Topsail

 On the way down to Topsail Sunday we had a blowout on the trailer.  Thankfully it was before Mobile and I-10.

Traditional first view of the water pic.

 John caught this crab.

 Campbell Lake (a.k.a. Flower Nose Lake)

 We bought this bike trailer to carry our gear down to the beach but it was also good for riding Annie on long trips.

Our trailer site by the lake.

 John is the monkey in the monkey in the middle.

 Ben convinced me to walk with him the condos WAY down the beach.  Just a little smudge behind him.  According to my phone we walked 1 1/4 miles ONE way!

 We're there!

 And now we have to turn around and walk ALL the back!

 Mollie Grace dug this hole while we were gone.

Filling in the hole before we left because the sea turtles can get trapped in them.

As always happens with Mollie Grace she made friends at the pool and at the beach.  There are a couple of extra little girls in this picture.

 

 Ben convinced John, Jim, and MV to walk to the condos in the other direction.

 

 The beach totally changed on Thursday because of the storm in the gulf.  Thursday afternoon we flew kites.

 We thought Friday was going to be a complete rain out but we got a few hours on the beach in the morning and a quick final trip after the rain in the afternoon.  There was a double red flag because of the storm.

 The storm surge covered the beach.  The only place to stay out of the water was right up by the dunes.

 Mermaid tail by Mollie Grace.

The final ride back from the beach Annie got a head start and beat everyone back to the trailer.