Day 12, Tuesday:
Our last day on the ocean. It had been a magical experience for us these past few days, but something seemed off today. It took me some time to figure out what the problem was. Our 10 year old son was homesick. He was having a great time, but he missed his cat, his dogs, his own bed, etc. He wasn't complaining at all, but he had lost all enthusiasm. He didn't want to swim or do much of anything. This is the longest he'd ever been away from home.
We went out and did some laundry and grocery shopping to break up the routine we had developed and that didn't seem to help either. Then my oldest son said he didn't want to swim. He was bored.
This started those doubts again for us parents. Do you force the trip and finish off NYC as we planned? We're already over budget and bringing along two reluctant older kids is NOT my idea of fun. We had learned that we weren't exactly road savvy in the east side of the country. Lots of tunnels, some allow propane, some you have to turn it off, some you are completely prohibited. What should we expect?
In the end, we decided that we just needed to change location and that would solve the issue. Plus, after all of this trouble, I didn't want to have to come back east again. Let's just finish it off! So we told the boys they didn't have any options and we made them go swimming with us. Of course they had a blast!
The ponies visited us for our last bonfire.
We packed up outside and resolved to finish the vacation even if it made us all miserable.......but we really hoped it wouldn't!
