In all seriousness, this has been a pretty good trip. The first three days were awesome weather. The waves gradually became more aggressive with the coming weather, which kept pace nicely with the increasing bravery of the kids. We had a lot of sun and boogie boarding, sandcastles and seashells. Last night the wind and rain spinning off the north edge of Dolly came blowing in. We got to watch as the storm surge slowly pushed the water levels up the beach. At one point the waves nearly swallowed a pickup truck that we can only assume was operated by a driver who got a little too arrogant and forgot what happens to sand when it gets wet. This morning the waves had covered the entire stretch of dry sand that yesterday had led from the boardwalk outside our room down 100 yards to the water's edge. The waves are now washing seaweed (and unfortunate amounts of trash) all the way up against the boardwalk's edge. We want to go down and run around in the ankle-deep swamp, but the wind is fierce and unrelenting. That leaves us with two kids trapped in a condo with not a whole lot to do. It's a good thing we bought a lot of food (for them) and beer (for us). We have taken them out for short forays into the wind, partly to break the monotony, and partly in some vague hope that the power of nature will instill some sort of humility or at least scare them into behaving like humans. None of these is working out so far, but I'll keep you posted.
The hurricane is really not a threat here, so if we can keep from selling the children on eBay today, we'll head home tomorrow. We may end up driving because the flights will be a mess, but that's ok. We've discovered that iPod Shuffles have an effect on the kids similar to a tranquilizer dart. We'll just keep throwing goldfish crackers into the backseat until we get home.
Here are some pics.
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