While we were at the museum, a woman was demonstrating how the kids played back in the 1700's. We got to try the toys and games, and she told Chris that he needed to hang on to me b/c life w/me was going to be a lot of fun and she sang to us..."Ohh child, things are gonna get easier..." After we left there, we went over to Bodie Island Lighthouse. It is under renovation, so it had scaffolding all around it. They had a new marsh board walk and it was a beautiful day, so we went out and took our picture w/the lighthouse in the background. Then we went across the road to Coquina Beach. There's where the two topless girls were playing frisbee...alrighty then...
We stopped at Five Guys Burgers for lunch b/c all over the internet they have that they are gluten free. We went in and I asked at the counter. The girl could barely speak English, so she just says "Nooooo???..." And the two guys cooking shouldn't have been handling any kind of food, gluten free or not. Needless to say we got out of there and went back to Outback Steakhouse. We can always rely on them for a great gluten-free meal! And the strawberry margaritas are awesome too! We went back to the house and watched the sunset...Tomorrow was the big day!!
Up at 4:30 Wednesday morning and getting ready for the big day. I got my hair done and dress on and then put on some makeup. It didn't look good so I took it back off and just did mascara and powder. Chris said he wondered why I had put it on to begin with. He couldn't have been any sweeter if he tried. When we woke up, he told me - "You are going to be mad, the wind has been blowing hard all night." We got some good pictures of the waves on the sound though. We went over to the beach and the officiant and photographer were there, but the witness was late. We were wondering, but there were people lined up on the boardwalk watching us, so we thought we could grab one of them if we needed too. She showed up about 15 minutes after the ceremony was to start, and we got married! The sunrise was gorgeous, all pinks and peaches... We got lots of pictures and are still waiting for the actual photos to arrive...
We went back to the house and had breakfast and changed clothes. I called Mom and sang Happy Birthday to her! She was excited and relieved that we had been married. We went out to Currituck Lighthouse and climbed to the top. They only took cash and we were a dollar short for two adult tickets, so the keeper said he would list me as a child. I told him that was his wedding gift to us. We climbed up to the top and the winds were 20 + miles per hour...But we walked around and took pictures and then headed back down and toured the grounds. We walked historic Corolla and got to see one of the wild horses they bring in once a week to draw attention to the need to care for the horses. We had drinks and snacks and walked out on the estuary boardwalk. We saw a giant red dragonfly. It was a nice walk but overgrown. Then we went to the nature conservatory and walked all through it and watched the movie about the Outer Banks. We picked up tickets for the ghost tour of the Whalehead Club! Had burgers & mac n cheese for lunch and took a nap. Then we went to the beach and walked and laid in the sun and picked up shells until the biting black flies drove us out. We rode our bikes out to Grammy B's and had ice cream! Yummy!! Toured the historic loop on the way back and saw a Momma deer and twin fawns. The sunset was gorgeous!
On Thurs, we drove down to Cape Hatteras. It was a beautiful day for a drive. They were still cleaning up hurricane damage. The road had standing water and sand in it and there was heavy equipment moving it. There was a huge tugboat in Oregon Inlet shooting sand way up in the air where they were dredging the shipping lanes to keep them open. We toured the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, but it wasn't as interesting as it was the first time. They took out a lot of the actual artifacts they had and opened up a huge room full of pirate mannequins and paraphenalia. It was nice but more geared to kids. The best tour was of the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station! We got a lot of mosquito bites, but it was worth it. We couldn't walk all the way out to the beach and the bucket b/c of all the standing water from the hurricane. But it was fascinating! We drove back to the house and had dinner and got ready for the ghost tour. It was fun, but didn't last very long. It was really beautiful to see the lighthouse across the lawns lit up for the night. It was the perfect Southern night! Chris wouldn't let me on the edge of the dock as we walked back to the car, b/c I am so clumbsy and he didn't want me falling in!
I will post more later...
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