20 toes in the sand...

Outer Banks, NC (7/10-7/14)
Harrison and I got away for a beach trip after my last day of work at Biltmore Family Medicine. We've always wanted to go to the Outer Banks after hearing such great things about it. Once we move to AL we'll be 14 hours away from OBX rather than 7, so this was our chance.

We stayed at an adorable little cottage in Nags Head.

Nags Head was a little too crowded for our taste in beaches, so we checked out some of the quieter, more private areas such as Duck, Corolla, Manteo, and our favorite, Cape Hatteras.

We checked out the Wright Brother's Memorial on the first day. It was neat to see where the first documented flight took place. It's now a grassy hill, but it used to be a huge sand dune:

I love this picture of Harrison goofing around:

On one of the days, we drove out to The Whalehead Club in Corolla, which is a magnificent 1920's estate that was built by a wealthy couple as a hunting retreat. The scenery was beautiful all around.

 We did a self-guided audio tour through the 2,000 + sq. foot home. It was pretty cool.

On our final beach day, we spent the entire time at Cape Hatteras beach. The lighthouse was just behind us, the high was 86 degrees, and the water was a perfect 75 degrees. I finished one book: Tina Fey's Bossypants (hilarious) and got started on The Secret Life of Bees.