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Our first night in the Outer Banks The humidity and heat were insane the first couple of days even so close to the ocean.
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After visiting Currituck Lighthouse, we found this little garden that utterly delighted me with its beautiful sunflowers. I am, inexplicably, drawn to sunflowers. |
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The Elizabethan Gardens near the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. Luke and I found several birds for our Big Summer List here. |
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These ancient oaks in the Elizabethan Gardens were imposing. |
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Ancient Oak- over 500 years old, I think. These trees reminded me of The Two Towers. |
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After the initial heatwave when we arrived, the weather turned gray and rainy. This is Cape Hatteras. It was raining when we arrived and I thought I wouldn't get to climb to the top. We decided to come back after a little more sightseeing. When we returned, the weather had cleared and Luke, Sam, and I climbed to the top. It turns out that Sam is afraid of heights. He cried almost all the way to the top. |
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Luke and Sammy |
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The view from the top |
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Kity Hawk Memorial |
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This photo has a poignant atmospheric quality. This is at Cape Hatteras Light Station. |
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Sunflower garden |
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The cottage that we rented had a lovely and relaxing porch swing. I spent some time there looking for birds or knitting. |
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Currituck Light house in the historic Corolla village. Can you see both Luke and Sam? |
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The boys took a tour of the pirate ship in the background. |
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Can you see the dragonfly here? |
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The view from the porch swing |
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Another view of "our" yard |
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The only picture with me in it |
Almost all of these photos appeared on my Facebook page at some point during our trip, but I wanted to put the best ones here.
The flights were grueling. This will be the only time that the twins will fly as lap babies. They turn 2 in October and after that, they will need their own seats on a plane. I'm fine with that. My arms were so sore after several hours wrestling with one of the twins. I know that although most people are kind regarding small families traveling , they are still hoping that the couple they see boarding the plane with the 1 1/2 year old twins isn't sitting anywhere near them. I get it. I understand.
Traveling isn't easy or always fun with small people, but it's worth it for those precious family memories.
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