“Travel is not reward for working. It’s education for living” – Anthony Bordain
Tuesday, August 6 – Waves, NC
Our first day at Waves was a rather low-key day. We took a mid-day bike ride down the coast on the trail to a nearby park. Then Leonard and Joan attempted to take the Rad E-Bikes out on the beach. What a short-lived adventure that was; I think the beach got the best of us!
For the evening we had a nice dinner out at Dirty Dicks in Avon, NC. It also gave us the opportunity to grab some groceries and try the famous Duck Donuts (nope, none of us got the bacon maple donuts). But they sure were delicious!! But the best was coming home and the guys making homemade vanilla ice cream for our bedtime treat. Ahhhh, the RV life!
Wednesday, August 7th – Waves, NC
Our reservations at the campground were supposed to be together but for some reason they moved us apart before our arrival. So on Wednesday morning, the spot freed up next to Leonard & Marty so we moved the RV. This gave us the opportunity to have a community pen for the 7 dogs and 4 humans. Fortunately, all 7 get along well.
Early afternoon, we loaded up 5 dogs (Guido and Houdini stayed home to guard the RV) into the Jeep and headed south to Cape Hatteras. In the Outer Banks, you can drive on the beach with a permit. We stopped first at the Cape Hatteras lighthouse to observe the beauty and so Kathy could photograph it. Then we headed onto the beach with the Jeep. The beach was extremely crowded with vehicles and people, and the water was pretty rough. We let the dogs play in the waves for a bit. As much as Stoli likes water, he is scared of the water coming towards him, so Joan helped him get used to it. We soon decided it was WAY too crowded for our liking, and the tide was coming too close to the Jeep, so we decided to head back to camp. We had to release pressure in the Jeep tires to ride on the beach but when we were filling the tires back up, we drained the Jeep battery. Fortunately a friendly local was nearby and quickly gave us a jump and we were on our way. After dinner at home, we rode our bikes over to the sound hoping to catch a sunset, but a rather strong storm rolled in and put an early end to the evening.
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