June Road Trip 2013 - Ocracoke, NC

We've been to Ocracoke several times as a day trip, but decided this time to camp out overnight.  We left from Kill Devil Hills and made two stops - one for apple uglies at Orange Blossom Bakery in Buxton and the second to get some pictures of Sandy with the Hatteras Lighthouse (I feel like I have Flat Stanley!).  It was a busy day to get the ferry to Ocracoke - it took a total of two hours from the time we got to the ferry until we landed in Ocracoke (and it's only a 40 minute ride)!

We decided when we got there to find the campground where we would spend the night.  We checked out the Ocracoke Campground (which is run by the park service) and Teeter's Campground (which is in town).  Teeter's was very crowded with lots of RVs, so we decided to go with Ocracoke Campgournd.  This one was just over the dune from the beach, so we picked a site and then went to spend some time on the beach.  It was an extremely windy day - Doug actually found a good place to sit to avoid all the wind!

We beached until the wind got the best of us, then headed back to the campsite to get showers.  Loved the campsite, but the showers... not so much!  They did not have hot water.  Thank goodness it was a hot day, but taking a cold shower is not very fun.  We got ready and headed into town to eat dinner at Dajia.  I had shrimp tacos and Doug had shrimp and grits. Both meals were very good! 

Nice night for our first camp night - it was pretty neat staying right over the dune from the Atlantic Ocean! :)