Nag's Head

The beach at last! As mentioned in a previous post, I got lost on the way to the beach so it was already getting dark when I arrived at the Outer Banks. I planned to stick my feet in the ocean, treat myself to a nice meal then drive back to the bed and breakfast. My first visit to the ocean in more than a decade lasted about twenty minutes. As I got to the end of a boardwalk I came even with a young man who was staring at the ocean. "Look." he said without turning to look at me. I followed his gaze and out in the water I saw two surfers floating on their boards. Suddenly, a few feet from them I saw two fins come up then go back down. "What were those?" I asked, thinking immediately of the movie Jaws. "Dolphins." Cool. The smell of the sea, my feet in the waves, dolphin fins rising and falling as the sun set over the ocean. It was an awesome twenty minutes.

The next day I drove back to Nag's Head, the shorter way wherein which I did not get lost. (Okay, I did get a little messed up but got back on track quickly.) The beach in the light of day. Aaaahhhh. The ocean. It doesn't make me feel small and insignificant, it makes me feel like I'm part of something big and amazing. 

Normally I'm quite content standing with my feet in the water because...well...things live in there. Things that bite and sting. Sharks don't come into my living room, I don't go into theirs. I am okay sitting on the beach. But wow. It was hot! Maybe I could get in up to my knees...As I got closer to the water I noticed a plethora of gelatinous objects on the sand. Upon closer inspection they appeared to be breast implants. Hmm...I always wondered where those came from. They're everywhere. Breast implants as far as the eye can see. It looked like a plastic surgeon's playground. They had to be jelly fish, nothing else made sense. I was NOT getting into jelly fish water.

But it was so hot...

Lots of people were swimming. And not writhing in agony from jelly fish stings. I ventured in up to my ankles being very careful to avoid stepping on the breast implant/jellyfish. Then I see people picking the gelatinous masses up and throwing them at each other. It must be okay so I went a little further in. I didn't put a swim suit on because I wasn't planning on getting in. My dumb ass walked into the ocean thinking I'd stay dry. Not sure what I was thinking. The ocean is unpredictable. I'm in six inches of water when a wave hits and completely soaks me. Sigh. 

I played in the breast implant water for a while then sat on my towel to dry off. What a glorious day. I packed up my belongings and headed to my car. My car which I'd be driving in for four hours. Four hours in wet sandy clothes. Whose brilliant idea was that? I was grumbling and loading my car when I saw the bag with the sundress I'd bought in Edenton. I knew that dress would come in handy!

Hmmm...

The woman standing next to her car in Nag's Head very skillfully removing wet clothes from under a dress? That would be me. Girls learn at a very young age how to disrobe without actually disrobing. It's a skill. I stopped for falafel then headed home to Roxboro. And I didn't get lost!