Head West not so young Man

   / Head West not so young Man #371  
I think the whole Atlantic coast is full of houses right on the beach! Brother in law lives near Cape Hatteras, same, and all the way down the Florida coast too. A few years ago, we saw three high $ houses right on beach, one of which had to be condemned! It looked to be about $1-2 million house, not counting how much the old boy paid for the stamp sized piece of ocean front sand, which was eroding from under his foundation! It was spooky looking.

Well, take ye time! Suck in that good ocean air.
 
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thanks Mac. The air is good for sure, but I found two big tarballs on the beach today. As I did yesterday in another spot.
had a long talk with a guy "up the hill" with a really nice burgundy diesel 2500 Chevrolet truck pulling a 14K 41 foot long
fifth wheel trailer. Beautiful rig, and we got to discussing dually vs single, etc. Then I met his lovely wife, guessing they are in their mid fifties, and they live in Greenville, from where I just came. And want to go back. So I met a new friend, and will likely have a beer with them in an hour. They showed me through their fifth wheel. Very unusual setup.

This nice couple have four grown girls, one with cerebal palsy. Wife always had to take care of her since birth, and husband is now helping her. The rear room of their trailer is a huge "bunk room" set up for kids on both sides, a big open area in the center for doing whatever kids will do, their own tv and half bathroom. What a cool setup, and their handicapped daughter does really well with it, using a walker. They bought it as a way to get out of their home and go places with a special needs child. Smart. This trip is just for them, I bet the first time in many years they have gotten away just by themselves. They said they will be back to this place next month with two daughters.

I just stopped by to compliment the guy on his nice looking truck, and he seemed really pleased to have someone to talk to. Probably not used to just being out there by himself, not being a caregiver. I surely do know that feeling.
So I think I will go have a cold beer with he and his wife in a bit, overlook the campground, and solve all the problems of the world.
 
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very important correction. The local tractors are JD 5300's and there are five of them. Proudly stated by the manager.
they go knockedy knocking by, the golf carts go whirring by, the kids on bikes go zizzing by, the military jets make some passes nearby, and I really do think I hear a train at night. That I need to verify. All good. Otherwise, peaceful and quiet.
 
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Mac, I just pulled into the Wilmington KOA, near Wrightsville Beach.
Spending the weekend here with friends who moved here from home.
And spending this afternoon waiting, hopefully not for Godot, for a Winnebago dealer to call me back.
Pulled into the campground and to my amazement there was a three foot long crack in my eight foot long windshield.
Never heard a bang or anything. So I am hoping the dealer in Asheville NC, which is next, or Nashville TN, can get the big rv windshield
in from Iowa. Takes three days for the glue to dry, lovely. Oh well, both nice towns to spend some time in. And maybe I'll get my leveling system fixed at the same time.

I know that a visit to the USS North Carolina is planned, a walk on the Riverwalk, a night boat ride on the river, and whatever else pops up.
And i will slip away from my guests for awhile and go walk the marinas in Wrighstville Beach. Gorgeous Carolina sportfishermen there, lined up often in different pastel hull colors. And I've seen them dock, just poetry in motion.
Will try to get a pic of that.
 
   / Head West not so young Man #376  
That's too bad about the windshield Drew, hopefully you can go to a service center who has a park where you can stay in it while it's being fixed.
I've had a small crack a few years ago and quickly had it resin filled. Keep the pictures coming.
 
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thanks, I think it would need several caulk guns to fix this one...one seriously big piece of glass, and now I've got them hunting a generic locally, vs. truck freighting a new oem windshield out of Iowa. There is a Camping World in Asheville NC, where I am headed next week, that is trying to work this out, assuming the service manager will ever return my call.

This all assumes the windshield will stay in place, I'm sure that crack is going to keep going, five, six feet long?....
Makes a nasty sound too of the edges grinding together. Crank up the tunes I guess.

looks like storms are North of us and going to miss this area, though it's windy with 23mphgusts. No rain but a coastal flooding warning, wind is blowing the water up the River,and funny, flooding the parking lot of the battleship.
* Impacts...several inches of water will cover portions of battleship Road and the lower portions of the U.S.S. North Carolina battleship Memorial parking lot. Water may also spread out of the storm drains onto portions of Water Street just south of Market street in downtown Wilmington.

Just tide and wind and apparently pretty low lying areas. Speaking of low lying, driving through Swansboro after getting off Emerald Isle, it was very clear how little distance there was between the water and the land. It looked like a two foot storm surge would flood the roads. This whole coastal area is just simply right above sea level. One of these days...

no call back yet. Boy what a bunch of hooey this factory warranty concierge service is. Call your nearest dealer.
Who can order the part and might find a spot for you in three weeks. Wouldn't want to line jump would you?
Well, I'll keep positive, but let's say after four calls, two messages left and unreturned, and endless time on hold, to awful music, well something tells me Friday afternoon is not looking too good for rv solutions here. There is always Monday and I'm in an interesting town, so be it.
 
   / Head West not so young Man #378  
Rough luck, Drew.

Go deep sea fishing while you wait.
 
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Rough luck, Drew.

Go deep sea fishing while you wait.

Can't,would get sick. But put me behind the wheel and I never get sick. Weird but I've done the offshore rock and roll and long ago decided never again. Back and forth, back and forth, get the wonderful feeling in your throat...
So I'll just go ogle the boats; actually the best time is about now when they are coming in for the day. I've watched them come in one after the other, single file, like the famous pics of the fishing tournaments in the Bahamas where the boats are all lined up coming in. Or hauling butt going out....

Many of the Carolina boats are single engined and wood epoxied hulled, so no jockeying with twin controls, they put the stern of their boats into a controlled slide that just stops at the end of their slip and without slowing a bit zoom straight back into the slip at what would seem catastrophic speed but they nail it every time.
Blues, yellows, pinks, all light "Bahamian" colors or Palm Beach some would say, but boy are those boats pretty. With sky high tuna towers and their little flags flying. Headed there tomorrow...would have headed there today except for the windshield. Oh well, supposed to be a beautiful weekend.
 
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more pics, these are from Emerald Isle
and another tractor pic to earn my keep.
That fishing boat (interesting looking boat) was way out there,wish I had the larger camera with the 30X zoom.

tomorrow, a battleship.
 

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