As a finally to Jude-ly, we took Jude to the beach. From Raleigh, Wrightsville Beach is only about 2 hours away, so that's where we went. We decided to go ahead and get a hotel room so we would have a place for Jude to take his afternoon nap and a place to clean up from the sand and surf.
I know that Jude likes water, but what I didn't know was how much Jude was going to love the tide. At one point, Jude and Jon were playing in the waves, and Jon thought Jude might be getting tired so he brought Jude back to the blanket to sit with me. Jon started making his way back to the ocean, and Jude watched him for a moment then started crawling after him! I took a picture of Jude's trail as he went for the water. Jude enjoyed playing in the sand too, but overall he is a water baby!
We had dinner at the South Beach Grill in Wrightsville. It was wonderful. We started with the crab and seafood nachos for two, which were cheesy and delicious and served on freshly fried flour tortillas. Jon had the sweet potato crusted flounder served with garlic mashed potatoes. He said it was great and far exceeded his expectations. I had the char-grilled Mahi with lime butter. It was so light, and it was perfectly paired with quinoa, which really added a nice flowery flavor and a good texture. Fortunately for our figures we had to skip dessert. An interesting aspect of the grill is that they offer a list of signature alcohol-free cocktails. Things like an "Arnold Pomegranate" with iced tea, lemonade, and pomegranite juice. Very refreshing offerings after a hot day at the beach.
