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| Steph, Todd and Grandma Elsie in Greenville |
The resident muskrat at Lake Allison |
Todd as the ultimate Harvard tourist! |
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| Todd at Mecca: Super Chicken at Lexington Market in Baltimore |
The best fried chicken in the entire world |
Todd at the Italian Stallion pizzeria (he insists that the pizza is good!) |
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| Todd, Bernedette, Chris, Mom and Dad at Obrycki's in Baltimore |
Bernedette and Chris (can't pose - eating!) |
Chris, Mom, Dad and Steph |
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| Dad and Steph |
Steph, Todd, Bernedette, Chris, Mom and Dad with our crab remnants |
North Carolina welcomes us! |
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| Dad, Mom, Steph and Todd on the pier outside RV's restaurant on the Outer Banks |
Todd and Steph on the pier |
Just the pier |
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| Todd and Steph at the Aquarium |
Mom and Dad at the Aquarium |
The river otters were very cute |
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Mom and a shark! |
Todd is swimming with the fishes! |
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| The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is growing out of Todd's head! |
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Steph at the Hatteras lighthouse |
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| Todd and Hatteras light |
Looking up, inside the lighthouse |
About twelve flights of stairs later - Todd, Dad, and Mom |
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| Looking up towards the light itself |
View from the top: the ocean |
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Looking down |
Steph and Dad at the top |
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| Mom heading down |
Dad and Todd |
Todd at the site of the original lighthouse |
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| You can see the new location of the lighthouse over Todd's right shoulder |
Steph standing on the old foundation, the new location in the distance |
Steph and Todd just over the dunes from the original lighthouse site |
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| Miniature golf - Dad, Mom and Todd |
Todd and Mom |
Nice Outer Banks sunset |
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| Todd sports his new sandals |
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Steph enjoying a walk on the beach |
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Todd |
Like he was going to jump in! |
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| View north along the coast from the Outer Banks Beach Club |
Steph |
Todd |
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| Todd is getting away! |
View north from the OBBC's path to the beach |
Stairs over the dunes to the beach |
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| Steph heading back upstairs |
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View from our front porch |
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| Crabbing! Dad and Todd |
Mom was determined - even after a boat's wake splashed her overalls! |
My nice little bobber that helped us to catch exactly zero crabs |
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| View of the sound from our crabbing spot |
Todd has almost given up hope at this point |
Woo-hoo, crabs! (OK, so we bought these...) |
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| Stephanie: crab wrangler |
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They were lively, hence Steph's look of joy and terror |
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| Mom, Dad and Steph filling the pot with blue crabs! |
Dad, Steph and Mom - we even got the lid closed |
Todd - all of the crabs are in the pot! |
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| Our crab table, ready to go |
Our steamed Old Bay shrimp (this is after we had already eaten 2/3 of them) |
Todd savoring his Old Bay shrimp experience |
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| Dad enjoys his shrimp |
Todd shows off his crab-flavored potato chips |
Crabs are done! |
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| To the table! |
Dad digs in with a first whack |
Mom enjoyed her crabs too |
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| Todd, working on a claw |
Steph finished eating last, meticulous to the end! |
Steph and Todd, with all of their crab carcasses |