#43 - Nicholas Sparks book site visit!!! - COMPLETE
Nicolas Sparks is definitely my favorite author and this trip was a dream come true as a fan of his books. He references New Bern, NC constantly in his books and he also actually lives there. This trip was special for a few reasons. A little something people may not know about me is that my second son, Landen, was actually named after two Nicholas Sparks book charachters. I remember when I fell in love with his stories.
My sister convinced me to go see "A Walk to Remember" and I was hooked from that point on.
While I was pregnant with Landen, my second favorite movie, "The Notebook", was coming out. So Zoe convinced me to read the book so I could go see it with her. I sat there and read the book cover to cover in a day. I laughed, cried, the whole nine yards. The main charachter in this book is Noah and the main charachter in "A Walk to Remember" is Landon. I changed the spelling but baby #2 is Landen Noah Sutterby. New Bern is the site referenced in the books so that is where I wanted to go.
No trip to New Bern would be complete without doing a little drive by of Nicholas Sparks house. It was amazing! The biggest reason this item off the bucket list was so wonderful? I actually got to take the trip with my sister in law Amy (she always will be family not matter what and yes there were two Aymee/Amy Sutterby's) and my niece and nephew, Kayleigh and Drew. They were so well behaved I was so impressed and Kay said she had a lot of fun!
I was so grateful Amy spent the 3 plus hour EACH WAY drive with me. We got to catch up and make memories together. She got just as excited as I did and so far this is one of the most memorable off the list!
So in true "kick the bucket list" fashion...another one bites the dust! #43 - COMPLETE!
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