Cruisin' in to Corolla

We arrived at our beach rental house in Corolla, NC today just before noon! This is the second year we've gone down to the Outer Banks for a summer vacation. My parents and Uncle Dave and Aunt Joyce rented the house and convinced us to come down for the week. Kristie can't stay the whole week because of classes and exams, so she will ship out a little early, taking a flight back from Norfolk on Tuesday. My cousin Stephanie and her husband Jon will be coming down here tomorrow night.

We actually left yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. from Painesville and drove together in my parents' vehicle. It was pretty packed, but we survived. We stayed in Norfolk last night and got up early this morning to make the rest of the trip (about 2 hours) to the Outer Banks. We strategically planned this out since last year, traffic was crazy for my parents during the afternoon and early evening on Saturday because of all the other vacationers making their treks.
We made a stop at the welcome center as we entered the Outer Banks. Had to get a photo with the giant fish.




They let us check into our house on 1083 Hampton at Corolla Light early and boy, is it amazing! It has its own pool, there are 5 bedrooms and this place could basically sleep 19! We've only been here about 8 hours and it feels like we've been here a week already. Since we've been here, I went out and ran a little over 4 miles with my iPod Nike+ adapter, then we went swimming here at the house, played a few games of pool (yes it has a pool table!), went on a walk up to some shops and looked at the Sound, came back and went swimming again and now we are sitting down to eat dinner.




It's really beautiful weather down here, mid-80's and nice breeze coming in from the Atlantic. We'll be sure to check in again later in the week.