Home From Vacation

Kure Beach/Fort Fisher

SP & I just got back from a 10 day vacation in NC. It was lovely! OK, truthfully, it was, at times, a little windy and chilly for me, but it was relaxing and fun and so nice to be away.

Ocean from Jennette's Pier

We first went to the Outer Banks. Neither of us had ever been there. We stayed in Corolla. Since we're not really beach people, we did other things:

Drove to Cape Hatteras and climbed the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Explored the sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park

Visited the Wright Brothers Memorial

Dipped our toes in the sand at Jennette's Pier

Walked the length of the Duck Boardwalk

Walked around the Elizabethan Gardens & Fort Raleigh

Duck Boardwalk

Then we drove down to Wilmington, NC where we:

Walked along the riverfront & historic area

Explored the USS North Carolina battleship

Relaxed on the swings at Carolina Beach

Explored Fort Fisher & Kure Beach

Checked out Wrightsville Beach

Finally, we spent a day at Carowinds Amusement Park, where SP got to ride the new coaster, Fury, many times so he was a happy boy. I sat in the shade and read a book!

Carolina Beach

And then we drove home and began a seemingly non-stop whirl of shopping, cooking, cleaning, unpacking, laundry, ironing, changing from winter to summer bed stuff (it's been 89-90 degrees here!), yard work, garden work, and seeing SP's mom for Mother's Day. It feels like we already need another vacation! I think SP was happy to "escape" to work today, although he was dreading seeing his inbox.

Sun setting, seen from Duck Boardwalk