Sunday, September 19, 2010

North Carolina's Just Fine by Me


Operation 36-Hour OBX or Bust: Moderate Success

*only one tire was busted on this mission. Blame the Bodie Light House... Upshot of busted tire: we met friendly surfers from Montreal and a talkative Republican who relocated to the area at the top of the housing bubble.

In all, it was a lovely two days featuring great blue cheese, my first taste of the infamous Wahoo fish, listening to the waves crash by our deck, hiking the sand dunes with Mennonites, thinking about A Kingdom Strange, feeding leftover salad to a mess of turtles, and listening to a slew of podcasts (and the new Brandon Flowers' album on repeat).

The biggest drawback of the trip wasn't the drive or the AAA rescue; it was the damn bugs, which ate me alive. Why me, bugs? Do I taste like Ina's cheesecake to you? Don't you know how many calories I contain? Show some moderation!