Exhausted. We left OBX this morning and are parked about 300 miles west in North Carolina for logistical reasons. Lots going on right now. Exciting, but tiring. I’ll share more when I have everything set.
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Alex Standiford
I flew my stunt kite today! I bought it last week at a local kite shop in Kitty Hawk (unsurprisingly, wind-based flight is pretty big here). I’ve never flown a two string kite before, but I’m hooked. I only wrecked it three times ????.
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Alex Standiford
Man, the locals at OBX really love OBX. So many vanity plates and decals sporting the letters OBX.
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Alex Standiford
OBX is a serious contender for my favorite place out east. There’s a lot to love about North Carolina. Really feeling the vibe of this area.
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Alex Standiford
My wife spent like 3 hours on the beach with Bennett today, looking for seashells. As I approached her, she came running up to me looking like what you see in the photo ????. She was so dang excited to find a fully intact conch shell in the water, and got soaked going in after it.
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Alex Standiford
A local ice cream shop in Roanoke sold me an ice cream cone with Cheez Its sprinkled on-top. It was too weird to not try. Salty + sweet almost always works, and this is no exception.
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Alex Standiford
Woke up this morning to a lot of wind outside. Turns out, a tiny sand bar off the coast of North Carolina is quite windy this time of year. Yet another moment where this area reminds me of our visit to Elephant Butte, New Mexico, even though it is way on the other end of the country.
https://casualweirdness.life/articles/travelogue/elephant-butte-new-mexico
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Alex Standiford
I think my favorite thing about OBX is that it’s all one road lol. Directions are super easy, and I’m directionally challenged ????
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Alex Standiford
We have made it to the outer banks, where for the next two weeks we will call home. The campsite takes up about 2/3rds of the total width of the island where we’re parked(!)
There’s so, so much history in this region of the US, and I’m so excited to dig in!