Our Anniversary
Jillian and I celebrated our first anniversary over the weekend by going out to Beaufort, NC for a long weekend. Friday I surprised her with the trip and we spent Friday morning packing at a liesurely pace. By 6 we arrived at The Cedars Inn, a bed and breakfast accross the street from the water in Beaufort. We had our first taste of the local seafood for dinner, including some sushi.
I asked her if she wanted to go deep sea fishing the next day and she was very excited about it, so we were up at the crack of dawn and on a boat out at sea by the time the sun rose. Although it was a little early in the year and the water was very choppy, we had a really great time pulling in fish. We each caught two sharks and a red snapper, and our big fish story for the day is that one of Jillians sharks was a 5 foot long, 100 pound sand tiger that tangled all of the lines on one side of the boat. For the record its impossible to get any of the local restaurants to cook fish that you have caught. Saturday evening we drove around beaufort a little and took pictures of some of the many local houses that are from the 17 and 1800s.
Sunday we went to an independant fundamental baptist church in New Bern about 30 minutes from Beaufort. There was preaching and the sermons were packed with scripture, although the expounding didnt follow any particular direction. In the evening the pastor announced that he had originally planned to talk about one thing but that since the service began he changed his mind and he was going to wing it. I also witnessed an alter call for the first time. Overall it left us very thankful for the church in Mebane, and at the same time we were glad for the opportunity to meet fellow christians of other traditions. All of the people were very friendly and it seemed that the church was zealous to spread the gospel and reach out to the community.
Sunday afternoon Jillian and I visited Fort Macon by Morehead City and very much enjoyed our time there. The fort is from the civil war and visitors pretty much have free range of all of the rooms and walls and nooks and cranies. It would be a great place for some manhunt or capture the flag and it would be the ultimate paint ball course. We also strolled the beach a little and took our usual Sunday afternoon naps.
Monday was a little bit rainy but thankfully we anticipated it and spent the early afternoon checking out the nc maritime museum and the boat building shop accross the street from the museum. When the rain stopped we checked out the old burying grounds and the hammock house, which was originally built for Blackbeard in 1709. Jillian also provided some entertainment for the local police crew when they filed their first ever traffic incident of a “pedestrian coliding with a car” (as opposed to one they are more used to filing, which is a car coliding with a pedestrian). With that we called it a day and headed home where we cooked up the red snappers that we caught and enjoyed the fruit of our Saturday labors.
We both enjoyed our getaway very much and we are looking forward to many anniversaries to come.
volci Said,
March 9, 2006 @ 08:37
she ran into a car?
bradlands Said,
March 9, 2006 @ 09:04
Yes sir. Sheared the rear view mirror completely off the car. Thankfully she wasn’t hurt at all except for bruises on her knees. Only my Jillian!
volci Said,
March 9, 2006 @ 13:03
wow. I don’t know whether to howl in amusement, cry, or just stare dumbfounded at my screen.
Brad Said,
July 27, 2006 @ 12:02
wow, i wonder why i never heard about this one. Well, i’ll be sure to remind Jill of it very soon.