|  Kelly and I made the road trip to North Carolina in the Jetta.  We spent a night in Virginia visiting Nate and Mike, two friends from the OU days.  No, I do not have unusually large feet.  Mike and Jill's dog, Ella, is really this small.
 |  Of course, the backgammon tradition.  Mike and Nate in the midst of a game as Lauren, Kelly and Jill look on.  Mike takes this game *very* seriously.
 |  Nate.
 |  At the beach!  Looking seaward from the deck of the condo on Topsail Island.  Sunday: the first day we were there.
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		|  Some bathing beauties on the beach below.  Oh, and Patrick, too, I think.
 |  We had some very decent waves several of the days we were there.  The surf was downright rough a couple of days.
 |  Looking north down the beach.
 |  Sunday night the "adults" cooked dinner.  Different groups cooked each night for all 19 people.
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