Virginia Beach

We spent a few days at Virginia Beach recently- we stayed in the north beach area where it is a little more peaceful. It was really nice and the weather was perfect- no rain and in the 80's! We still walked the busy tourist area and had a fun dinner at the Beatles themed restaurant Abbey Road.

Noel, Kelley and Ashlyn are growing into such good looking kids, aren't they?? Noel wants to pose like this in every picture now-
Noel took great pride in this creation- Noel and Kelley like boogie boarding and goofing around in the water.

I told Bill to Go Fly a Kite!
A few pretty sunset pictures- Ashlyn is super hyper and goes non stop so the beach is perfect for her.
Virginia Beach is very busy- there are nearby Navy and Air Force installations so there are always huge aircraft carriers and fighter jets in the distance and overhead. There are also lots of h-u-g-e cargo ships and pleasure boats as well. It's really an interesting place and there is always lots to do.

Virginia Zoo

On our short getaway to Virginia we took a day and visited the Virginia Zoo located in Norfolk. It's a smallish zoo and reminded me of my old haunt, Tucson's Reid Park Zoo.
As you walk in they have these cool fountains and a giant granite globe in the middle that rotates on water. It's like the one at Disneyland. The kids were amazed by it.. LOL! Had to play in the fountains after awhile.. it was hot that day!

I love this Cardinal shot- he came right up to me. For you outastaters- state bird of VA and WV.
Bill and the kiddos at the Giraffes. Yes, Bill has an NAU hat on! We ran into some people from Clendenin at the Zoo that day! Small world.

This little Asian elephant put on a show for us.

The prairie dogs were everyone's favorite. They were so funny and cute and really mugged for the camera as you can see here!
Riding a bronze hippo- sounds like a Beatles song title, doesn't it?
I got so many nice animals shots that day so I will probably make a slideshow of this trip, too. There were peacocks wandering around and one of the males walked around in full show mode with all his feathers out. He was very full of himself and knew he was beautiful! Another post to come!