DAY 2:

Blast into the past at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (303 West Salisbury Street, 910-256-2569) and learnabout Lumina Pavilion and the Golden Age of Wrightsville. Then tie on your dancing shoes and partake in one of Wrightsville's oldest forms of merriment---shagging to beach music at Red Dog's (5 N. Lumina Ave, 910-256-2776)