This is the first time we returned to the same house
• On the way down, Mark and Mary coincidentally stay at the same motel in Salisbury, MD – only realizing this when they bump into each other at breakfast. Mary enjoys her stay at the hotel so much she leaves her purse there to ensure a stop there again on the way home
• Wes returns after taking a couple years off
• Joe attends the early part of the week but has to return early
• Dad celebrates ANOTHER birthday on vacation – 79th this year
• The family, including mom and dad, rents ATV’s and drives them in the pouring rain up the beach for several hours. Mary, Anna, and Loraine congratulate themselves on a good decision not to go
• Almost everyone uses the tennis courts across the street
• Playing Balderdash – and Dad WANTS to play with us one night
• Evenings the 8 and under kids play baseball. Maria chews out Christina for a poor play. When confronted with her behavior, Maria explains that it was justified since these are “vacation games”
• On Friday, we watch Joe on a morning business program, Squawk Box
