Day 5, Wednesday April 13, 2010
The cold front passed through last night and it is cool and windy today. It is around 50 degrees with wind at 30 - 35 miles per hour. The chill factor is much lower than 50 degrees. We wore our long sleeved hooded sweat shirts, but, we should have worn coats.
Since it was cool, we did not leave until after 10 AM. Our first stop of the day was Jockey State Park, home of the tallest sand dune on the Atlantic Coast. We visited the museum then took a 1.5 mile stroll through the sand dunes. With the wind, it was very uncomfortable. Walking through the sand was very tiring and did warm us up a little. We left the main area and drove to a nature trail for another stroll through the dunes.
We left the dunes and went for Mexican food at a restaurant called La Fogata. There was a restaurant with the same name in San Antonio that was great. I don’t think it was part of a chain, but, we hope a restaurant with the same name would be just as good. The food was great.
After eating, we drove out to the beach to pick up shells. It was still very windy and cool so we decided to
drive back to one of the National Parks, Bodie Lighthouse, which we had passed the day before. The light house is under renovation so we could not take any good pictures, but, there was a small museum to visit. We had a long discussion with the individual working at the light house. He had 2 sons in the Navy and one in the Marine Corps. His two sons in the Navy had graduated from the Naval Academy and had spent 3 years together at the Academy.
After visiting the park, we went back towards Kitty Hawk and stopped at an antique mall. They had a lot of neat things, but, nothing that we needed. Another successful shopping day--a lot of looking, but no buying.
After the antique shops, we left the outer banks and went for a wine tasting. They had 15 different wines to taste. Some were very good and some were just passable. We did buy 3 bottles to bring home with us.
All in all a very enjoyable day without rushing around. People were super friendly at each stop and we enjoyed talking to them. Tomorrow is supposed to be a better day. Friday is supposed to be sunny and 80 degrees. Linda wants to go looking for shells so maybe Friday would be a better day.
The cold front passed through last night and it is cool and windy today. It is around 50 degrees with wind at 30 - 35 miles per hour. The chill factor is much lower than 50 degrees. We wore our long sleeved hooded sweat shirts, but, we should have worn coats.
Since it was cool, we did not leave until after 10 AM. Our first stop of the day was Jockey State Park, home of the tallest sand dune on the Atlantic Coast. We visited the museum then took a 1.5 mile stroll through the sand dunes. With the wind, it was very uncomfortable. Walking through the sand was very tiring and did warm us up a little. We left the main area and drove to a nature trail for another stroll through the dunes.
We left the dunes and went for Mexican food at a restaurant called La Fogata. There was a restaurant with the same name in San Antonio that was great. I don’t think it was part of a chain, but, we hope a restaurant with the same name would be just as good. The food was great.
After eating, we drove out to the beach to pick up shells. It was still very windy and cool so we decided to
drive back to one of the National Parks, Bodie Lighthouse, which we had passed the day before. The light house is under renovation so we could not take any good pictures, but, there was a small museum to visit. We had a long discussion with the individual working at the light house. He had 2 sons in the Navy and one in the Marine Corps. His two sons in the Navy had graduated from the Naval Academy and had spent 3 years together at the Academy.After visiting the park, we went back towards Kitty Hawk and stopped at an antique mall. They had a lot of neat things, but, nothing that we needed. Another successful shopping day--a lot of looking, but no buying.
After the antique shops, we left the outer banks and went for a wine tasting. They had 15 different wines to taste. Some were very good and some were just passable. We did buy 3 bottles to bring home with us.
All in all a very enjoyable day without rushing around. People were super friendly at each stop and we enjoyed talking to them. Tomorrow is supposed to be a better day. Friday is supposed to be sunny and 80 degrees. Linda wants to go looking for shells so maybe Friday would be a better day.
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