There is a small aquarium as well as a handful of other exhibits about the Outer Banks. It was free and worth a few minutes to explore.
Also in the area were a couple of letterboxes. We didn't find the first one we looked for but the second one was easy (Brian actually spotted from the car).
Our next adventure was to drive on the beach. We were pretty nervous about this (Brian was nervous before we started after reading lots of stories of people having to get towed and then I was really nervous once we were on the beach that we were going to get stuck). It was crazy how deep the ruts were - the bottom of our car dragged through the sand often. We were in search of the wild horses but after a few miles decided to turn around because with the weather, they probably weren't going to be easy to find, just hanging out on the beach.
Luckily we made it back to the pavement without any issues. After re-inflating our tires we headed to the hotel.
Throughout our trip, Carter begged and begged to play in the sand. After seeing all the sand while driving on the beach, he wouldn't let up. We tried to go on the beach at our hotel but it was insanely cold and windy and I couldn't do it. We lasted less than 5 minutes. And I really wanted to take the kids on the pier too, but we only made it up the steps to the part over the beach.
We went to a local restaurant for dinner (Barefoot Bernies - one of the few still open in the off-season) and then went swimming at the hotel again. Here are our crazy boys in the elevator on the way to the pool!
We had lots of fun swimming and then cleaned up and went to bed.
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