We had a four day weekend, so we decided to drive down to
OBX after work on Wednesday. It was such a long, dark drive, but we made it just in time for sunrise on Thursday. This was the only sunrise that we saw.
We stayed at the
Avon Cottages. It has a kitchen, it's small, cheesy, cheap and they take dogs. It really doesn't get any better than that.
SUPing
Kiting
That's Rob jumping.
Swimming and Tanning
Eating
Mack Daddy's- Shrimp and grits (one of the best things I've ever eaten), cool bartender, decent beer selection
Buxton Munchies - local favorite, weird hippie restaurant with a Sponge Bob theme, fish tacos
Mad Crabber - 10¢ shrimp
Diamond Shoals- huge fresh fish selection, nice waiters, cheesy salad bar, hush puppies instead of bread
Stack 'em High - grits (I know pancakes should be first because of the name--but I love grits), pancakes, biscuits, 80 something year old owner still greats guests,
Good Winds- Sunset view, not the best drink selection, crab cakes were okay
Sunset Watching
Playing a food trivia game and coming in 2nd.
The never packed lightly car.
Paddling my new Paddle Surf Hawaii at Barnegat Bay in LBI. We tried to paddle to the lighthouse, but it was further away than we thought.
As I was getting ready to leave work, I looked out the window and noticed that the sky had turned black. I decided to wait out the storm. Suddenly one of my windows flew open. I ran and closed the window, as I was closing it, I heard a commotion in the hallway. I ran to the hallway and saw things flying out of a classroom. I ran into the classroom and I was shocked at what I saw. The wind had pushed the windows open and there was about 3 inches of water in the room, everything was soaked. I would push the windows closed and the wind would open them again. Then suddenly, it ended, I was able to close the windows. We 
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ked down the hall and assessed the damage, there were 7 classrooms that were flooded. The hood was in worse shape.
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