Billy's blog outerbanks

4-25-11

Billy’s Blog
Outer banks, NC

The previous expedition we went to the Outer banks in NC.
We first went to Camp Hatteras. At Camp Hatteras we would run on the beach every morning and then go off to do some activities. One day we went out on a boat for the whole day. Evan Small was driving the boat and we stopped at a couple places to fish. Then we were driving out towards the ocean and had a lot of big waves hitting us. Evan Harr and Dustin were sitting on the front of the boat and we crashed into a giant wave and it came over our bow and got Evan and Dustin soaked. After that we drove back inland and Evan Small ran us into a sand bar. It wasn’t that bad but it was funny.
We ended up leaving Camp Hatteras and took a ferry out to Ocracoke Island. Once we got there we had about an hour to walk around the small town. After that we had to go catch another ferry to go back to the mainland. After we got to the mainland we had to stay at a motel because of the tornadoes. At the motel we had a rave party when the power went out. Evan A, Evan H, Dustin, Sam, and I participated. It was really fun.
The next morning we went to our actual camp site. The next day we put our canoes in the water and paddled out to an island. We made a bunch of trenches surrounding a fort and watched it get destroyed by waves. Later we all went back to the beach and swam in the Atlantic for the last time this semester. Then we loaded the canoes and went back to the mainland. The day after we got back to the mainland we went to town and walked around. Then we came back and were trying to catch crabs. The next day we got ready to go back to base and started our 9 hour drive back.
Once we got back we had to clean group gear and pack it away for the rest of the semester. The next day we saw our base staff again and had to transition back to base. That was our last full, real expedition of the semester.