Vacation- Secret #2

Secret #2

Our most favorite beach of all time:

Topsail Island, NC!

Topsail is a barrier island located about 45 minutes

north of Wilmington, NC!

We stumbled across this island 4 years ago,

when I literally opened a map of the United States

and found the town of Surf City.

How can you go wrong visiting a place called Surf City?

Come to find out, you can't!

The island of Topsail is about 26 miles long and

only about a mile wide!

While visiting the local bookstore, the Quarter Moon,

I found this book...

on the history of this little island!

Chance would have it that I was able to

come back to the bookstore later that week to have my

copy signed by the author!

Things we love about Topsail:

1. Beautiful, clean beaches.

2. Plenty of waves to jump and ride to shore.

3. Building sand art.

4. The best fudge you'll ever eat,

made fresh daily, in hundreds of yummy flavors

at The Topsail Trading Company!

5. The antiquated island draw bridge,

that doesn't go up....

Instead swings out from the middle

allowing larger ships to pass by!

6. The Turtle Hospital and rescue efforts

made by caring Topsail residents.

This nest was located on our stretch of beach.

Wayne and I spent several evening sitting in the dark

by the ocean side, hoping for an early hatching.

Towards the end of the week, the "nest watcher"

came and built a sand shoot from the nest

out to the ocean!

The "nest watcher" thought the turtles would most likely

hatch two days after we left.

Maybe next year!

While we didn't see baby turtles,

we did see dolphins, sharks and stingrays!

7. Relaxing with a good book on the top deck of the

beach house, with a great view of the ocean!

8. Renting a pontoon for a 4 hour tour!

Even though we hit two rain storms and

got "stuck" a couple times, it truly

was a memory!

During a "potty" break at a local marina,

we met up with some Coast Guard boats.

They allowed the kids to come aboard their

boats and explore!

Above, the gentleman was showing Zac

how they use the "gun" mounted on the front of the boat.

9. Zac and my nephew, Jon Mark, enjoyed

fishing, both on the boat and from one of the

three piers located on the island!

10. Probably on of my favorite things about Topsail,

was the time spent with Wayne and my kids,

with my sister and her family,

and with my mom and dad!

I have one more secret about one of our most favorite

Topsail Island past time!

So stayed tuned!