Leena won’t say the word “tomorrow”. This was quite a puzzle, since she has a pretty decent vocabulary. But instead of “tomorrow” she says “the day after this day”. So I asked her why. She told me because “tomorrow never comes”. She is angry with tomorrow for not showing up and so won’t say it. Makes sense to me!

Staying true to the spirit of the statement “tomorrow never comes”, we decided once again to live in today. We sneaked another vacation during the Easter weekend. Tanya had Friday and Monday off. We took off Tuesday as well and hit the road with Elfie.

The plan was to travel to the Outer banks (again) and then take the ferry and drive to St. Augustine, FL. From there Tanya, Leena and I would catch a flight back home, while Johan would continue to Miami and Atlanta for work and then return home.

I am happy to report that the vacation went flawlessly. Elfie was on her best behavior.

Outer Banks was busier now than a month back but still pretty quiet. We drove in on Friday, went over the dunes and then took the ferry to Ocracoke. There we played and waded in the water. Funny enough we think we saw the same crabby from a month back and also a jellyfish!

Drawing dragons

Leena fashionista

Majestic kites at the Nags Head dunes.

Ocracoke Pony Island Restaurant breakfast.

At the Ocracoke dock

Ocracoke back waters. This was so much fun!

Jellies? Sweet! Totally!!

Crabby woke up when I poked his butt with my cellphone!

Johan in a pensive mood

Ferry from Ocracoke to Cedar Island

We were out of Outer banks by Saturday evening. We drove all Sunday to get to St. Augustine. Driving all day with two kids.. aarrgh!! But thanks to our stellar planning (ahem) we had found two parks along I-95 which I will mention here for future reference.

One was Ebenezer park in Florence, SC. This park is ok, nothing spectacular. But it is certainly a good place for the kids to stretch their legs and the driver to catch a nap!

The next park was “Harold Turpin Park and Splash pad” in Ridgeland SC. Now this is a spectacular park. There is a great playground, and a place for kids to splash in if they like. Highly recommended!!

Travel day morning!

South of the Border off I-95

Leena saving her Papa!

Chicken fashion

Ebenezer park

Tanya on a zipline

Harold Turpin park

Splash pad

Finally, we spent Monday in St Augustine, Fl and tuesday morning at Flagler beach in Florida. We had some good beach fun with Tanya surfing, Leena playing, fort building and kite flying. After a great trip, we flew back from Daytona Beach to Philadelphia, and then got a ride from Andrejz, a friend. Very fun altogether.

Gals at St Augustine

Castillo de San Marcos fort. St Augustine, FL

St Augustine beach and water park

Friends cafe at Flagler beach. Its window reads “Eat here or we’ll both starve”. So true!

Philly airport

Johan flying a kite at Flagler beach

Beach fun!

Rosie is a winner! At St Lucie beach – the only off leash dog beach on East side of Florida (I believe)

Back to civilization!

No more travels planned for us (Johan is another story). We are not at all sad about it. We are ready to be home now!