Driving through North Carolina was incredible. What struck me the most was all the beautiful flowers all along the way in the medians.
And there were little forests, planted in a triangle shape at the on/off ramps.
We were intrigued by the "cut-outs" in the mountains
I was so excited to see my brother.
The backstory is... We had an abundance of losses in our family in a short period of time. Everyone was hurting and dealing with the tragedies in their own way. In 2010 I almost lost both of my brothers at the same time. My youngest brother was in a very serious accident that I didn't even know about. My other brother passed away on the same day as my sister-in-law and I had a really hard time dealing with it. I didn't know about my youngest brother's almost fatal accident until the funeral for our other brother. I haven't been able to see and hug my little brother since then and I was aching in my heart.
We drove from Durham down to Goldsboro to have lunch with my brother, Derek.
It was wonderful! My sister-in-law, Derek's wife Missy, was able to join us also : )
I don't know why we didn't take pictures. I guess I was just overwhelmed with emotions.
~ On to Virginia ~
We had mapped out 2 different ways of going to Virginia Beach, as it turned out we didn't take either one : )
Trees... Lots and lots of Treeeeeeessss!!! : )
When we first arrived in Virginia it seemed to be all about Peanuts.
There were signs everywhere for all things "Peanut"
Then we got into the city
I didn't get the shot I wanted to get... just missed it. But the architecture shows up a little in this one.
~Another tunnel~
And this time we are literally going under the water so it was a first for me also!
It doesn't seem right... crazy even... but we were under the Chesapeake Bay water
And as you can see on the Subaru, it was 82 degrees at 4:20 p.m. : )
When we were back above ground and water... Jets were flying over us and all around...
See this sign... This is an important piece of information
If you love jets (and fortunately we do) you will looooove Virginia Beach. Notice I said "IF you LOVE jets" because they fly over ALOT!
I am a little embarrassed that I didn't know what these were exactly... I had to send pics to my brother and he told me they are F/A-18 Hornets, probably "Super Hornets"... Oh yea, I knew that ;-)
Our destination for Day 5
Our "home" for the next 3 nights
Actually we spent most of the time with Michele and Ryan Newbrough (Richard's daughter and son-in-law) at their RV site... We just slept here. It was pretty much perfect.
If you are wondering about mosquitoes
We brought a little Citronella Lantern that worked great!
We put it in the tent and zipped it up
When we went to bed there was not a single mosquito inside and we didn't have any the whole time we were there.
~ The End of Day 5 ~
I have ALOT of pics to go through for the next couple of days... we went to the Aquarium and the Boardwalk and the Beach with Michele and Ryan... I will get the next blog up as soon as I can.
Thank you for taking this trip with us.
Patty Hagedorn Photography
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