10-Step Guide to Having an Awesome Beach Vacation

#1: Dig huge hole in sand on first day.


#2: Sit proudly in said hole.


#3: Bring much reading material to wile away the hours tanning.


#4: Hang out with cousins (first cousins, second cousins, cousins once removed, take your pick!)


#5: Play 10 cent skee-ball on the boardwalk.


#6:Play mini putt on the boardwalk and get a terrible score because you only play once a year.


#7: Eat a ginormous pickle from Blitz's.


#8: Go see where there was a beached whale and mourn over its untimely death.


#9: Get dressed up and go out with family to eat copious amounts of seafood.


#10: Go on a fantastic day trip to New York City...

... eat at Bubba Gump Shrimp in Times Square...

... and get picture taken with a portrait of Eloise in the Plaza.
Ooooooh, I love the Plaza!!