North Carolina

Some of you know that I grew up in North Carolina. Well, my family decided it was time to go back and visit old friends and of course, go to the beach! This is the first family vacation that we have taken in a long long time where all the Carlson's could be there. We went and saw our old houses. One in Greensboro and one in Cary.

We also went to the Natural Science Museum-one of our favorites when we were kids. Everytime we went there, my mom would buy us rock candy and possibly a pet hermit crab. It's also a small zoo. The animals are way more active than they are at the SLC zoo.



The best part was for the second half of the week, we went to the infamous Shell Island Resort. It's a beach front hotel that we always stayed at when we were kids. My parents took us there almost every year when we were little.


This trip was literally a blast from the past. It brought back so many memories of my childhood. It was great to be able to see what were only fuzzy memories before. I was not able to see my old friends because most of them had moved away, but I was able to see my good friend Allison's parents, the Parkers. They haven't changed one bit!The humidity was awful, all the driving was awful, but bringing back my childhood memories with all of my family there was priceless