Date: 2007-10-08
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To: Outter Banks, NC
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Sunday Sept 30th:   How i spent my Fall Vacation!"D-bird" (my lovely wife, Donna)& i head to the Outter Banks of NC for a week of "R&R".we drive...so its 14 hours...of road...we arrive about 5pm in Kitty Hawk, NCfind our condo...our home for the next 7 days...Sea Scape condos.we unpack & then drive over to the beach...we're tired...we'll do the beach thang later...we grab something to eat...we spot a DQ (i'm embarassed to say)so we settle for Ice Cream for supper.Mon Oct 1:we get up about 7am (now that Donna has retired this is her normal waking hour)get ready for the day...we head to the Wright Memorial Park (as in Orville & Wilbur)..it was here that in 1903 they made their flight that changed the world...we enjoyed a short lecture on the historical occassion & then walked to the tall monument here commemorating 100 years since that historic day in December.we ate @ Dirty Dicks Seafood house for supper....good stuff!oh yea...sometime during the day...while taking photos...i look down @ my LCD on the back of the camera..& its got some kinda psychedelic looking thing on it...i figure the LCD is cracked or busted or something...maybe even the camera....cant tell if i'm taking any pictures or not!...we stop by a convenience store & pick up a couple disposable cameras.Tues Oct 2: another Sunny day in the outter banks...we head to the beach...the temps have been nice...upper 70s-low 80s with slight winds...so walks on the beach have been nice.we head up the road thru Duck, NC & Southern Shores to the Carrituck lighthouse...very coooool.afterwards, we eat supper @ Awful Arthurs...(do all these places have these Wacky names?)7pm D-bird spotted a place that has BINGO on Tuesday nites...so we Bingo til about 10pm...we didnt win anything...but met a nice couple from Virginia.Wed Oct 3:   Happy Birthday to my Dad, Gene Swafford.we head to Ocracoke today to check out the island & the lighthouse too.Donna & i are having a great time...we call Dad on the way & wish him a good B-day!We ferry over to Ocracoke Island...very spiffy...ride is smooth & FREE! (what a surprise!) we got there & spent the whole day looking in shops, etc...it was our hosttest day...low 80s...but the HUMIDITY was killer!the ended our visit with a stop @ the Okracoke lighthouse...very cool.after we got back to the main island...we stop by Hatteras Lighthouse...just as they were closing for the day...it was raining...we didnt get to go in the lighthouse...but we took many amazing photos...(i think)we ended the day with a stop @ Cold Stone Creamery for Ice Cream...D-bird gets a waffle cone & i pig out with a 3 scoop monster Sundae (they call it a Founders Special)!Thurs Oct 4: another Sunny day...we head to Jockeys Ridge to check out the Hang Gliders in action...watch them, take loads of photos (still dont know if the digital camera is working or not!)we make another trip to the ice Cream shop to end our day...yummy!Fri Oct 5: the day starts again with sunshine...we go down to the beach early...before the heat of the day...we check out some of the rental homes on the beach...just in case we might be interested in coming back next year...we'll stay on the beach...we visit Bodie Lighthouse...more photos...another trip to Cold Stone Creamery...they know us by our first names now...hehehehehehe ;0)just for grins...on the way back to the condo...we stop by a Wal-Mart & take our digital camera in & see if theres any photos on our digital media card...THERE ARE!   YEA!!!!!!!Saturday Oct 6: Our last day in the Outter Banks of NC...we spend some time on the beach today...walking up & down the sandy beach...watches the crashing waves...the seagulls, other people,...looking at all the old beach houses...we have Pizzaz Pizza for lunch...& you guessed it...Ice Cream for supper....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...been a great week on the Outer Banks of NC.Sunday is a long travel day.see ya'll UP the trail!