Monday, August 7th I went into work from 7-12, Corine did the same. I stopped at the bank and filled my gas tank on my way home, backed into the driveway and started to pack up the car. We were taking my 2013 Subaru Crosstrek. Going down was Corine, my brother, Lux, and myself. My parents and sister were going to leave the following day. We got everything to fit perfectly in the car and were on the road by 1:00 I think. We made a brief stop at McDonalds for a lunch and were on 81, 83, 15. It was raining all day, nothing too heavy, but it was annoying. We made our first stop outside Manassas VA, and I took over the driving from Corine. We then hopped on 29, 17, 95 with minimal rain. Our next stop was at The Answer Brew Pub in Richmond VA. We spent about 90 mins there, picked up some crowlers and were on our way. Of course, it started to rain heavy once we got back on 95. We booked a room on our way at the Country Inn & Suites in Smithfield NC. We stayed here last year as well. I believe we got there around 10pm or so. We watched Monday Night RAW for a little bit then went to bed.
Tuesday, August 8th We woke up to...more rain. It stopped though and we were at Cracker Barrel by 9am. I believe we were on the road after a gas stop by 10am. We were going to hit up the Outlets in Smithfield but opted out. We had some off and on rain from 95, 74, 701, 9. Of course after we got to NMB it started storming. We had a room booked at the Beach Cove, but check in was not until 4pm. Last year it was nice upon our arrival and we just used the pool/beach. With it storming we had to find something else to do. We hit up Jersey Mikes for lunch, went to the Pavillion ABC store for some crafties, then headed to Bully's for a couple of beers. We checked in around 3:30 and got in the room. We brought a lot of our own beer down so we moved that right to the fridge and waited out the storm. It didn't really clear up, but the rain stopped long enough for us to get down to the beach for at least an hour +. We got in the hottub, then headed to the room to get showers for dinner. We ended up at River City again this year. I wasn't going to go here again, but I figured I would give it another shot. The burgers are average and dry but we liked it I guess. We walked around Barefoot, got Lux some ice cream, then went to Bilo for some essentials before heading back to the room. We watched the end of SmackDown Live and I Ended up passing out early. Our room at Beach Cove was rather odd. I don't know which place was less dungy? That or The Avista. It served its purpose for the night though.
Wednesday August 9th. We got up and had pop tarts for breakfast. It was once again pretty gloomy outside. We got down to the beach and just let Lux play in the sand. Before heading down my brother and I packed up the car again and he checked out for us. We stayed on the beach until 1230-1pm I think. We got hungry so we headed down to The Shak for lunch. This was probably one of or the best meals of our stay. My parents/sister were arriving in town, so we met them at one of the beach shops across the street from Overtime Café. We still had some time to kill so we headed to Flying Fish for a few beers before checking in. Our room was unit 238 in Edgwater. After we checked in we didn't do much besides unpacking. The parents picked up some pizza and wings from Papa Johns.
Thursday August 10th Guess what? We woke up to more rain! With that being said we decided it'd be best to take Lux to the Aquarium since we wouldn't be missing much at the ocean/pool. Only Corine, Lux, and I went. It started pouring upon our arrival and was pretty crowded. Lux liked the aquarium, and it was a lot smaller than what I remembered it being when I was there as a kid. I forgot to mention that before we went there we stopped at the American Tap House for some beers and a light lunch. The rest of our group tried out the pool that day but got sent away by the rain. They went for an early dinner at Flying Fish. We decided to meet up w. them after at Barefoot, but it was too nice out so we went back to the condo and got ready to hit the beach. With it raining nonstop for 3 days we thought the sun would have been limited for our stay. After 2 hours on the beach my brother and I headed to Taco Bell and bought a ton of food.
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