Beach Weekend

This past weekend a group of us went down to Nag's Head, North Carolina for a friend's wedding. The bride's family all lives in the area, so a bunch of people ended up renting houses and staying in the area for an entire week. We were only able to go for a three-day weekend, but it was still fun.

We got a room at a hotel that was right on the beach. Not that that's difficult at Nag's Head, where it's basically impossible to be more than a quarter of a mile from the ocean at any given time. Since we arrived several hours before check-in time, we were able to spend some time at the beach and play a round of mini golf before we got our room.

The beach was fun, though I mostly didn't get in the water. I spent some time watching the crabs, reading, and napping while everyone else splashed around in the ocean. Sadly, the crabs got scared underground when everyone else returned to sunbathe. But it was fun to watch them toss sand around while it lasted.

We got into our room with just about enough time for everyone to shower and get dressed before heading over to the wedding, located a convenient quarter mile from our hotel. The happy couple had actually gotten married a year previously, so in lieu of a ceremony we watched a short video of the ceremony. The reception was a lot of fun with delicious food and tons of small children running around. The kids had their own pirate-themed area with mini burgers and pirate-ship forts.

After the reception, there was a party bus headed to a club for the after party. I opted out and went back to the hotel room instead. Kevin followed not too long after, and the rest of the group trickled in sometime between midnight and 3.

The next morning we found a truly excellent breakfast place, though they almost refused to serve Sarah a bloody mary because she looked too young. Then it was back to the beach to hang out for a bit before getting lunch with the wedding party. At lunch, the bride and groom invited us to stay the night in their house. They'd rented a huge house for them and their families for the weekend, and most people had left that day. So we canceled the hotel room and moved all our stuff over to the fantastic house, where we all got bedrooms and feasted on leftovers from the reception.

The weekend was a lot of fun, even if I did sustain a rather nasty sunburn on part of my back. I think I'm coming around on the idea of beaches a little. Laying in the sand and staring at the waves is fun, so long as there's a shower nearby. Though by the end I was sick of smelling like sunscreen and finding sand everywhere. Maybe it's just good in small doses.