The summer is almost over and the girls will be back in school in a few weeks. However, they've stayed plenty busy with camps nearly every week...because I still have to (& want to) work in the summer. But we've managed to squeeze in a few fun outings...here's a brief recap:
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| there's an old NASCAR track just north of Raleigh that is now a park (Occoneechee Speedway)...pretty neat to see what remains of the old dirt track |
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| there was a little workout station in the middle of the track |
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| and a dance floor?? |
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| the original grandstands are still there |
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| reproduction of the concession stands ("boo" to the Pepsi sign...unfortunately, NC is Pepsi country) |
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| cool old aerial photo of the track back in the 60's |
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| early morning trek down to the Sandhills Gamelands |
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| pitcher plant bog! |
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| cool legume, Orbexilum pedunculatum (or Sampson's snakeroot to non-plant nerds) |
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| I think my tooth count for this trip was ~ 230...including one of the biggest ones I've found (definitely in my top 5) |
What is a gopher tortoise doing at the beach? I will have to look up where this beach is. I love the sharks teeth. Do you keep them all? You must have thousands.
ReplyDeleteYes, I keep them. I have them all in a big glass jar in the kitchen. Every so often, one of the girls wants to get it down and play with them (which I supervise like a hawk). And every time I add to the jar, I like to pull out the biggest teeth and compare. Unfortunately, I don't keep a running tally of how many I have collected over the years...I wish I did. I know, I'm a nerd! It's an obsession!
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