Durham - Home Sweet Home

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We arrived in Durham with the trip Odometer reading 2034.

After breaking out of the miserable grip of D.C. traffic we exploited our freedom on 1-85 South averaging at least 10 miles over the speed limit for the whole trip. Kyle says, "The interstate owed it to us", implying that after forcing us to travel 60 miles in 4.5 hours we should be able to travel 240 miles in 3 hours; which we almost accomplished.

When we arrived to Durham we were greeted by my mom, who opened the doors to the sounds of our bikes rolling in the driveway, later in the evening the whole clan showed up. It was wonderful to see the whole family, which has grown from 5 people to a current 10 with a baby on the way this month. I could not help but be excited by the family time when I realized that Alyse would further expand our family from 11 to 12 coming this September.

After the party with the family Kyle and I had to start packing our bags to leave the next morning. The stop was way to quick and not what Kyle and I were expecting for a relaxing stop at my house, but the road was calling our name. So the next morning we got up and Kyle started looking for directions as I sulked over my cereal bowl. Than I hear him call my name from the study and announce that we have a whole extra day in Durham! At this news my mom started screaming hysterically, as I tried to decipher is Kyle was playing a mean trick or being serious. It was perfect, we were blessed by our own scheduling mistake with a whole extra day in Durham.