Last year the kids tired of the beach house we had been renting and barely went out to the beach at all so this year we decided to rent a mountain cabin here in Marion, NC. Last evening these 2 wandered through the backyard. That was pretty exciting.

37 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

Last year the kids tired of the beach house we had been renting and barely went out to the beach at all so this year we decided to rent a mountain cabin here in Marion, NC. Last evening these 2 wandered through the backyard. That was pretty exciting.

Is there a lot for kids to do there? I didn't realize how close that is to Charlotte. We spend the majority of our time at the mountains in Blowing Rock, Beech Mountain, or Asheville/Grove Park Inn for anniversaries and sheet.

1 hour ago, hputenis said:

Is there a lot for kids to do there? I didn't realize how close that is to Charlotte. We spend the majority of our time at the mountains in Blowing Rock, Beech Mountain, or Asheville/Grove Park Inn for anniversaries and sheet.

There’s hiking. Lots of hiking. Hiking to waterfalls, hiking to overlooks, hiking to gorges. We did the Linville Gorge area one day, which is great, takes a little effort but they make it as easy to get to the various scenic spots as possible. If you’re down for some more strenuous hikes you could spend days there doing other trails like Table Rock as well. We did Tom’s Creek Falls another day which is a fairly easy .75 miles out and back

Unfortunately I’ve reached the point in my life where watching my kids do the same reckless crap I used to do scares the crap out of me so I have to hang back or walk away and let them do their thing. This cabin’s great, got a game room with a foosball table, skee ball table and a couple of arcade games in the basement. We’re spending our evenings bonding over dad reliving his drunken glory days by whipping everyone in foosball. I love our mountains, but still prefer the beach for vacation. At the beach, when I’m sitting around doing nothing I feel like that’s what I should be doing. Here, when I’m sitting around doing nothing, I feel like I should be doing something, anything, else.

34 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

Unfortunately I’ve reached the point in my life where watching my kids do the same reckless crap I used to do scares the crap out of me so I have to hang back or walk away and let them do their thing. This cabin’s great, got a game room with a foosball table, skee ball table and a couple of arcade games in the basement. We’re spending our evenings bonding over dad reliving his drunken glory days by whipping everyone in foosball. I love our mountains, but still prefer the beach for vacation. At the beach, when I’m sitting around doing nothing I feel like that’s what I should be doing. Here, when I’m sitting around doing nothing, I feel like I should be doing something, anything, else.

be honest, you're just mad your eyes don't get to indulge in the recent trend of thong bikinis.

Anyone with experience going to Rehoboth Beach? gf has gone there with her kids a few times in the past I think, and planning a trip there for August. I haven't been, so figure if anyone has experience and recommendations, I can suggest those.

2 hours ago, Agent23 said:

be honest, you're just mad your eyes don't get to indulge in the recent trend of thong bikinis.

Well I wasn’t, but now I am…

Natures sand art project

A wood carving in an antique store in Linville Falls, NC. I call it The Female Butt Head

On 7/2/2026 at 7:10 PM, Agent23 said:

Anyone with experience going to Rehoboth Beach? gf has gone there with her kids a few times in the past I think, and planning a trip there for August. I haven't been, so figure if anyone has experience and recommendations, I can suggest those.

Yeah, a million times but that was 25 years ago. Doubt it has changed that much though. You'll want to use Queen St to enter the beach on the southern edge which will take you directly to Poodle Beach (haha).

Not sure what you are looking for these days but the bigger party spot is Dewey Beach about a mile south of Rehoboth. Rehoboth has the better restaurants and a mix of family stuff into the mix. Let me know if the wild green parrots are still there.

4 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Yeah, a million times but that was 25 years ago. Doubt it has changed that much though. You'll want to use Queen St to enter the beach on the southern edge which will take you directly to Poodle Beach (haha).

Not sure what you are looking for these days but the bigger party spot is Dewey Beach about a mile south of Rehoboth. Rehoboth has the better restaurants and a mix of family stuff into the mix. Let me know if the wild green parrots are still there.

wild green parrots as in live birds? (I spent years of my life going to Key West so I am accustomed to wild chickens... but parrots sound like an entirely different thing!)

2 hours ago, Agent23 said:

wild green parrots as in live birds? (I spent years of my life going to Key West so I am accustomed to wild chickens... but parrots sound like an entirely different thing!)

Yes. They are actually parakeets. Pretty cool. You’ll see them around the south part of town.