Carolina Beach 2014

We headed out on Saturday, July 19th at 4:20AM.  We made it to Beckley WV around 6:30PM.  LONG day or driving. The girls did awesome!!  We left WV at 7:30AM (Sunday) and arrived in Carolina Beach 2:30 PM.  The girls hit the ocean running!!  We packed a lot in for the 5 days we were there. 

* girls swam in the ocean for the 1st time
* went to the North Carolina Aquarium
* went on a hike to find Venus Fly traps but didn't see any. It was a very hot/humid walk and no one complained!
* ate Britt's donuts for breakfast every morning~ yummy!
* had Pop's ice cream
* toured Wilmington where One Tree Hill was taped
* Toured Duke's campus
* walked the beach with flashlights

NC Aquarium

 beach bums

 Wes catching a wave

 Vada

 Isla and Papa

 Hannah and Stella

 our house

 matching PJs

 NC Aquarium

 Vada

 didn't expect to see a palm tree in NC

 sweaty cousins after the hike

 Davidson's

 off our balcony

 catching a wave

 walking the beach at night

 Isla

 walking the beach one night a guy caught these

 early celebrating Hannah's 11th Birthday

* estimated 42 hrs in the car
* 2506 miles from IA to NC
* we drove through 7 states
* counted 37 different states license plates

We left Carolina Beach Friday, July 25th around 8:00 AM. We went up to Durham to see Cameron Indoor.  Duke's campus is beautiful! We stayed the night in Lexington, KY Friday night. Got back home Saturday night. We had a awesome trip to Carolina Beach.  Many memories were made!  Miss the ocean waves already!