Watkins Glen Park Pics and NC Part Two

welcome back! so today is day two in the lovely outer banks, and i am still working on the whole "stop doing everything pipe the fuck down and relax" thing, having a little success. after i am done here, a few of us are about to go get some fruits and veggies from a local farmers market! i am going to make some strawberry cream pies and salsa later.

this picture here, i totally stood up out of the window on the chesapeake bay bridge sunday morning. that would be all three of our cars! of course, the front running me and my obnoxiously epic hair. i should have let it down to blow in the wind, but that's okay.  :P

anyway, we didn't do a whole lot yesterday, mostly the adventure consisted of walking to duck donuts (which was a little farther than i thought), got some donuts, walked back, went for a swim in the pool, then hit up food lion to collect our dinners (mostly) for the week. i am seriously getting the feeling that i am always going to be mom, yelling at everyone to get in line and get back together and stuff. at least i'm good at what i do.

so! here are a few pictures from watkins glen state park! i will post a couple more pictures from the beach at the end, but i will have more tomorrow!

these, of course, are just a few pictures from the day. we walked about 5 miles or something, and spent about 3 hours here going through two of the trails. all the while, being so close to watkins glen race track, we could hear the sounds of the porsches racing around the track. at one point we were pretty far away so it got quiet, but it was a nice walk and all.

we saw these little guys on the trail, too! the one in front, i actually moved near the fence. he was in the middle of the path, and i thought he was a toy at first! i picked him up with a leaf, just so he wouldn't get stepped on by other people not paying attention, and i wasn't sure if he was poisonous or not, since that would be my luck, having a weird reaction to picking up a strange lizard in a park.

i would like to go back again sometime. it was a nice area, and would be worth the couple hour drive to spend the day down there!

meanwhile, back in outer banks..... ☺

here are a couple pictures from yesterday!

 aren't picture days neat? the house we are staying in is called yellowbird. the pictures never do any of these places justice. they're all so nice! and the more people we bring along, the fancier they get. there are some pretty big houses in this neighborhood. it's like being rich for a week, except we aren't. the area is awesome though, at one end of the block, we can walk down to the soundside and see some awesome sunsets (second picture), and on the other side, after crossing the road, the ocean is a short 10 minute walk away! i made it a point to go out there yesterday after dinner, since we didn't make it the first night. it is something magical. the ocean breeze, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore....even the smell of the ocean in the air. it is so soothing. to be able to be this close, even for such a short amount of time, is truly great.

anyway, i have more adventures in the works for today, so i am off! come back tomorrow for more! thanks for reading!! ♥