Duck school

I’d barely sorted through our cruise pics when we set off again.

But first, a fancy overnight on the town with Ada and Annya.

We go to our beach house in the evening and played Hedbanz while dining on homemade quesadillas.

 

Jeddy was pretty stumped by “car wash”…and again when we had him do “nude beach.”

Liz was also stumped by “Darth Vader.”

Jason guessed “Elvis” before Caleb got “meatball.”

In the morning we could look out the window and see just how beachfront we were; there was hardly any sand between us and the surf at high tide.

OBX being only about half a mile wide, it was an easy walk to the Duck boardwalk along the sound side.

The next morning I woke to this out my bedroom window:

Not so bad.

Unlike at home, snacks during school were more or less ongoing, so at lunchtime we had time to play a few rounds of Rummikub.

And after school a few kids were willing to come back with me to the boardwalk.

We could not figure out what this creature was.  It was clearly mammalian, with a face like an otter or beaver, but I was sure I saw a rat-like tail.

When he climbed out, we realized he was a muskrat, or more likely a nutria {which sounds like a diet snack bar but is actually an animal}.

Apparently they’re considered invasive pests, but he was so cute!  Especially when he washed his face with his lit’le paws!