Brooklynne, Halleigh, and I returned from the beach last night. The 5th was our 5th anniversary, so we planned a special vacation. Saturday, we spent the first part of the day at the NC aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores and then took in historic Beaufort (BOW-fort) and had a good meal of grouper and shrimp before relaxing for the night at the Beaufort Inn. Our room overlooked the waterway, so we were able to watch the fishing boats go in and out under the drawbridge.

Sunday, we caught the 12:00 ferry to Ocracoke, where we rented bikes, visited the British Cemetery, got ice cream, and went swimming.

Monday, we biked to the the beach and spent the entire day there, outlasting the people who came after us, and the people who came after they left. Then we hit a geocache, grabbed crabcake and tuna steak sandwiches, and rode over to the park to watch the sunset.

Yesterday, we hit two more caches and killed time biking around the village before we started the long ride back. The last hurrah was a quick meal at the famed Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City, where Halleigh ate her own weight in hush puppies.

I've posted a few pictures beyond the "continue reading jump. Hopefully Brooklynne will have time to post some others. Enjoy!