Friday was a quiet day for us. We went to the beach in the morning. The big kids enjoyed the water while Jonalyn, Doug & I stayed and played on the sand. Doug got a sunburn the day before and with my broken toe (I think I forgot that tidbit – broke in in the rough surf on Wednesday) and bruises from earlier in the week, I opted out from more ocean fun. We went from the ocean to the pool, then in for lunch. Later in the afternoon, we wandered out for some shopping at a great shopping area we found. We bought a few small souvenirs, but the blue vase I saw that I really wanted was in a shop that was closed 🙁 It would have looked great in my evolving living room.

Dinner: Ice cream! Hey, we were on vacation. We can have ice cream for dinner if we want!

Saturday was even quieter than Friday. We set out to go to Roanoke Island as I thought my toe might be up to it, but the traffic was INSANE!! My advice to anyone going to the Outer Banks – don’t plan to go anywhere on Saturday or Sunday. We got a little ways and decided to turn around and go home. We would have sat in that traffic for hours on the way home as it would only get worse the later it got in the day. Instead we swam in the pool, Alyssa & I did some last minute shopping, and we hung out around the house. We finally found a great fish market and got some steamed shrimp and tuna for dinner. Let me tell you, it was out of this world!! You don’t get fish like that in the Midwest. Being fresh made a world of difference. We tried tuna – not from a can – for the first time and it was delicious. The man at the fish market told me how to cook it or I wouldn’t have had a clue.

After dinner we packed and cleaned and went to bed early. After two days of driving, we are now safely home, with wonderful memories of our trip to the Outer Banks.

My apologies for no pictures. I think Doug took some, but hasn’t downloaded them yet. When he does, I’ll post some.