The Outer Banks

Ok, so our next road trip was to the Outer Banks. Typically, it doesn't take more than 2 hours to get there. We decided to go on Sat which was a horrible move that turned our two hour road trip turned into a four hour road trip. And then, we had the bright idea to take the sentra because we were going to be taking the van to Pittsburgh at the end of the same week....thought we were smart and we'd save a penny taking the old car. Well, we did, but during the 4 hours of stop and go traffic our little sentra just couldn't take the heat while running the a/c.....so we pretty much roasted our asses off during the drive. At one point Aubrey got so mad she was screaming "I hate this!" from the back seat! It was bad. We were never so ready for a cold drink by the time we got there.

Our time there was a blast. We actually crashed Mike's cousins' family vacation....we are so glad we did! They were kind enough to invite us down for a couple of days, and Mike was able to get a day off of work. We absolutely love it there- it's gorgeous!

The only bad part of the trip was Mike coming down with salmonella poisoning. The day we left we thought he was hungover....two days later when he was still pooping and feeling awful he took himself to medical. They gave him two bags of fluids + antibiotics and told him he probably got sick from the raw chicken necks we used for crab bait.

Check out the girls in the last picture.....that was our last day at the beach and they were just a tad exhausted!!!