road trip part 5: falls lake

We drove home from Charlotte on Monday. We wanted to break up the drive a bit so we stopped at Falls Lake in the middle of nowhere North Carolina for some swimming. We actually ended up at this very spot a few years ago on our road trip to Atlanta. I never would have thought we would return. It's a pretty lake in a beautiful green setting and we nearly had the places to ourselves.

There was a threat of rain all day but we decided to go for it anyway. A storm eventually rolled in and everyone kept swimming in the rain. Nothing quite as refreshing as swimming in a warm summer rain. (Don't worry, no lightning.)

 

The kids did a great job traveling, even when we hit the obligatory late-night traffic upon entering Northern Virginia. And we managed to fit in one last stop at a Sonic.