Day 10 - Out on the Boardwalk

Sorry that is not being posted on the actual tenth day. We we've gotten pretty sidetracked.

Anyway, Wednesday was an awesome day. We woke up to what seemed like a summer morning in Chatham. A little bit chilly in the shade but once you step out into the sunlight, you can tell it's going to be a warm and beautiful day. Plus one for Wilmington....make that the South in general.

For the second city in a row, we have our own personal tour guide. Sarah, who is a student at UNCW, drove us around a couple of areas. This included Wilmington Beach, Carolina Beach, Downtown Wilmington, and Fort Fisher. All these places were gorgeous, especially with 65 degree weather all day. Wilmington Beach and Carolina Beach really reminded me of Hampton and Salisbury Beach in New Hampshire. Emma, Andy, and I are use to a large parking lot where people can park their car and set up camp. But, like Hampton and Salisbury, Carolina and Wilmington Beaches have boardwalks and large 4 story beach houses right along the shore.

Next on our site seeing tour was Fort Fisher, which was an added to help protect attacks from Charleston. Nothing really remains there. A beautiful landscape nonetheless.

We walked along an enormous jetti and decided to go to a different location because Sarah only had a limited amount of time to spend with us during the day. She just so happen to score tickets to the UNCW basketball game with her parents who were headed down to Wilmington for a couple of nights. We set off towards downtown to grab a bite to eat.

I don't know if it was the sunlight shining on all of the shops and restaurants downtown, but I felt a lot of character from this quaint historic part of Wilmington. We ended up eating at a place called the Front Street Brewery. Their food was awesome and, yes, they brewed their own local brews which I obviously sampled. Don't worry mom and dad, I shared the sampler with Sarah.

Then we went back to the house and relaxed for a bit before we made dinner.

Each city seems to getting better an better.

Aramis

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