Part 2

I was approached about going on a wild horse tour, which I was initially hesitant to do, but thought 'Sure, I haven't riden horse back in awhile.' Turns out, it was a tour where you sit in a car and look at horses...slight difference. The tour did not disappoint though, especially when I got to ride in a Jeep with the windows off.

They had a horse in front of the office. Morgan snagged a taste of what was to come.

We stopped for a break and all walked up the dune.

At the top, Morgan had some more energy to burn...




and yet more on the way back down with Grandpa.

On the trail, there were blackberry and raspberry bushes. I don't know that Morgan ate any, but he wore a LOT.

Here's a shot of 6 wild mustangs. It was very cool to see.

And the sun sets on another post.

Outer Banks Part 1 of ??

Alright Now!! Hopefully you can all forgive me for not wanting to sit in front of the cpu during this hot summer. It's tropical storm season now, so it's much cooler and wetter.


So let's take a look back at a warmer time - our summer vacation to the outer banks of North Carolina.

Here's Morgan warming up to the day

And Morgan's friend (cousin) Emma, with her rating board, tracking the activity of the house. Morgan kicked off the vacation with a little illness and was a bit whiny which relegated him to crazy status. Although I began the trip in good standing, I ended up on the bad list.

I believe this is your typical end of the roll (exhaust the batteries) shot. Notice to the left of my head, the cabinets have a roll of paper towels on top of them...who can even reach up there? (ME!)



It rained one day while we were there and on one side of the pool the patio was graded such that the water ran in...which led to lots of dirt, etc. getting in the pool. The frogs however...well there's really no explanation.

We went to some shopping area one day, the only saving grace was this playground and some go kart loop that Morgan and I got to watch about a dozen or so races on.

We went to a lighthouse that you were able to ascend, but there was a line and Emma was in charge of keeping Morgan in it.

I don't remember how many steps there were to the top, but it was a lot and I made Morgan climb everyone of them. Who's gonna have a good nap today?? Morgan is!!

Once Morgan and I repelled off the top of the lighthouse (pictures not available), Morgan gave this tree a stern talking to by beating it with it's own limbs...you can bet that the other trees in the area took notice of this!!

Hats, Hats, Hats!!!

Hey! Look at me getting posts up in successive weeks :) But let me tell you the formatting on this blog is driving me crazy, the spacing is all screwy AAAHH!! Anyway, here's a brief one before we get to pics from our July vacation...

We'll kick it off with a shot of Mom and Morgan as we arrive at the Grog & Dog Jog - Morgan immediately fell in the parking lot and needed some consolation.

After the race, there was plenty of socializing and picking Morgan up was the only way to avoid chasing him all over the place, but then took my giant orange cowboy hat off (in his left hand).

Here is a hat that suits Morgan much better and goes pretty well with the shirt. However this is John's hat, not Morgan's. John left it at the house when he out and Morgan seized the moment.

One day, there was a peacock in our neighborhood. It was pretty funny, it kept checking out it's reflection in the bumper of this truck here. Animal control was called, but since it was after 5pm, they weren't interested, so thankfully it wasn't a bengal tiger. It was in our neighbor's garage for hours. Why go to the zoo?

See ya next time!! HAHAHA!