So Whose Idea Was This Anyway?: 10/19/2011 Signs, Lines, and Random Pictures

Stuck Here On Purpose

Instant Gratification Isn’t Fast Enough For Me

For Italians, life is what happens in between meals

Eternity, Smoking or Non-Smoking?

I’m not big on telling anyone what they should do in their lives, but I will say… traveling around the United States has allowed us to realize where we’d like to spend more time. For anyone wanting a really amazing getaway that’s in the US, Kitty Hawk, or somewhere on the Outer Banks, is AMAZING! Kitty Hawk is definitely more blue collar than other spots, which suited us fine. Old houses on stilts in the sand mixed in with new monstrosities. Funky old restaurants serving seafood and Asian fusion food, Pelicans and dolphins and Least Pipers, and best of all for those of us from Northern California, water warm enough for us to get in! (Although I was a total chicken about swimming. I’m used to undertows and riptides and danger signs. At the slightest pull of a wave I thought I was gone for good, so it took me a while to inch my way in…)

So, it’s Wednesday morning the 19^th, and it’s still raining. Darn, just when the webbed feet were returning to normal. And it’s raining HARD. We’d planned a slow drive from the outer banks down to Orlando with long stops in Charleston and Savannah, but if this rain keeps up we’ll probably just drive. It’s way too difficult to navigate this thing in congested towns when it’s raining. It will be a little disappointing since New Bern was the original state capitol and is supposed to have some beautiful architecture and gardens etc… AND we were going to go stop at a coffee shop because, of course, my computer can’t deal with the internet here. And by the way, what the heck? I’m sure there’s some universal message I’m supposed to get about no expectations, but it does start to feel personal. Who knows how many more descriptions of campsites and weather I’d write about if I could do it in the moment rather than having to wait for days? Haha. But seriously, it does take a lot of the fun out of it not to be able to post in the moment.