Last Minute Beach Trip!

While I was at work on Friday, John called me to let me know he had a short day.  In the midst of our conversation, I complained about not seeing the ocean yet this summer.  Yes, I know...I'm a brat.  We travel all of the time, but I LOVE the beach.  Sue me!! 

John being the spontaneous one that he is said, "Well, lets go!"  Don't think I didn't immediately start looking for a room and told him I would call him back.  LOL  About an hour later, I had us a place to stay at Kure Beach and I left work early.  I let the girls get credit for being at school and went and signed them out.  They had no idea where we were going LOL

We got in late afternoon so we walked the beach for a little while and went to Carolina Beach for dinner and donuts!

The room that I found was not ocean front (it was second row), but it was cheap and super cute.  After we returned from dinner, we went for a swim and had a blast.  The next morning, we got up and decided to go to Fort Fisher.  There is a small museum there and I love the rocks by the beach.  We called it a day and headed home.  Short trip, but great memories made!!

 



 



A Day of Exploring

We had no plans for today, but John woke up early and thought that we all should be up early as well.  UGH!  When he says, "Let's go for a ride.", I never know where we will end up.  Today was no different. 

Once I figured out the direction we were heading, I started searching of sites in the area.  Chang and Eng have always peaked my interest and I knew their graves were near Mount Airy.  I am weird and love old gravesites so we sought it out! 

Fun huh?

Next up....We drove out to Mayberry!!  You know...home of the Andy Griffith show?!?  There was a museum, but we decided against it as I'm a cheapo and really didn't want to have to pay LOL  We had fun just walking around town and eventually grabbing some lunch!

After we bailed the girls out of jail (LOL) and had some lunch, John decided to take the back roads home.  Between working routes and riding his motorcycle, he finds all of these cool little places. 

Mabry Mill is on the parkway in VA and is so pretty.  Its a combination of a restaurant, rest area, and a park.  Super nice. 



Our last stop was the cute covered bridge I seen on a side road.  So glad we stopped because I was able to snap a few cute pics :)





Overall a great day and didn't have to go to far to explore a little :)