25 folks in an 8-bedroom house who take turns cooking dinner, making tea, using the kayaks, and playing tournament bocce ball makes for a nice vacation believe it or not! thats what aubrey and i just returned from and aunt connie and uncle howdy hosted us all. it was a great time at the beach and not too hot, although the same cant be said for home. we flew up to newport news and drove down to the beach in a rental car turned 4x4 rental truck b/c they were out of cars. 'you can drive on the beach in this thing' the agent said. we never tried, we not only thought it was wrong, we were (or i was) chicken and didnt know how to not get stuck in the soft sand. plus i didnt want to be the tourist on holiday who had to phone in a request for another vehicle b/c i'd gotten the first one stuck on the beach.
we took the ferry over from hatteras and were the first vehicle loaded onto the ferry so we sat in our 4x4 and watched for land. we had the best crabcakes ever at the creekside cafe in ocracoke, the best seafood lo mein at the boardWok in Rodanthe and the rest of the meals we enjoyed right at the beach house. i read a book and just relaxed. it was grand.
