Today was the day of the wedding that provided the excuse to do a road trip of the southern states. We spent time in our hotel room for half the morning then drove north to Corolla to see the Wild Horse Museum. It was about 28 miles up the road and the speed limit is 35 mph the whole way so it is a nice quiet drive. All the sea front communities just run into one another; Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills, South Shore, Duck, and then Corolla.

This big octoupus-like kite is anchored above a building.

The museum was a converted house that is as much store as museum. The museum component was placards on the walls of each of the rooms of merchandise that told you about the Outer Banks horses and horses in general.

North Carolina designated the Colonial Spanish Mustang as the official state horse in 2010. We have seen quite a few painted horse sculptures in business parking lots or in front of buildings.

This one is at our hotel.

They are hard to see but this one has wings like Pegasus.

The Outer Banks are a very, very popular summer holiday destination. There are many very large houses that are rented by family groups or friends. They are very expensive but I guess when the cost is shared by several families or groups it seems reasonable to a lot of folks. For me $30,000 for a house for a week, even divided by five is pricey indeed. And $30,000 is low to moderate for many of these properties. And there are hundreds of them in all these seaside communities. I am sure that is not the average price for a rental, there must be lesser priced ones, but when we were looking for a place to stay here for the wedding festivities, John saw plenty of rentals in the $30-45,000 range per week.

The wedding took place on the beach at 4:30. Our grandaughter did an awesome job as flower girl.

Tomorrow there is a farewell party at the pool by the cottages that the family and close friends of the couple are renting and we will go over and visit, therefore I am not sure there will be any ‘blog-worthy’ things tomorrow. Sunday everyone leaves to head to their homes in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New York, Massachucetts, etc. We will be leaving the Outer Banks as well and driving some backroads to get closer to Charlotte so we have a short drive on Monday to the hotel at the airport for our 6 am flight home on Tuesday morning.