Jen's Family Fun & Travels: Our Pirate Adventure

My son's family came to visit us for the week of July 4th. We really had a long day on Monday the 4th. We started out by going to Beaufort, NC. We went on the Pirate Treasure Hunt on Shackleford Banks. We had so much fun, I would definitely recommend this for anyone with a child. It was run by the Crystal Coast Lady http://www.crystalcoastlady.com.

Since it was July 4th we decided to leave early. It's a good thing we did because there was a parade about to start when we got there. After the parade we walked around a little taking some pictures.

Bobby, Lori & Alexander

Not long after that the Pirates were ready for everyone to come aboard.

Once we were on board the Pirates gave all the kids swords. They proceeded to have a sword fight on the way over to the Island. The Pirates were so great with all the kids, they really had a blast.

When we got close to the Island we were able to see the wild horses along the shore. It was pretty cool to see.

When we reached the Island and everyone was off the boat one of the pirates had to walk the plank (because he drank all the rum. The kids thought it was funny when he jumped in the water but one asked "What is rum".
We walked onto the Island and all the kids were made pirates for the day and given a pirate hat.

We found Blackbeards treasure and each of the kids were allowed to have 3 gold coins. We then had about an hour of free time. We ended up letting Alex go in the water with his clothes on. Since we didn't know we would have free time we didn't bring his bathing suit along. We did have clothes in the car for him to change into.

We then headed back to shore from the Island. On the way back the pirates had a big water gun fight with all the kids and adults. Everyone had such a nice time, we will be checking out the other cruises that they offer.

Our adventure was three hours long. We walked around a few shops and had an ice cream cone. We headed to Emerald Isle to have dinner at Rucker Johns https://www.ruckerjohns.com. We walked around all the shops. On the way home we stopped in Swansboro to watch the fireworks. It was a very long day but we sure had a very nice time.

Alex and I went to see the movie Cars 2. He had fun playing in the sand, the beach water was a little ruff for him. He really enjoyed our pool and had so much fun playing with his daddy and grandpa.