie rocked the pirate thing!
Jilly, your trip sounds so amazing and I really admire you guys as it also sounds like it has had a few bumps, but you always sound so upbeat! It really is such an incredible thing you guys are doing and what stories your girls will have to tell as they grow up! Hope the RV behaves itself and that your next stop can match the last;-) Amy xx
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