Enjoying the sunset on Holden Beach, North Carolina

Walking around the fishing pier… I think the photographer got a little artsy…

Shrimp boat off the coast

We started out the trip with this beautiful rainbow of the canal behind our beach house

Sand sea serpent #1

Sand sea serpent #2

Swirly sand castle

Big sand castle with lots of bridges and archways

Someone decided this (deceased) crab needed to be part of the sand castle…

“Drip Castles” made by letting wet sand drip through the fingers

Flowers along the boardwalk to the beach

Walking down to the pier

Walking under the pier

The fishing pier

Sunset under the pier

Walking back home

The “new” delta stunt kite on its trial run

The three best-flying kites – a parastunt, a delta stunt, and a box kite that lazily spins as it flies

The waves were pretty good too – thanks to Tropical Depression Bonnie coming in

Jumping the waves

An egret on our deck down by the canal

A (deceased) crab we found down on the beach – it was later given a burial in a “strip mine” they’d made in the sand under the house. I wonder how many other crabs have had the honor of being interned in a strip mine?

And then the last night there was another gorgeous double rainbow over the canal (and the houses they were building next door). Then, as we drove out, an enormous rainbow was touching down on the highway in front of us and arching upward into the sky. How cool is all that!?!?