Over Valentine's Day 2009, Madeline had an open 4-day weekend, so we decided to go somewhere. Because of the two holidays (V-day and President's Day), though, every place we wanted to go was expensive. Then at the last minute, I was asked to go to Raleigh on business, so Madeline came with me and we spent the weekend in the Raleigh-Durham area. We also knocked off another state for Madeline.

2009—Raleigh-Durham
Text Box: Duke University and its beautiful architecture, including its famous chapel, completed in 1935

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens occupies 55 acres in the heart of the University's West Campus, adjacent to Duke University Medical Center. Although it was February and cloudy, the gardens were still beautiful
Text Box: In the Museum of Life and Science, we experienced a butterfly garden, where we watched them release about 25 new butterflies into the exhibit Text Box: HOME PAGE Text Box: BACK TO THE USA Text Box: Return to the South