North Carolina Vacation...

We vacationed in the Carolinas this summer, stopping first in North Carolina to visit our good friends the Riverons and then driving down to Charleston, South Carolina and Kiawah Island for the second half of our trip.

Click the links below to jump ahead: Arriving in Cary, NC on Ethan's Birthday Visiting University of North Carolina Campus at Chapel Hill Visiting the Chapel on the Campus of Duke University Ice Cream in Cary, NC Picking Strawberries and Enjoying the Fun Park at Phillips Farms Visiting the Farmers Market and Downtown Durham Taking in a Carolina Rail Hawks Soccer Game Enjoying the Spectacular Duke Gardens

We arrived in Cary, North Carolina in the Raleigh-Durham area on Ethan's 14th birthday...

Visiting the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill...

The "Old Well", a neoclassical rotunda, once a well and primary water source, that is an icon on the UNC campus.

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The Unsung Founders Memorial sculpture...

Visiting the beautiful Duke Chapel on the Duke campus in Durham...

Enjoying dinner and some ice cream with Alyssa and Arianna in Cary, NC...

Picking strawberries and having fun at the Phillips Farms strawberry fields and fun park near Cary.

We ate lunch and enjoyed a Farmers Market before heading into downtown Durham for the afternoon....

Taking in a Carolina Rail Hawks soccer game against none other than the Tampa Bay Rowdies (our old NASL team from back in Florida) on a beautiful night. The Riveron girls play soccer for a club which was featured at the game and Alyssa got to march around the field at half time.

Enjoying a day at the spectacular Duke Gardens...