Will Calland's Outer Banks Expedition

On this expedition we went fishing, surfing, jumping off of giant sand dunes, sightseeing, kite flying, shopping, ice cream eating, and sand flea hunting on the beaches. This was by far one of the best expeditions that I have ever been on in my entire time of being here for the last two semesters.

Our car ride was very surprisingly short. It was at the most 8 hours long and I got some good resting time on the ride there and back. Towards the end of the ride as well as the day, we had gotten a little bit lost and when we looked at the directions we saw that we had passed the County Line campground. So we had to turn around. We were in a little back road and we saw a house that had a drive way that we could turn around in and we were trying to do it as quickly and as quietly as we could. But suddenly, the lights came on inside the house and a man came outside. At first we thought that we saw a gun in his hand, later to be told that Judson was kidding and the man had just had a flashlight.

 When we got to our campsite it was really damp but there seemed to be no signs of mosquitoes but then after a minute or so we started to get uninvited guests that decided to make themselves at home on our arm, legs, and faces. It was a good thing we got that Yard Guard from the store because the mosquitoes there were huge!

We left the next day because we could not tolerate the bugs there. We next went to the Rodanthe water sports campground, which we stayed at for the rest of our time there until we headed back home. The sunsets were beautiful there. Here is one of them that I took a picture of.                                                                             

The mosquitoes weren’t nearly as bad as before and that night I slept like a baby.

Next morning we went to jockeys ridge in Kitty Hawk and we spent our time there making fools of ourselves jumping off the edge of the dunes.

When we got back to our campsite, Judson took us all fishing in the surf. Nolan was the only person who caught anything and it was a 2 foot long skate, which is a member of the shark family.                    

That night there was a nor eastern storm and it was very very windy outside. It was so windy that the other tent flipped over and Sophie had to help the kids pin it back down in the ground.

The next day we went to jockeys ridge and flew Sophie’s kites on our fishing rods. We were even able to get her penguin pup there as well. Harris tried to get his GoPro camera on the kite and it worked a little bit but the kite struggled with the weight of it.

 Two days later we left the outer banks. I was very unhappy that we had to leave and I will never forget the fun times that our group had there. I hope every one back home is having a good time and I hope you enjoyed my blog, PEACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!