Vacation Continues and ends...

When last I left you, we finished with Tues the 24th.

Wednesday the 25th: Gorgeous morning to wake up to, walked the beach a little in the morning and then packed up the beach gear to head to Ocracoke Island.

To get to Ocracoke you drive to the end of Hatteras Island and take a 40 minute ferry ride.

Anyway, the village of Ocracoke is 13 miles from the Ferry Terminal once you land on the Island so you have a little drive. We stopped at Howard's Pub and Raw Bar, and I couldn't have been more impressed. Crab cake sandwich was delightful and they had the best hand-cut fries I have ever had. From lunch we drove around the village, but we were not impressed. I guess we were expecting it to be more like Cape May, for those of you who have been there. Oh well, let's hit the beach. The beach was great on Ocracoke, it reminded me of the Caribbean beaches. The water was not as clear but, it was warm and the bottom was smooth. Headed back to the beach house after several hours at the beach on Ocracoke. Did our usual evening stuff and went to bed..

Thursday the 26th: Next to last day of Vacation. The guys and girls split up. I went with my dad, my father-in-law, and my uncle to Kill Devil Hills to see the Wright Brothers' memorial and museum. It was very interesting and very neat to walk on the grounds where flight was discovered. Afterwards headed back to the house and just pretty much hung out at the pool. Before dinner, Stacey, her parents, and myself drover 2 miles down the road to walk out on the world famous Rodanthe Pier. The same pier where parts of the movie (Nights in the Rodanthe) was filmed. (I thought to myself "gee, Richard Gere walked here!") It was our turn for dinner this night and we made, Italian Sausage with onions and peppers, roasted sweet & white potatoes and steamed green beans...

Friday the 27th: The last day of vacation just a beach day. However we drove to the town of Frisco about 30 minutes down Rt. 12 to find a better beach than the one by our house. We weren't disappointed. While the waves were not as good as the beach at Ocracoke, the water was warm and the sand smooth. After being at the beach several hours we returned to the house to get cleaned up for Dinner at the Down Under. The Down Under is an Australian themed restaurant, where they actually serve Kangaroo meat. Unfortunately for us they were out of Kangaroo burgers but, they did have the Kangaroo bites, which is essentially grilled sirloin tips but from Kangaroo and not beef. After dinner packed up our stuff and watched Jaws, a perfect beach movie.

Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th: Drove back to Delmar to the hotel we stopped at on the way down. Ate dinner at Bob Evan's (hadn't been there in forever). Woke up Sunday morning, left the hotel at 7:30 am, was home in Endwell at 1:30....Vacation over till next year...