Yesterday I made my first real trip in about 5 years to Carova Beach, NC with my buddy Jay, his girlfriend and his sister. He recently purchased an 03 Xterra he’s beginning a build on, so it’s going to be awesome to have one of my best friends to go offroading with again.

We had a long day on the beach, a couple coolers full of beer, and good times by all! The water was the clearest I’ve ever seen it and the waves were light and predictable. We took a scenic drive throughout the beach and even managed to find some standing water to drive through. As usual, we didn’t think to get any pictures of us actually driving.

A gratuitous shot of our rigs.

He got down there a little before me and parked in front of the sign as a landmark.

Their dog Coal was leashed to the latch for the rear hatch on Jay’s Xterra but wild dog managed to break the carabiner so we upped the ante a little. No Clark Griswald moments ensued, however.

Carova is covered in wild horses. This was a mother and a foal walking along the dunes as we left.