The Hatke's: Vacation Part 2: Wilmington/Visiting Aunt Heather H

We spent 5 full days in Wilmington with Aunt Heather H. We had a really good visit and enjoyed some of my late nights drinking wine with Heather. Since Caedmon is still under a year old I was really glad we didn't go somewhere new because we didn't get to do a whole lot. So it was good that we have been there 3 times before. We only went to the ocean once which was a little disappointing but oh well. This was Caedmon's first time at the ocean and he didn't like it. We are guessing it was the sound of the waves were too loud because he did not want you to set him down in the sand for the waves to wash up on his feet. He didn't want to be anywhere near the water. He didn't mind the sand on the beach away from the water. He had fun playing in the sand.

Other things we did were went to the aquarium and Caedmon liked the fishies. We took a 30 minute ferry ride over to Southport, NC. The ferry ride is where the car goes with you on the boat. I have never done anything like that before so I thought it was pretty cool. At Southport we walked around a little bit, fed some sea gulls, and went to a winery. Met some fun people at the winery.

Tanner and I were able to have a date night one night and Aunt Heather watched Caedmon. We went to Front Street Brewery and had an appetizer and a beer. Then walked by the river for a bit and then went to dinner at a nice restaurant called Caprice Bistro. Again more amazing food. I particularly liked the carrot soup there and Tanner got escargot for the first time and loved it. Me on the other hand I will pass on that. Pretty much every restaurant we ate at had really good food.

The last night in Wilmington we went to a really good friends of Heathers house for a cookout. They have an almost 2 year old daughter. Both her and Caedmon were entertaining. We ended off the night playing charades.

So overall the trip was nice. This is the last time we will probably be in Wilmington since Taylor and Heather will not be there anymore after December. I already talked about the drive home in an earlier post. The drive to Asheville and Wilmington went really well. The iPad is what we think saved the drive from being a complete nightmare.