I just got back from the  outer banks the other evening – just in time to watch the OSU vs USC game. That was an ugly game… 

 

 

 

Back to the good stuff!  The beach was great – we had great weather the entire time we were down there. We had a little rain on Wednesday when we arrived but other than that it was great.  My friend Beau and I went down there just for a couple of days to hang out since neither one of us had ever been to the outerbanks and he even lived in NC for awhile!  We went to Jockey Ridge state park the first evening there – that place is amazing.  I highly suggest you go there if you ever want to see a cool state park. It was just hills of sand dunes! It was amazing.  

We ate at the Bass Cedar house and Millers on the waterfront – both are along the sound near Roanoke island. Both of them had amazing seafood – Bass cedar house had great swordfish and from what I can gather they might be an organic restaurant - not for sure on that though.. They did make a point to mention fresh local seafood, and free range chicken with no antibiotics.. so who knows.. 

Millers on the waterfront was great – it was a cute little place that had a nice view of the sunset over the sound.  Their mahi mahi was amazing.. I’m not much of a seafood fan but this was good. They had little hush puppies that were to die for as well!

Cape Hatteras was amazing.. the lighthouses at Bodie island and Cape Hatteras were great. I loved the national seashore that runs from nags head down to the cape.  They are the best beaches down there  - almost no people within eyesight, no condos or houses/hotels.. its literally just you and the beach.  I loved it – brought back some amazing shells and driftwood! I’m really excited about the driftwood. 

If you want to check out some info on the cape  here is a good website - http://www.nps.gov/caha/

The place we stayed in was great as well – it was a little family run motel that had condo like apartments.  We got a great deal on the place we stayed in and it was literally right across the road from the beach.  If you have ever been down to the outer banks then you know the little beach road that is there and hardly anyone drives on it so there isn’t a ton of noise. I could sit on either the back deck of our condo or the front porch and hear/see the ocean. Very nice!  The place is the Sea Kove in Kitty Hawk, NC

 

Alright, well I need to start doing some work so I will post a few pictures that I play around with last night.

Enjoy!