Friday, October 2nd started our Fall break vacation. We got the boys got up to get ready for school. I told them if they would hurry up and get ready then we could go get donuts before school. So they did. I took Ref with us for school drop off because I needed to take him to Wags and Wiggles in Winchester for boarding. He loves it there. Way more fun than being at home lol. And they send me pictures of him playing everyday.
After everyone was dropped off, I got home and got to packing. I packed the boys stuff the night before but waited until last minute to pack my stuff. Once we were all packed up and ready to go we went and checked the boys out of school and got some Bojangles breakfast and ate at home. We let everyone pick out a toy and blanket to take with them and hit the road.
Our plan was to drive to Raleigh, North Carolina area and spend the night. That was about an 8 hour drive. The Carolina mountains were beautiful.
Before we made way to our hotel we stopped somewhere local to grab a bite to eat. We stopped at Countryside. Ryan wanted Carolina BBQ.
They had a really good dessert menu and it was hard to pick so we got two. Strawberry shortcake and banana pudding.
We got to the hotel to rest for the night. The boys piled up on their pull out couch bed. They stayed up late watching TV because why not? Its Fall Break!!!
Once everyone was up and moving we hopped back into the car in search of a McDonald's and Starbucks. About 2 hours into the trip that morning I realized I had left my pillow at the hotel :(.
We stopped for a pee break right before we made our way crossing over to the island. We stopped right before you cross the Alligator River bridge. It had is cute little lighthouse. Not sure if it was a real one or just a Cape Hatteras replica. There was a dock right behind this gas station where boats could get gas. Across the street were piles of what looked like crab baskets where it looked like they were getting ready to go set them up.
No matter where we are we continue to cheer on the Vols - even if they suck. So when it was game time I had to find a station or app on my phone to stream the game.
Choosing to go to the North part of the Island or South. We stayed on the South end in the Salvo area.
We made it to the OBX!
There was lots of sand dunes and lots of wind. You can see the sand in the middle of the road and then where it had blown across the street. There were areas where tractors were moving sand out of the way to keep from more sand moving onto the road.
The Cheerio - 26058 Colony Drive, Salvo NC. Located on the East side of the island. Some fun facts about Salvo - its located in Dare County, on Hatteras Island, part of NC Outer Banks. Originally part of the settlement of Chicamacomico, Salvo was originally know as "Clarks" or "Clarksville" - population 229 per 2010 census.
We were the first to the the house of the group and they were finishing up cleaning it. We decided to make our way around town to find the closest grocery store. About 15-20 minutes south we found a Food Lion. The other part of the crew stopped at the nearest Walmart which is about 2 hours out from where we are staying and picked the the groceries we needed except for the cold stuff. We picked up 3 gallons of milk, gallon of OJ and 3-18pks of eggs. We were hungry so we stopped in this Bro's Sandwich shop right beside Food Lion for lunch.
The French Dip was so good! Ryan got the cheesesteak and the boys picked grilled cheese and corn dogs!
Here is a picture of where we were in relation to the island. The blue dot is where we were staying. The red dot is Food Lion. Haha!
We spent the evening just unloading and enjoying getting the feel for the house. Maggie and I made our traditional vacation dips for snacking - salsa, creamy jalapeño, spinach dip and corn dip. Once everything was organized we were able to sit back and relax. These two couldn't hang.
Meanwhile, these party animals were ready for late night snack- Cereal!
Sunday morning - October 4th - Forecast calls for all day rain. But we made the best of it!
Our view from the top balcony
Doby found his sock ... he is free!!!
Nana, Papa and Liam made a dreary trip to see the beach....
...while this guy relaxed in the hot tub. Not for long though. The boys found out someone was in the hot tub and it was on! Everyone in the pool!!!
On their hike to the beach they came back with one of these. After doing some research we found out that these are egg sacks for manta rays, sting rays or certain types of sharks. Also know as a "mermaids purse". This one was empty but they said there were lots of them washed to shore.
The rest of the week called for good weather so us girls decided to take that opportunity to shop. There were some touristy shops that we found some OBX gear to wear. We researched restaurants as we passed them to narrow down what we wanted to try that week. It was getting late so we stopped in Nino's Pizza and ordered some pizza to take back to the guys.
All this staying up late has started catching up with some of them.
They boys have decided they were going to rotate their sleeping arrangements. Saturday night I think four of them slept in a Queen size bed with Nana. Sunday night - Hudson, Kane and Reid piled up in the bed with us.
Follow along for part 2 - OBX 2020 - South Hatteras
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