John and I left on our road trip on Friday, June 19.
Final destination: Emerald Isle.
We left at 4:45 A.M.
Drove via Bloomington to avoid Chicago.
Had an uneventful trip ending up in Beckley WV for the our first night.
We had a nice Super 8 in Beckley.
Left on Saturday and drove through the beautiful mountains of WV enroute to NC.
There were two big tunnels under the mountains.
That whole highway system is an engineering marvel.
We met up with Courtney, Paul, Soli, and Tizita in Burlington, NC
We arrived just in time to have lunch at Five Guys.
So happy to be met by these smiling faces.
They have been on a family vacation for a week already with two more weeks to come.
On a sidenote, they were in Charleston SC at the time of the shooting of nine black people in a church.
The church was only a few blocks from their hotel and the college where they had been while the shooting occurred. The killed was on the loose for the next day and Courtney and the girls had to stay locked in their hotel room. Paul was at meetings at the college.
Thankfully, he was captured the next day.
On another sidenote, there have been two shark attacks right off the coast of North Carolina where we will be staying in the beach house. Ugh!
Killers and sharks, hope that is all the excitement for this vacation.
After lunch we all headed over to Leigh's house and had a wonderful, long overdue visit with her, her new husband Andrew, and our three sweet nieces.
I wasn't sure what to expect, we hadn't seen them for at least ten years due to a nasty divorce situation.
It was such a great visit.
The nieces, Natalie, Holly, and Katherine are the most lovely ladies.
All three will be in college this fall.
Natalie majoring in Parks and Rec.
Holly in Graphic Design.
Katherine in Dance Education.
The three big girls were so sweet to Soli and Tiz.
Leigh ordered pizzas for dinner before we headed back to our hotel.
The three big girls even came over and swam with Soli and Tiz for a bit.
I am so glad that I actually contacted Leigh and set up a visit.
Lights out in our room by 11:00.
Tomorrow on to the beach!
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