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A tunnel. Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park On the road. In the mountains. Such excitement was never had. - IMG 2225
The Smokies themselves. Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park The obligatory look-oh-my-god-mountains shot. - IMG 2224
On the way to the beautiful Smokies... Location: Pigeon Forge, TN We decided to do a bit of outlet shopping. What? You got a problem with that? - IMG 2222
Feed the addiction Location: Nashville, Tennessee Mmm, email. Internet. - IMG 2235
State number four! Location: Great Smoky Mountains Natl Park Another state border under our belt. - IMG 2266
Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park To 20,000. The little Jetta is growing up. - IMG 2263
The Big Roll-over Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park From 19,999... - IMG 2262
Departure Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park Bryan takes us out of the mountains. - IMG 2261
Pip takes the Smokies Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park - IMG 2260
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Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park - IMG 2258
Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park On our (long) morning hike. - IMG 2257
Hiking Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park Bryan next to the trail signs (so many beautiful shots, and this is the picture we take). - IMG 2256
Morning #5 Location: Smoky Mountains Natl Park Leslie has a really creative little outfit she wears in the mornings... - IMG 2284
The KOA Location: Virginia Our happy home, for one night, the KOA was about 1/5 the cost of a hotel room. Plus, it gave us the opportunity to sleep in Jeff's tent once again amid the RVs. Good times. - IMG 2283
Still slathering Location: Virginia Again, with a better background, Bryan screens himself. - IMG 2282
SPF 40, Baby Location: Virginia Bryan slathers himself before we go romping for hours in the waves (no pictures of that, sadly). But it was great fun. - IMG 2281
The Ocean Location: Virginia Our first look at the Atlantic--weren't we just in the woods? - IMG 2280
The Road Location: Virginia Trees. Lots of trees. That's pretty much it. - IMG 2279
Nap-time Location: North Carolina/Virginia Bryan takes full advantage of his respite from driving as we head out of the Research Triangle after an unimpressive foray into downtown Durham. It's a cute but unfortunately abandoned center. - IMG 2276
PP School, Interior Location: Duke University Down the hall, a reminder to myself of the well-maintained bulletin boards (hey, the details count). - IMG 2275
PP School, Interior Location: Duke University A reference shot, looking up from the entrance. - IMG 2274
Law School Location: Duke University Across the street from the PP school is the law school, which felt far more institutional than the friendly Terry S Institute. - IMG 2272
PP building Location: Duke University The Jetta parks illegally (briefly) in front of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, in Duke's West Campus. Leslie was visiting the school in her ongoing quest to plan the next 10 years of her life. While the programs were great, the atmosphere of Duke and the lack of any sort of nearby city were strikes against the grad school. The verdict: only if they offer her vast quantities of cash (what are the odds?). - IMG 2271
Main Campus Location: Duke University An obligatory reference shot of the quad at Duke (a nice school, I'm sure, but why are all the kids so dressed up?). - STD 2310
Location: Maryland Another very important building. - STD 2306
Location: DC Hey, it's the Washington monument, obscured by a giant (terrorist) hedgehog. - STC 2309
Location: Maryland Is that the White House way off in the distance? Maybe. - STC 2305
Location: Maryland They also convey the desperate speed of our tour. - STB 2308
Location: Maryland And, it's more trees! (I'm mostly just leaving these up because they amuse me.)