Before the wedding, Dan and I spent a week with family in a beach house in the Outer Banks. It was a great week-- the best week I've spent in a long, long time. My grandparents were there, my mother was there, my sister and her husband were there. We even had two friends who came to stay with us.
It was nice to return to the Outer Banks and spend that week together. As a child, the shore was my favorite place in the world. This was a wonderful way to come back.
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| Dan and the beach house, overlooking the ocean |
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| The beach house |
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| Three bedrooms |
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| The kitchen and dining room. Together, about twice as large as our house in Zobue. |
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| My Family: Me, Dan, Grandpa, Mom, Grandma |
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| Three generations of colorful women |
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| With our friends, Sam and Melissa. Beautiful picture, guys. And this is the better one! |
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| Dan with my sister, Amy, and Amy's husband, Alex |
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This is what eventually happens to all beachfront houses...
This condemned house was just minutes away from our own. |
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| Quiet beach |
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| Sunrise over the Atlantic |
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We got up every morning to take a walk at sunrise.
Here: Mom and Grandma |
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| Derelict row. Slowly getting taken by the sea. |
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| After sunrise |
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| Beachcombing |
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| A new (dead) friend |
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| This baby ghost crab is disarmingly adorable |
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| Sad face dead baby shark |
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| And the coolest jellyfish in the world |
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| Absolutely transparent |
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| Very fun |
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| This pier marks the northern boundary of the National Seashore protected area |
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| The weather becomes stormy |
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| Beginning our walk onto the dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park |
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| Jockey's Ridge State Park |
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| 30 million tons of sand |
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| Dan, with Sam and Melissa, at the sand dunes |
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| My grandparents. Still climbing, after all these years |
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| Sam and Melissa being silly on Jockey's Ridge |
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| Dan bounces down the sand dunes on his first visit to Jockey's Ridge |
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| Grandpa gets a free lift up and down the dunes |
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| A fulgurite-- a tube of fused sand created by a lighting strike |
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| My mother on the beach |
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| Sam and Melissa |
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| Dan on the beach at sunset |
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| Sam and Melissa look over photographs |
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| Amy, Alex, and Dan form OBX (Outer Banks) |
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| Playing on the sand dunes. Happy to be home with my family! |
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| Happy to spend time on this gorgeous beach |
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