Virginia Vacation - Virginia Beach

We are coming off of the greatest vacation ever - well one of the greatest vacations as a family anyway.  Nearly 2 weeks later, we're still talking about things we did - which was a lot!  So rather than one mega post, I'm going to break it up, because we took so many pictures and had so many stories to tell.

We flew out to Williamsburg (Newport News) a day early because I could save hundreds of dollars by going out Saturday vs. Sunday and that's even with getting a hotel room for a day.  So we spent our first full day of vacation at Virginia Beach.

Drew thought it was pretty cool that we were hanging out in the Atlantic Ocean (the first time he's seen it).

All he wanted to do for the 3 hours we were there was "surf" in the waves.

And he got pretty brave battling the waves, and wanted to venture far out.  It helped that the tide was getting lower while we were there.

 I believe he spent about 2 1/2 hours in the ocean "riding" the waves and then looking for seashells.  We tried to keep costs down this trip so we packed a picnic lunch and he came up (by force) to eat something before he went back out to the water.

Here we are as we were getting ready to pack it up and head out to the timeshare for check-in.

We "parked" ourselves on the beach near the fishing pier, so we grabbed a shot under the pier/boardwalk.

That was our view (from across the walkway) of where we spent our afternoon.  Isn't it lovely?

Not so lovely was what we came back to the car to find...

A parking ticket!  Stupid Virginia Beach sets up tourists - I'm positive.  So we parked in a meter space, but apparently you have to be careful about which meter you pay - you should pay the one on the same side of the street you parked, not the one closest to your car, because apparently there is a difference.  So while we paid the meter, we paid the wrong one, and were given a ticket.  The fine was a whopping $12, but it's the principle of the matter.

Anyway, while we were ticked about the ticket (and the traffic getting out of Virginia Beach) we still had a great day and we were excited to check out our timeshare in Williamsburg!