Road Trip to North Carolina

Megan and I took a week-long, 4,000-mile road trip to my cousin Amy in North Carolina, among other attractions. We were very grateful to have stayed two nights at a family friend's house in Louisiana, where Megan slept close to a taxidermied deer :-D. We spent a day at the French Quarter in New Orleans and found surprises at every corner. Rain was a constant theme throughout the trip, as we endured a brutal thunder/lightning storm at North Carolina's Outerbanks, islands famous for the Wright Brothers' flight (Kitty Hawk). Time spent on the beach was priceless; we did nothing else but soak up rays and let the waves take us. It was great to catch up with Amy among delicious southern cooking and the modernizing city-scene of Durham. Although we missed the tour by mere minutes, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was gorgeous and I look forward to applying to their outstanding journalism school. Our final destination was Grandfather Mountain (6,000 feet) in Linville outside Boone. A great way to wrap up the summer!