Vacation!!!

The last week of May brought some much needed relaxation time for Andy and I. We headed out Tuesday after work to drive half way to Richmond. We went for a great dinner at Edo's Squid (a family style Italian place in downtown Richmond). It was delicious and the perfect starting point for our vacation!! The next morning we got up early (thanks to me) to head out for our final destination of Ocracoke Island, NC (Outerbanks). It was a long drive, but so worth it!! Before we could actually get to Ocracoke, we had to load up on a ferry boat as that is the only way to access the island. The island was a tiny little thing that you could pretty much just walk all around. I've been to a lot of beaches before, but I have to say this was one of the most beautiful. All of the beach was undeveloped and just very natural. The sand dunes were amazing and the beach was just so clean and great for walking. Ocracoke itself had a lot of great little restaurants, which we sampled quite a few of!! We had 1 really great beach day, but then some cooler weather set in. We decided to head home 1 day early due to the weather. Well, we didn't technically head home, but drove to Williamsburg, to spend the night there. We did some shopping at the outlet mall, had a great dinner at a Mexican restaurant and then headed to see Pat (Andy's friend from college) who happened to be tending bar that night. It was great to catch up with him as he and Avery had just gotten engaged and he had just got his hair cut into a mullet (some sort of show of support to the Blackhawks). To end our vacation we stopped at my favorite mall in Richmond to do a bit more shopping and then finally headed back home to reality. Luckily it was only Saturday when we got back and we still had Sunday & Monday off to relax!! All in all a great trip!!