Kitty Hawk

DH (Dear Husband) and I went down to the Outer Banks the other weekend. It was a "get melanie recharged for student teaching and everything else that she'll be doing" trip. And it worked!

We stayed in an ocean front room (but we couldn't really see the ocean over the dune..but it was named the Colony IV...so I don't know if the Colonies I-III were washed away..thus the HUGE dune!). It was fairly nice. We ate in Manteo (at a bad restaurant) and then shopped a little.

We slept in separate beds Saturday night. There is a reason! Neither of us had really been sleeping very well...and we saw the opportunity. Stephen has had trouble getting used to sleeping with me (see this post about the sleeping habits of Katie's DH...that's me too) , but it has gotten better. Well we woke up the next morning...and neither of us had slept any better. Which is kind of a relief..cuz we only have one bed, and I would have hated to have woken up to hear, "MAN, I slept well!".

Sunday we went to a great breakfast at Western Sizzler (we couldn't remember the last time we had eaten at one of those. Maybe when it was in Williamsburg, which was about 15 years ago). Then we went between Mileposts 9 and 14 about 10 times!! We went down to Kitty Hawk Kites. And then back to 17th Street Surf Shop. Then to another surf shop (in search of Reefs for DH). Then BACK to Kitty Hawk Kites to get me some Crocs (greens ones...so incredibly comfortable). Then back to 17th Street to get the pair of Reefs DH really wanted (which happened to have a bottle opener on the bottom of each flip-flop. As they say in the Guiness commericals, "BRILLANT").

Then it was back to VA, for a long week (semester).

We did sit on the beach Saturday night. It was incredibly breezy, and a little chilly. But it was perfect. The beach was empty. And we just watched the clouds and the moon and the waves. Incredible.

A few pictures:





Can't wait to go back. Maybe we can make this a yearly trip!?