So, yeah, here are the pictures I promised the other day. They are all on Steve's computer, so I had to wait til he was home and not using it. Since Steve gave a pretty good run down of our trip, I'm just going to post some of my favorite pictures that he didn't use.
First up, the BK by our hotel had this breakfast special I'd never seen up here in the North.
They don't have monster sized cans of Boiled Peanuts up here either.
We had to ride on 2 ferries on our trip up the North Carolina coast. The first one was a little long, 2 1/2 hours, but we managed to entertain ourselves.
We stayed overnight on Ocracoke Island. It is this little bitty island that you can only get to by ferry. We stayed at a quaint old motel, Blackbeard's Lodge. Sadly, this is the only picture I have of the place since Steve took all the other ones for his blog.
I had one of the best dinners of my life at a local cafe.
We also discovered the island was home to an abundance of feral cats. They were very friendly, much to the delight of Sophia. (I love saying "feral cat".)
There were also feral ducks. They are a little vicious, but were nice if you offered bread.
The kids braving the wind for a picture in front of the Ocracoke Lighthouse.
We had to take another shorter ferry ride off the island over to Cape Hatteras.
After leaving the island, we continued up the East Coast, visiting several other lighthouses. Josiah really liked the stuffed osprey and wanted a picture of it.
We continued north and ended up at a mall near Virginia Beach. We promised the kids Build A Bears since our trip home took longer than we expected causing the kids to miss a "Build a Bear" birthday party.
Lastly, and the best part of the weekend, we met
Jamie and
DeWitte. I know, I know, I've already mentioned it. Jamie posted a more entertaining rundown of our
meeting. Once again, I just want to say they are so nice. Seriously, it was like meeting a couple of celebrities! I consider them Vox Celebrities anyway. And they are just so cute and even cuter together all in love and stuff. I saw them holding hands in the mall. They are just a really neat couple.
So there you have it. Spring break is over and school is back in session. Back to the same old same old. I'm just glad I have times like these to look back on when the days seem long and start running into each other!
