Summer vacation with family ... South of the Mason-Dixon

Hi again, family and friends. Here are some photos of our happy family taken during the first two weeks of August for our second family vacation of the summer. Because, well, why not. The trip started with Kate and the kids spending a week at the beach in North Carolina. After a week of peace, and in some sort of a masochistic / Stockholm Syndrome haze, I drove down to pick up the family and drive them north back home, spending a few days along the way with family. Here is the evidence:

At the beach in NC:

There was a Pirate Invasion in Beaufort, NC ... it rained, but was otherwise enjoyable

This is probably my favorite picture of the trip

Roanoke Island, NC ... on the way north

Kill Devil Hills, NC ... just a few minutes outside of Roanoke Island

We stayed the night at a horse farm in Grandy, NC, where Kate milked a cow in her Sunday best

For breakfast the next morning, we ate at the [Grave] Digger's Diner, just outside Grandy

We then spent a few hours in the rain at historic Jamestown, VA

Stopping along the side of the road to ... uh ... read this sign. Yeah, that's the ticket

Hanging out in Southern MD

And in Northern VA

Back in NYC, where the kids discovered winter hats and scarves while putting their sunglasses away (everything is in accessory buckets)