We got to the hotel in the late afternoon, unpacked, and went to the beach. It was nearly 6 p.m. and the water was pretty chilly, but we swam for a while, found mole crabs, watched pelicans and seagulls, and played with a puppy another family had brought to the beach. We went back to the hotel for dinner and a bit of Olympics, then went back out after dark to see mole crabs and the moonless sky which gave us a very good view of the Milky Way in the much lower light pollution in the Outer Banks. We also saw a toad behind the hotel. By then it was 10 p.m., so we watched Political Animals and now we are going to bed!