Pitchin' it in North Carolina

After a classy lunch- leftovers in a gas station parking lot, we booked it to a campground near the beach in North Carolina. Of course we didn't make reservations ahead of time, but we have good traveling juju and banked on that instead. We pulled up to spot #7 at North Carolina State Beach Park and claimed it as our new home for the night. Before setting anything up, we threw on our swimming suits and went to the nearby beach for a dip in the warm waters and a romantic stroll down the shore. The crowd was definitely different than what we were used to at California beaches, with a higher ratio of older people drinking beer and dancing to music without a care in the world. We even spotted a pair of older ladies that we determined to be our future selves rocking out to the band playing on the beach- we certainly have something to look forward to.
We returned to our campsite to find that there were more residents at spot #7- Katja's friend from home, Camilla, and her friend Kelsey. Camilla and Kelsey, also driving cross country but in the opposite direction, decided to come spend the night camping with us. We combined forces for dinner and cooked up some mean burritos complete with rice, veggie chili, beans and an array of organic vegetables that they picked from a friend's garden earlier that day.

Kelsey using the very difficult camping style can opener


Amazing dinner

After the very satisfying dinner, we concluded that the only thing that could make the night better was a moonlit dip in the Atlantic ocean followed by delicious s'mores.