Unfortunately, good things come to an end and so does our holiday at the beach.

Shipping out from the house at Ocean Isle is the same frenetic activity as found on arrival day, only in reverse and with the added bonus of cleaning the quarters before departure.

But that’s OK because we got a chance to stop at Captain Nance’s which is our preferred seafood shack in Calabash. Their $5 lunch plates are filling enough and the hushpuppies are very good!

Then it’s the 2 ½- to 3-hour trip home to Clayton and back to work for Mommy and Daddy. And thus another vacation truth was revealed…vacations are always WAY TOO SHORT!