Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Day 8: Huntington Beach, SC to Jacksonville, NC

By Patrick

Our morning was filled with fun and sand. We woke up to a breakfast of cereal and pop tarts, and then all of us (besides Molly) tied our running shoes on and filled up water bottles. After we all had finished running, we went swimming in the ocean.The water was nice and cold, but the waves were miniscule. The beach was very fun but it left us with sand all over our bodies so the beach showers at the end of the boardwalk came in handy. That would have been one bad drive if we were all covered in sand.

The drive to Jacksonville was full of shocked faces and waves. However, those actions were not coming from inside the RV, but from passing cars in the lane next to us. Over the trip, to lighten up the dullness of the drive, Conor, Matthew and I made faces out the window to passersby. The wide variety of reactions we got ranged from pointing, confused faces, laughing, or just blank stares at the crazy kid that has his face smashed against the window in the “1800RV4Rent” vehicle driving by in the next lane.

Since tomorrow is the 4th of July, a Sunday, and a long driving day, we needed to go to mass in the evening. Thanks to MassTimes.org, we found a 5 o’clock mass about a half hour from our campsite in a church that looked like they knocked all the walls down in a house. The priest also wore an ESPN TV size microphone. The mass was short, only about 45 minutes, so we got to our campsite with enough time to play mini golf and cook hamburgers with mac and cheese.

We’re looking forward to sleeping with the windows open and the sea breeze on the Outer Banks tomorrow.

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