Well, we are in North Carolina enjoying the hospitality of Marie’s mom & dad. Nora is having a grand old time, mostly laughing at the dogs being silly. Getting here was a bit of a nightmare though. We chose to swing through Washington, DC to visit Marie’s sister, a choice that under normal conditions would have added about three hour of driving to the normal seven and a half hour trip to Burlington. My frustration upon finally arriving in Burlington is evident in the tweet I sent when we arrived at Ann & RJ’s, finally.
This is no news to anyone who has ever spent any time on the highways around Washington DC, but for those of you reading who haven’t had this honor let me spell it out to you graphically.
EDIT: Come to think of it, there is no way DC is that far . . . 246 miles actually . . . mistyped the distance somehow.
Maybe it is just me that is behind the times, It could be all the rage to zip in and out of lanes of traffic (only to be passed by those people you endangered in about ten minutes) and then occasionally smash into an unsuspecting vanload of orphans, or whatever you prefer. We did make it unscathed through the traffic, and Nora was absolutely wonderful in the car! It could have been much worse with a cranky kid in the back. Of course we did hear screams when Marie handed her a Popsicle in the back seat and then we realized the mess that she would be in a touch too late and had to retrieve said Popsicle.
So, that was Friday . . . Saturday was much better, RJ and I went to this really cool Go-Karting track (sadly no pic of me in a headsock and racing helmet. These karts could fly, well I still argue that to make it fair that skinny guy we were racing against should have had a few sandbags in his Kart to even things out, my poor Go-Kart had to work twice as hard as his to accelerate. Nora and Mommy went out for lunch with some friends & in the evening we all went to Burlington City Park to ride the rides. (Pictures in following post.)
Sunday was a day at Wrightsville Beach, NC. The blue dot is where we chilled (baked) for the afternoon!
Pictures coming up!
