Thursday night, my plans for the long weekend changed from the expected 'exploring DC'.  Charles (one of Mike's friends) IMed me and convinced me to drive down to Virginia Beach and hang out with them for the weekend. 

So Friday morning I got up and drove down from MD to meet them at Charles apartment in Newport News.  Traffic was pretty bad once I got on I95 and I gained a strong appreciation for the beltway.  It took a little over 4 hours to get down there... I pulled in at the CNU apartment complex right around 2:15 pm, went in and changed really fast, and then we all piled in Mike's car and drove to the beach!  :)

The weather was great!  We swam for a while and then threw a football around up on the sand and then swam some more.  For dinner we we up and ate at a little seafood place just up from where we were 'camped out' on the sand.  We all split 2 pounds of shrimp.

After dinner we just went back down to our spot on the sand and sat around until the fireworks.  The fireworks boat came out and anchored pretty much directly in front of us.  They were pretty good fireworks, but honestly, I don't think they were any better than the fireworks at SML Dock & Lodge from last year. 

After the fireworks show, we made the trek back out to where we parked the car and then fought traffic trying to get back to Newport News.  We finally made it back to Charles' apartment and hung out for a good while before going to sleep.