Yesterday we left the house and made
the drive out to the Outer Banks. Derek got off of work early and so
we packed up the car, headed to Sam's and got some supplies for the
weekend (including a new car seat for Jay), and we were on the road
by 4:30.
The drive was really not too bad. It
only took us about 4 hours to get there, including one pit stop for a
diaper change in one farm town in between Dogtown and Conetoe, NC.
Yes those are real towns and we couldn't help but laugh at the
hilarity of their names. We got to drive through so many small farm
towns. It started to remind us of the quaint little towns of Idaho
that we love so much. At one point we saw a 12 year old boy driving
a huge tractor down the highway and Derek was convinced we had
somehow landed in some part of Idaho.
One of the coolest parts of the drive
were these 3+ mile bridges that allowed us to cross the mass bodies
of water separating some of the islands on the Outer Banks. It was a
really neat experience and slightly terrifying at the same time, when
I thought about the potential death that awaited us if the bridge
were to break.
We got to stay at my friend Kristina's
in-laws house and it is so pretty! We were so happy/hungry when we
got there! We got Jay in bed and Derek left to go find us some
dinner. I was in pain from how hungry I was and started going through
all the cabinets looking for something to eat. I finally found a
Fiber One bar and was so happy I chomped half of it in one bit. Then
I read the wrapper and saw that it expired 4 years ago. I promptly
spat it out and chucked it and then went and ate Jay's snacks until
Derek got back with our first east coast Little Ceaser's. We agreed
its much better here than in Utah!
Once we were fed we decided to wind
down and watch a movie before bed. It was such a magical experience
to open up the tv cabinet and find it stocked with VHS! There is
something unexplainable about the joy of downgrading your technology.
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