This weekend, Jim left work early on Friday and it was a great day to do it! It was perfecly sunny and in the 70s.
We went to Lake Johnston in Raleigh, about 8 miles from our house. There is a 3 mile paved trail around part of the lake (and a 6 mile trail around the entire lake).
We took Kylie with us too
She loved all the ducks/geese at the edge of the lake! Despite Colleen being 7.5 months pregnant, and trail having some moderate steep hills along the edge of the lake, she made it with little trouble!
Saturday morning we headed down to Charlotte for a quick weekend get-away for Jim's birthday (His birthday was Thursday the 18th). Before we headed out we had a bagel at Panera by our house, outside of the store here is how Colleen looks at 31 weeks pregnant:
Colleen googled things to do in Charlotte and found a a park called the Airport Overlook Park
She knew Jim was a geek who likes planes so she made a picnic and took him there for lunch!
We took our fold-out chairs and set them up and watched the planes landing/taking off.
The skyline in the distance was visible too
Most people like to take a picture of themselves with their feet proped up and the ocean/beach in the background. Well, Jim liked to take the picture of a plane landing, the control tower, and the skyline in the distance! That's his version of paradise!
That night we went to The Palm for dinner. They send you a gift certificate for a free 3 pound lobster for your birthday (a $65 dollar value!), so we used that and ordered steak and sides. Jim joked how nice it was to have his dinner served on a silver platter:
He also liked that they put a bib on you to eat the lobster
We stayed a nice Marriott Ressnissance (Thanks Dan!) and enjoyed swimming in the pool, and hanging out near a fire pit.
Sunday we drove back and were reminded of reality, we had to mow our lawn for the first time this year as part of it were growing high!
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