While the Whale Watch was pretty cool, aspects of the trip were somewhat of a drag. Some people who’ve been on the trip in the past spoke about bonding over s’mores at the camp and such. I’m not sure if they were talking about bonding with their child or bonding with other adults, but I have to say… not a whole hell of a lot of bonding was going on around my campfire. I mean, maybe I’m jaded after many years of Cub Scout outings and, frankly, much better s’mores (nobody s’mores like a scout s’mores) and to be honest, I did make friends with a couple of Dads I hadn’t met before. But what really bummed me out was how many parents spent the vast majority of their time messing with their phones.

Calling home, texting God knows who, Facebooking…. it was like they would do anything they could to avoid spending quality time with their own child. It certainly wasn’t everybody. A lot of us really got into it with the kids, and really enjoyed all of the activities. But it was way more parents than I would have liked. I mean… what a freakin’ drag!

So while I’m scamming an Outer Banks dolphin watch, they would more likely check out highlands NC homes for sale. Maybe take it to the mountains where they can lose their progeny in the woods. I guess it will all depend on whether they can get a decent cell phone signal.