Leaving Duck; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

just past Virginia Beach 

learnin' stuff

You love my over-sunglasses, no?

Last day in Duck, NC was a beautiful, hot, beachy day.  We said goodbye and got on the road, but not back to Bel Air quite yet.  We went north via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, through Virginia, and into Delaware.  Lunch in historic Berlin, Md, where the local burger joint reminded us with their many posters that such films as Runaway Bride and Tuck Everlasting were filmed locally.  There was also one of the Planet of the Apes poster by the bathroom, but I'm pretty sure that was not filmed on Maryland's Eastern Shore, but, hey, I could be very wrong.

Beaching has got me fiending for more.  Maybe Japan in the future?

A rad, beautiful photostream I found:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ippei-janine/3962040882/in/set-72157600321338295/

Let's go!

Wanchese Pool and last day in Duck, July 2012

Currituck Sound 

cleaning the pool 

yes, that needs to be drained

it was, but then the storm came

last morning @the beach

pelicans

these guys

One day during our vacation in Duck we ventured out to Wanchese, an island south of Nags Head.  Josh has a friend there with a pool, as you can see, and he wanted to skate it.  Well, it needed cleaning and by the time that was finished it was just in time for a crazy storm to blow through.  We went inside where I was entertained by an adorable and boisterous 5-year-old.  Later we dined on the delicious kitchen-makings of her 9-year-old sister (her guide was a library Sesame Street cookbook, (this one I think).  On the menu:  pan-baked enchiladas, and for desert, apple crumb cake with vanilla ice cream.  It was delicious.

Our last day we ventured to the beach early to take pics of the birds and the critters, mostly crabs.  Of which Josh complained, "Too many pictures of crabs".  They were jittery and skittery--I was so pleased to catch them on camera, I couldn't help myself!