We needed some time to ourselves..don't get me wrong. We love our friends and family and spending time with everyone but we haven't had an opportunity to spend some time with eachother in a while. We decided to take our first camping trip together in Dr. Beach's #1 beach in the United States...Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Our trip started at 1:30am on Saturday morning. We were both stumbling over our bags, clothes, etc. to try and get out the door. Grandma La (Mom) met us at the door to say goodbye and we were on our way. A 4 hour drive and then another 3 hour ferry ride finally put us on the island. I can't believe we actually made it but we did sleep on the ferry ride over so that helped out...I think. I was still a bit groggy when we stepped off and made it over to the camp ground. We got such a great camp site. They had a system that was first come first serve and we had driven around twice wanting to find a spot by the beach. Of course there was none avaliable so we settled for D36. The very last one across from the beach side and with a beautiful view of the trash can. The thing we didn't know was that there was a private trail to get to the top of the sand dune and a cleared out spot for a tent. That's right, our own private spot overlooking the campground...we loved it. Now here comes the setting up the tent part...yes I know what you are thinking. Novice campers...it took hours to set up the tent. It took 20 minutes, that's right. We were really supprised too...and after that we got some lunch, filled up our cooler with water and beer and started on our vacation. There were many walks on the beach, a relaxing rainy night, and a day for exploring the island on Sunday. We walked the nature trail, stopped by the speciality stores,Blackbeards Museum since Ocracoke island is where he was laid to rest, and walked along the beach some more. There were times we were the only people on the beach and there are no houses built on the beach, just a beautiful ocean view as far as your eye can see. Randy and I had some great time to talk, enjoy our company, and focus on our relationship. Maddox was the topic of many of our converstations naturally and we really were glad to see him when we got back but I think more than ever we realize that we really need to take some time out for ourselves so we can give more of ourselves to Maddox. When we came home Maddox was just wanting to cuddle with us all day on Monday...as if he was letting us know how much he missed us. We were more than happy to cuddle back, we missed him too. It was a great weekend, we are planning another weekend camping trip in August. This time in the mountains....until our next adventure....
