Thursday morning, we awoke hungry and I knew of the perfect spot for all of us. Next to Daybreak Donuts was a lovely little bagel shop that I had been wanting to try, Sunrise Bagels. So while my mom and the boys went to get donuts, I ordered myself a bagel.
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While my bagel from Sunrise Bagels was absolutely delicious, we encountered a different tale when we returned on Friday, which is shared more about in another blog post.
But as we ate our donuts and bagels, we drove around the island for a bit. We really only had one objective for that day, which was to visit the touch tank at Ecological Marine Adventures. It’s something that I had been looking forward to taking my eldest son to do.
While I had originally wanted to take the boys to the Aquarium at Fort Fisher, I realized that would be about an hour-and-a-half trip, something I wasn’t exactly thrilled about at this time. So I found the touch tank as an alternative. Since we arrived a little bit early, we made our way across the street and browsed the racks at Wings.
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EMA teaches kids of all ages about the ocean through hands-on experiences. The touch tank was small but perfect for my boys, complete with the opportunity to touch marine wildlife, view reptiles, and play.
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Afterward, we had hot dogs from Hot Diggity Dogz. To be honest, the hot dogs were not good, but that was probably just us and our taste buds. We are used to a different type of hot dog (the smaller ones).
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Returning back to the beach house, we spent more time at the beach before my eldest son engaged in some vacation schooling. I have a lot of various ocean/beach-themed resource materials and so I brought a portion of them with me. So we took some time to learn about sea shells, sea turtles, and pirates while eating plate of fresh veggies and hummus.
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For supper, we ordered from Max’s Pizza. The last time we went to Surf City (in 2019), we ate out at Max’s Pizza and it was so delicious that I knew we had to order from them during this trip. So we ordered a cheese pizza and a ham and cheese sub.
And guess what?
It was just as delicious as I remembered.
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After filling our bellies, we spent the rest of our evening playing board games. The beach house had Candyland, which made Caleb perfectly happy and content until bedtime.
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Locations Mentioned:
Sunrise Bagel Co.
303 S Topsail Drive Unit B,
Surf City, NC 28445
Ecological Marine Adventures
106 N Topsail Dr,
Surf City, NC 28445
Max’s Pizza
602 A Roland Ave,
Surf City, NC 28445