OUR FAMILY JOURNAL: October 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Sunday, October 02, 2005

At Corolla Beach looking for the Wild Horses

So we finished w/ the ARTrageous festival and next thing you know we were headed to Corolla on a whim. Layla says to me, "What are we doing?" I replied, "We are going to see the wild Horses." And then once the kids heard that, our destiny was set. About 13 miles into it, I was starting to have my doubts, Jack and Maddie were power struggling over the Potato Chips and Savannah kept asking us to turn up the music. But as the pictures tell, our trip truly turned into an adventure and not only did we stumble upon some horses, "Which we later found out was pure luck, because most people never get to see the horses.." but we also wandered upon an old Coast Guard Station in which the guy staying there allowed us to look around the inside. As we walked in and Layla starting falling in love with the place. The old bead board paneling, early 1900's cast iron tub, and the smell of the heart pine floors, the place was just awesome. Truly the perfect beach house.

"Just watch out for Mose", the man said as we were looking around. Savannah then stopped halfway up the stairs and said, "Who's Mose?" "Mose is the ghost that lives upstairs!" he chuckled. Layla and I looked at the little ones and they were ready to find Mose. Maybe Mose was the surfman, who's Honorable Discharge certificate from 1933 hung on the wall you see above. He must be still standing the watch waiting for his relief.......

After we left the Coast Guard station we eventually traveled the beach in 4x4 until we reached False Cape State Park at the Virginia border. This was our que to turn around. The kids each took a turn driving back down the beach. But we had one more mission....