We had a great weekend at the beach except that it was freezing cold! We actually drove through snow to get to Nags Head but it wasn't much...just a few flurries. We got to Nags Head about 3:00 and stopped by our hotel to check it out. We also stopped by some of the outlets to see what they had but didn't buy anything. Then we set out to Kitty Hawk and went to the Wright Brothers' Memorial. It was neat to see the glider and check the memorial. We were there during sunset and it was pretty amazing. We went to dinner at RV's Sugar Creek Restaurant and we both had fresh shrimp. It was early to bed for me...I think I went to sleep about 7:30 and slept until morning!
On Saturday morning we decided to drive out to the Bodie Lighthouse. It was pretty cool to see. I think I have been to some of the NC lighthouses but not for a long time and certainly not anytime that I can remember. Jason set up the camera to take a picture of ourselves...haha! He had to balance it on his wallet and phone to get the right angle. We took a quick picture and got back into the warm car! Then we decided to drive to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. We didn't really have much more to do on Saturday and the lighthouse was about an hour south. The drive was pretty neat because there are a lot of places on the NC outerbanks that have no development. We stopped at a few beaches and I think maybe for the first time in my life I saw beach with no houses, hotels, or piers. It was beautiful. We drove through Rodanthe which is known for the movie that just came out "Nights in Rodanthe" but we didn't stop. We may check out the movie sometime soon. The lighthouse at Cape Hatteras was really pretty. We went to the site where they moved it from and then walked around the actual lighthouse. Then we drove back to Kitty Hawk and went to lunch at the Outerbanks Brewing Station. The restaurant was pretty neat and we sat next to the brewing equipment and Jason tried out their beer. Then we went back to the hotel and I took a nap. When I woke up we went to dinner at the Red Drum Taphouse. We had calamari and then Jason had their flounder and I had really good pork chops. Then guess what? Back to the hotel to bed!! Can you see a theme here...sleep is really good!
Sunday morning we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel and then walked out on the beach. It was actually a much nicer day because the winds weren't so bad.
Overall we had a great trip. Mostly relaxed and hung out in the room. The hotel was neat. It had a lot of history and was very pretty. They had pretty good breakfasts in the morning and then a wine and dessert hour in the afternoon. Unfortunately Sunday afternoon was back to Raleigh...and back to reality.
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