Oct 22, 2020 - Cliffs of Neuse

We traveled up the Outer banks from Ocracoke to Hatteras by ferry. That took an hour and then another hour and a half up to Wanchese. We stopped at O'Neals for scallops, shrimp, red snapper and tuna to take home and the ordered a flounder basket for lunch. Delicious!! We traveled on through rural nc and stopped to camp at the Cliffs of Neuse state park. Nice and quiet!

Oct 20, 2020 - Ocracoke

We tried fishing today but rip currents we're taking the bait straight down the coast. Beautiful day on the beach once the got lifted. Decided since we can't catch fish, we'd buy some from Ocracoke Seafood. Bought a dozen oysters and 2 speckled trout fillets for supper.

Oct 17, 2020 - Ocracoke

Holy moly did it blow last night! The Cold front came roaring through and shook the camper all night. Poor people in tents didn't sleep well. It was in the 60s all day with 19 mile an hour winds so no fishing. Did get sunburned on my legs while reading my book at the campground. Tomorrow should be better.

Oct 16, 2020 - Ocracoke

Hot today at Ocracoke! We stayed by the camper most of the day and then went into town for ice for our bait. We drove up towards the Hatteras ferry to see what damage the hurricane had done. You could see where the ocean breached the dunes but they had fixed it. Cold front is coming through with some rain and nice temps. Going to have shrimp burritos tonight.

Oct 13, 2020 - Almost time to move...

Our time here in Maggie Valley is rapidly coming to an end. We are scheduled to leave here on Friday the 16th. We will go to Woodville, AL to spend the night and then on to Red Bay on Saturday morning. We should get there in time to get set up for college football. We have loved it here this summer and early fall. The summer never got above the low 80’s but over the last 10 days it has gotten cool. So cool I spent almost a week in jeans. We even had to run the heat most of those nights. The first really cool night here will be this...

Oct 13, 2020 - Jones lake state park

We're heading out to Ocracoke after being cooped up for too long. We could make cedar island ferry in a day but decided to break it up and stay at Jones lake close off of I95. The place was almost deserted and we had a huge campsite on the backside. Totally quiet at night and would come back.

Oct 13, 2020 - Franklin NC

On Monday we headed away from Durham. We threw in a fuel stop along the way before we pulled into the Walmart in Waynesville so that Fred and Deb and their grandson Phoenix could pick us up to go to lunch. We spent about 90 minutes at Boojum Brewing on the very busy Main Street in downtown Waynesville eating and gabbing before we said our good byes – they are heading back to FL on Tuesday – and we pressed on another 45 minutes to our home for a while at The Great Outdoors RV Resort in Franklin, North Carolina. My parents are at their condo...

Oct 5, 2020 - Durham NC

Our Monday morning drive was supposed to be less than 3 hours but thanks to a warning light on the dash that needed investigated and some distinctly different directions between the GPS and the campground website, we pulled in about 30 minutes later than planned. Normally we defer to the campground’s website directions because their local knowledge usually supersedes the little voice that comes out of the box on the dash, so we ended up with a round-a-bout journey through some neighborhoods before we finally landed at the Triangle RV...

Sep 11, 2020 - Heading out tomorrow morning....

Its hot today and lots of humidity. Its 82 degrees with the real feel of 90 degrees,(I totally agree with that!) and 66% humidity. Its one of those days where you take a shower and then feel like you need another one as soon as you dry off. Zoey and I just came back from a walk to the trash bin. Now she is crapped out on the nice cold tile floor, fast asleep and cooling off. So today is pack up and clean up the RV day. Tomorrow we will leave this pretty place and be on the road towards home. It has been fun hanging out with OT and Norine...

Sep 9, 2020 - What's up in Wilkesboro, NC?

Yesterday OT and Norine took us for the grand tour around all the campgrounds associated with the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir and Dam. They work at the visitor center. It is huge place and it has lots of really big campsites, group areas, swimming areas, boat launches etc. We took some photos from way at the top and you could see the beautiful Appalachian mountains in the distance. This dam is for flood control for the town, not used for power generation like ours are back home. And it is an earthen dam. How would you like to mow the lawn on...

Sep 7, 2020 - Visiting OT & Norine at Bandits Roost Campground

Yesterday morning, Sunday, we left the KOA in Statesville at noon. Its only an hour to Wilkesboro but we can't check into our campsite until 1600. So we needed to find a rest area to hang out in until we could check in. Koa was not letting us stay a minute past noon. They were over checking our campsite at 1155! Norine and OT said there was a nice Welcome center rest area about 10 miles from our destination, so we stopped there. We were running the generator so we could use the AC as it was warm outside. Our friends were keeping an eye on...

Sep 5, 2020 - Hanging out in North Carolina

As you can see from the map we have moved from Asheville to Statesville. Lots of towns we have been in lately have ended in ..ville. Yesterday morning we had to get up super early (0500) to get to Magna shade to get our new exterior shades installed. Our appointment was before 10:00 am. When we went outside to put in the slides and pull the power cord it was raining! We were not really very prepared for that, so we had to go diving for raincoats. We exited our campsite at 0630 in the dark, trying very hard to be quiet as everyone was...