“It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way.”
Saturday, Aug 3rd – Jekyll Island to Dillon, SC
We started the day off bright…. errr…. dark and early. We wanted desperately to catch a sunrise at Driftwood Beach and although the radar showed a rather large storm off the coast, we gave it a shot anyway and headed off with Stoli. But alas, the sun never really showed up through the clouds, although it still presented a very eery look to the dead oak trees that give the beach its name
We packed up rather early and got on the road to Dillon, SC. When we travel, we try to limit our drive to about 5.5 hrs or 340 miles (equivalent to 3/4 tank of gas). We stopped at a campground that was easily accessible off the interstate and we were able to spend a quiet relaxing evening sitting outside in the low-humidity temps. We finished the night with a nice steak & baked potato dinner and several glasses of sangria.
Sunday, Aug 4th – Dillon, SC to Cedar Island, NC
Again, another lazy morning allowed us to sleep in and take our time packing up. We headed off by 11am for the 4.5 hr drive to our next destination – Cedar Island, NC. We arrived around 4:30 in this very small town (if you can even call it that), which really consists of the Ferry Terminal. But the campground is at the end of the island by the terminal and RIGHT on the water. While the campground is going through some major renovation, it did offer us some of the prettiest views we could’ve asked for in a campsite! Kathy saw nearby horse stables and quickly scheduled a 1.5 hr sunset horseback ride in hopes of seeing the wild ponies roaming freely. Unfortunately, no ponies were spotted on this ride though the scenery and sunset were beautiful. She scheduled a 7:30am ride for the next morning, when the ponies are more likely to be seen. There is a herd of about fifty ponies that are theorized to have descended from Spanish horses that came ashore after the ships they were traveling on sank off the coast.
Our ferry ride departs at 10am on Monday morning and will take us to Ocracoke where we will meander across the island and jump on the ferry to Hatteras, then off to our campground in Waves, NC.
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