Outer Banks ’09 Day One
This year, for our 3rd Anniversary, Eric and I decided to tent camp our way up the Outer Banks! We had SUCH a great time and such a wonderful adventures along the way. I decided to blog about our trip up in 4 separate posts, so stay tuned for Day 2, 3, and 4 soon to come!
We left Garner at 5:30am on Friday morning and made our way to the Ferry that would take us to the island of Ocracoke. We knew there was a 10am Ferry and the next one wasn’t until 2pm, so we wanted to be sure to allow enough time to get there and make the 10am. What we did NOT realize was that you can make reservations, and with our trip falling on Labor Day weekend, the 10am Ferry was completely booked. We found this out when we pulled in at like 9am. Then we found out that the 2pm was also booked! So I began to pray that there would be some way we could get on the 10am ferry. We were 3rd in line to get on if people who had made reservations didn’t show. Well, God answered our prayer, and we were literally the LAST car that was allowed onto the 10am Ferry!
Our first priority once we got to the island was to find a tent site!! We didn’t make any reservations ahead of time, as we kind of wanted to ‘wing it’ and find places to stay as we went. Again, God provided the LAST ocean front tent site and we set up camp 
As you can see, our site was right in front of the dunes and a path that led straight to the ocean.
We went exploring in the quaint fishing village town of Ocracoke and saw our first of 4 lighthouses along the outer banks’ coastline
As we were walking along, we saw this General store, and Eric, seeing the sign, said that we should go in 
So we did, and had a nice visit with Albert Eric bought a rootbeer in a bottle, and I got a coke in a bottle and we enjoyed sipping our sodas while sitting on the front porch of the general store.
That night, back at our tent site, we made french press coffee over the fire in this cute blue teapot I bought. Then we took our camping mugs full of steaming hot coffee, a book to read and of course, my journal and our camera across the dunes and set up our chairs in the sand and enjoyed a relaxing evening, ending with a beautiful sunset!
September 28th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Great photos, Ocracoke is a wonderful place to visit.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. The picture of the sky is beautiful in color.Keep enjoying God’s creation with God’s man for you. Love,Mama
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 am
So much fun looking over your pictures and reading about your adventures!
We camped when Jeff was only a year at a family campground in Buxton and loved it. There were less bugs b/c they sprayed, (and the hot showers)when we stayed closer to the ocean I was bitten all over, and we had those gnats in the tent as well, but they bit me more than Steve! I think You and I should take it as a compliment!
Tell eric I liked his artsy lighthouse in the window shot!
So FUN that you have a wonderful friend who is willing to share her rental home with you, the ocean views were stunning! Our house did not have a hammock..I would have loved it!
The pig roast was SO from God, I am sure He delighted in watching you enjoy His gift to you, especially as you recognized it being from Him.
I am so glad that you both had such a great trip!
lots of love,
JO