chincoteague & assateague islands

music credit radiohead

memorable moments from chincoteague & assateague islands:

• alas, more lighthouses - the assateague working lighthouse
• wild horses!!! :)
• wild turtles lol
• the historic miss molly's inn where we spent two relaxing nights in the upper deck room with a view of the working docks
  
• more hammock time!
• miss molly's >^..^<
• wonderful smelling roses that surrounded the inn
• tons of birds - such majestic creatures
• drift wood adorned with seashells
• beautiful sunset over assateague island
• more wild horses with babies! (yes i realize that they are in a pen but they are trying to help keep the population up by having more babies - such beautiful foals)

even though i lived in va beach for 3 years, i never visited chincoteague or assateague islands. so it was a must this time around and i have to say, it's well worth it!

be sure to check out part 1 of our vacation and part 2.

obx & crystal coast

music credit: radiohead

some highlights of the obx & crystal coast leg of our vacation:

• getting up before dawn to travel down to the beautiful outer banks & watching the sun come up as we traveled south
• being the only people on the beach at such an early morning hour
• arriving for an 8am for a 2 hr horse back ride through a wooded trail and on the beach at equine adventures (ryan is on tonka and i am on belle)
  
• taking the croatoan ferry from hatteras to ocrecoke island - our first ever ferry ride
• visiting the ocracoke island horse
• more lighthouses!
• feeding the ocracoke ducks
• yet another ferry ride from ocracoke to cedar island - a much bigger ferry this time!
• arriving at the harborlight guest house in cape carteret, nc (we stayed in the beautiful swann room)
• enjoyed doing yoga by the bogue sound and of course some hammock lounging
• spending just a little time on emerald isle before we got rained out

what a lovely trip!

be sure to catch part 1 of our vacation. part 3 is coming soon. :)

virginia beach

music credit moby

my favorite memories of visiting my old haunt, virginia beach

• the ocean front from our hotel room
  
• king neptune
• taking pics of the new cape henry lighthouse from inside the old cape henry lighthouse
• playing around on the fort story beach
• the camouflaged crab who was scurrying away from us - SO cute!!
• visiting the edgar cacye's a.r.e. (association for research and enlightenment)
  
• indulging in a massage at the a.r.e health center and spa
• spending time walking the outdoor/natural reflexology path & the meditation garden
• spotting a dragonfly taking a rest in the lotus pond on the way to sandbridge, va (the local's beach spot)
• the old historic cavalier hotel

stay tuned for parts 2 & 3 of our getaway

and i'm off... again

ahhh, our long awaited romantic getaway has finally arrived. ryan and i are off to...

virginia beach for 3 nights,

the lower outer banks for a night

and to chincoteague island for 2 nights
where i am hoping to see tons of wild horses :)

there will be lots of pics to be shared upon our return. now that i've figured out how to put photos in a slide show it won't take me nearly as long to get the photos from our trip up. ;)

have a wonderful weekend all. hugs!!

image credits ici, ici et ici

sweet carolinas

long awaited pics of my trip to the carolinas. lela and i had a blast!!

the first few pics are from the road trip to charlotte, nc. then a ton of pics from charlotte. the last beach pics are from myrtle beach, sc. enjoy!

music credit: "stagger lee" by lloyd price

and i'm off...

to the carolinas!

i am heading out with my dear friend lela to the carolinas.

first stop, charlotte, nc

and then onto sunny myrtle beach, sc

i'm excited to be traveling with my friend and even more excited to travel to two places i've never been before.

so, dear friends, i have a few questions to pose to you...

is there anything MUST-SEE and MUST-DO in these cities? anyone know of a place to get my yoga on? any tried & true places to eat? anything i must see before i leave?

thanks in advance for your comments! i promise to have pics of my own up before you know it!

until next time, i bid you ado. hope your tuesday is tranquil and the rest of your week wonderful. hugs!!

image credit ici & ici

delaware delights

what's not to love about delaware?! the cities are surrounded by vast farmland with farmer's markets along the roads everywhere and tons of beaches are very close by. ryan and i had a great trip.

we went to see our friend annie. she lives in magnolia, de, a quaint little town surrounded by farmland galore.

love the irrigation system

crops as far as the eye can see. corn on one side and soybeans on the other.

we dined on some fabulous food. we had fantastic sushi at ichiban in dover. we enjoyed the most delicious cannolis we have ever put in our mouths from la fontana. and all you can eat crabs at waterman's seafood company in ocean city, md.

we also spent a day at lewes beach, de. we enjoyed watching the cape may-lewes ferries coming and going. we lounged in the sun and played around in the water. my wreck this journal even got in on the action. we people watched, journaled and just listened to the sounds of the surf. i really crave beach time and this was perfect.

love this pic, if you look close enough you can see my reflection in ryan's aviators
blue sky and beach as far as the eyes can see
the only jelly fish around

going to and from delaware we had to cross the bay bridge in maryland. i love this bridge. i think it's a fantastic structure and it's so beautiful to look out at the water and all of the commercial and personal boats.

mini vacay in delaware

hello all. ryan and i are taking a mini vacation in delaware. we will be here visiting friends, gorging on crabs and chilling out on the beach until saturday. have a great rest of the week!