Vacation post 8: Epilogue and appendix

Here's a list of people I met on the beach this past week:

Sam
Reed (or maybe Reid)
Scout
Toby

I also met their owners.

Yep...that's about how my social life went while I was one vacation. Aside from family (who have an obligation to interact with me) and people paid to talk to me (wait staff and tour guides mostly), the only people I met this whole week weren't people at all. I met dogs. For some reason, this amuses me to no end. I do love that Oak Island is such a pet-friendly place; unlike how I imagine some places are, this island really goes out of its way to present itself as a family-friendly, easy-going place. Hopefully I'll be able to come back before too much more time passes.

And, while I'm still thinking of it, here is the full list of websites I said I'd locate for you all (and a few others that I just think are good ideas)!

North Carolina Zoo - http://www.nczoo.org/
Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program* - http://www.oakislandnc.com/turtles.htm
The Fish House (delicious sea food!) - http://www.southporttimes.com/fishhouserestaurant.html
NC Aquarium - http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher
Fort Fisher - http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/fisher.htm
Fort Caswell - http://www.fortcaswell.com/about/history
Knytt Stories - http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories
Plants vs. Zombies** - http://www.popcap.com/extras/pvz/

*After looking over their website, I found the answer to my question! The gestation (is it correct to refer to gestation for a creature that hatches from an egg? Does anyone know?) period for a sea turtle, or at least the breed of sea turtle common to Oak Island, is 55-90 days.

**I know I didn't mention this one previously, but I found a demo for this game lurking on my computer (I must have downloaded it ages ago and just forgotten), and when I sat down to try it out, I enjoyed my pants off! Er, hmm...that's actually not a very good figure of speech, but you know what I mean. You can download a demo from their website, but the full version costs about $20. I don't have that kind of money on hand at the moment (also, I haven't had Internet connection all week except for a half-hour at Port City Java), but the website is cute and interactive, and it has some cool features as well! One of the most interesting is the ability to create a Zombatar, a "zombie-fied" avatar of yourself! It's really cute, and the Zombatar is totally free!