Friday
Today was our extra day to enjoy the beach. We have done everything we wanted to do with
the exception of Ben really having a good kite flying success. He got the kite up one day but not to suit him. So our day would have a couple goals – fly
the kite, enjoy the sunshine and beach, and of course eat some more seafood.
After breakfast Jane headed for the sunshine on the
deck. Ben got hung up in the room with a
guy who was replacing the lock to the balcony. It was rusted and almost
impossible to get open and closed. Ben
thinks this is a hotel that has been upgraded to Comfort Inn standards and
barely meets them. The windows and doors
were all put in during the time he was doing curtain wall construction so I
guess he should know. Very nice service,
the hotel itself has good beds, linens etc. but the basic structure is
old. Certainly has everything we need –
but getting in and out that door was an issue.
I reported it and within 15 minutes the guy was there fixing it!
Ben had great success this morning with his kite. It was very difficult to get a good photo
with both Ben and the kite in it – the sun was so bright I could barely tell
what I was taking….I think I must have taken 15 or so and only got 2 that had
both Ben and kite!
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| Ben Flying his Kite |
We enjoyed our dinner last night and Ben had been eyeing the
she crab soup so we went back to Miller’s for a light lunch. Ben had she crab soup, Jane had the Miller’s
Signature salad and we split ½ pound of steamed shrimp. All was excellent!
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| Miller's Signature Salad |
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| Steamed Shrimp |
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| She Crab Soup |
Did a bit of driving around – Jane wanted to go to the south
end of Nags Head – well it looks just like the rest of the beachfront with
cottage after cottage. But south from Whalebone
Junction – where 58 and 12 join is nothing but cottages. We are the last large hotel, there is a
restaurant across the street and several more north of us – we are beachfront
right near Whalebone Junction. Jane kept
wanting to find the Whalebone Junction sign…we finally found one that said
Whalebone District. Things change!
We visited a seafood market to investigate seafood to take
home in freezer. Not so sure it is worth
the trouble – we will check in Wanchese on our way out tomorrow.
Watching the ocean from the now shaded balcony, writing my
blog, and reading will fill my restful afternoon. Ben took a nap and will maybe get in the
water. Jane – not going to risk walking
in that soft sand…would love to walk in the surf but going to skip it this
time. Ben made it into the ocean or so
he says – I waited a few minutes and went out on the balcony to take his photo –
I got a photo but it was of him coming up the stairs from the beach to the
deck! He says he got both feet in the
water and that it was very cold. Later
looking up the water temperature on the internet it said temp was 60.
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| Back from the "swim" |
Our last dinner was at Owen’s Restaurant. It is an old standby here – same family has
managed it for 70+ years. It had great
ratings as did Miller’s. Well Owen’s won
in every category but the hush puppies.
We had the Mariner’s Broiled Platter and split it – perfect in both food
and size of serving. Broiled scallops,
shrimp, rock fish, and a cheesy crab dish that is the house specialty. All broiled to perfection and served with a
mashed potato dish and crisp green beans. The restaurant split the food for us - unusual. Usually they just give you an extra plate. Jane not realizing she would be getting the green beans , had a house
salad with a very tasty poppy seed dressing.
All in all a great ending for our seafood extravanganza this week! The hush puppies were very similar to Miller’s
but Miller’s won by a hair for The #1
Hushpuppies for our week at the beach 2017!
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| House Salad |
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| Mariner's Platter - half |
Enjoyed a last evening on the balcony watching people get in their last rays of sunshine. The sprinter is parked in the lot right below our room. This it the lot that was cleared of sand this week. Over the winter the ocean topped the dunes and the sand washed down into the parking lot. There is quite a bit of wind tonight and our waitress said it was bringing 4 days of rain... glad we missed that! We had two cloudy mornings and maybe 10 minutes of light rain.
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| That Last Ray of Sunshine |
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| Parking Lot |
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