Day 2 - Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Vancouver to Duck, North Carolina

The one good thing, we had lots of time at the airport to eat breakfast and try and stay awake. Security, border crossing, etc. were friendly and smooth.  And after an hour’s delay sitting on the tarmac, here we are at 10:55 a.m. flying high over the snow packed tops of the Mountains on flight into Atlanta, an hour’s layover, and then on to Norfolk in North Carolina.

The delay on the ground reduced our time in Atlanta to get to our second flight, but thanks to a very helpful and kind guy welcoming us off the plane we got directions, followed them to a T, and after a short train journey ended up in the right terminal at the right gate with no fuss at all. A big “Thank You” to that kind and thoughtful person!! Our second flight was short and once on the ground we headed off to find our rental car. So, there is always some little trick to trip you up. Neither Ray nor I could remember any particulars about the rental company, and we didn’t have any of that information printed out, nor could we find it on our cell phones. Only one way to do it: I went to the first car rental company that was open and free and asked if they had a booking for Gillis. No luck ! Meantime, Avis came free and Ray and Alanna went there..... bullseye! They had our booking! Phew. A scary moment or two!! We had a busy, but easy, and direct couple of hours drive from Norfolk to the OBX …. Outer Banks of North Carolina! We found the rental house with no problem and about 10 p.m. opened the doors to find Toby still up and the others in bed! He showed us “our” bedrooms, we had a quick chat and a cup of tea and then off to bed.

We are staying in a fairly large rental house called “Peaceful Breeze” which is about 468 yards from the biggest beach I have seen in a while.  There are 5 bedrooms, and a 32’ x 16’ private pool … oh, and a hot tub! So the 7 of us have lots of room to spread out. Here are some pictures of the house from the outside.