How To Build a Sandcastle (or A Tale of Two Families)

Annual Sandcastle Build Week is coming up!

Sixteen years ago a unique friendship between two families began at The Winds. For eleven years the Delgado and Morrison families coordinated their families’ summer vacations so that they could always be at The Winds simultaneously.

It all started when Bill Delgado, a printing and graphics teacher from Twinsburg OH, and his family began building a large sand sculpture on the beach.

Bill (as always) encouraged other children on the beach to join in.

In the midst of the project, the children of the Morrison family, from Detroit MI, introduced their parents, Lisa and Gordon, to the Delgados. They all became fast friends and the rest is history. The sand sculpture that year was to be the first of somewhere around sixty sand castles to be built by the Delgados and the Morrisons.

A couple of years ago the Morrisons decided that Ocean Isle was where they wanted to be year round so they bought a house on one of the canals and moved from Detroit to their own little slice of heaven.

This June the Delgados return to The Winds for another go at it with the Morrison family and any others that join in. 

In the past they have created such fantastic sand creations as a Mermaid and Anchor,  a “Charlie The Tuna” sculpture complete with a cigar, a giant sea turtle, a huge, an extremely hip Alligator with shades, a headset and backwards baseball cap as well as a beautiful rendition of The Winds Logo. 

The end of anyone’s vacation at The Winds is always hard to face but the Delgados and the Morrisons have always made it fun with an end of the week party. This tradition begins with the construction of a fairy tale sandcastle in the afternoon, followed by a cookout. The grand finale that night is the sandcastle festooned with dozens of sparklers lighting the evening beach.

This June’s extravaganza will be no exception as they create many more fantastic sandsculpture and castles. We don’t know how they can top their past creations but we know they will!

Kids of all ages (from 2 to 92) can join in the fun. Be sure to bring your pail and shovel!