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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Day trip to Swansboro and Emerald Isle

Finally getting up to date on my posts here.  Yesterday we headed out for another adventure.  After two solid days of rain it was time to get out of the house.  So we headed over to Swansboro, NC, fortunately on the way we took a wrong turn and ended up going in a bit of a different direction.  We started our way back to our original destination but soon found out the road we were on was a Military road only, hmm this was the quickest way to get to Swansboro so we did what any retired Military family would do, we pulled out our Military ID's and was able to drive through Camp Lejeune without any questions.  It was a good drive and we saw things we wouldn't normally see on a regular road.  Like this sign below.



We made it through the base and then on to Swansboro, a beautiful little town where we stopped for lunch.


I don't normally take pictures of our food, but it all looked so nice I thought, why not?






After lunch we headed up the Barrier Islands and ended up a Emerald Isle Beach.  There was literally only one other man on the beach.  I guess 40 degree temperatures and gusty winds keeps folks away.  We loved it!  Another great adventure.












Random photos

The first two photos I didn't take, but were sent to me from our daughters.  The first one is of Miles our oldest grandson.  He has now started playing basketball. I can't believe how much he is growing up.

This one below is of Jacob.  I sent him some paints and this was his first time to use them.  He had never painted before and according to his Mom he loved it and made 6 different paintings.  Who knows maybe we have a budding artist there, Nana can only hope.

The next two photos are ones I took the other day from our backyard.  They are of some Sun Dogs that formed around the sun.  I have never seen these while living in Columbus, but down here they happen often.



Just another great cloud photo.

Another event I had never heard of until I moved here is what they call a "scheduled burn".  This is where the forestry department literally sets fire to the under brush in the woods around here.  I assuming to keep things a bit under control and  I am sure there are other reasons, but I have yet to find those out.  Never the less it was a site to see as they were doing this on the road to our neighborhood.

The view coming over the bridge, the smoke was coming from the area we live in.  




This past Saturday we drove to Belhaven to look at a boat for sale.  Took these shots while Mike was crawling around the boat.


This is just an odd one I took while a passenger in my truck.

Sunday morning while on our way to church the fog was crazy.  It didn't burn off until later in the afternoon.  Brought back memories of all the fog we ran into in Michigan while cruising.  









Sunset at Bridgeton, NC

The little town, village, whatever you want to call it that is right next to where we live is called Bridgeton.  It's a small community that has a nice marina which has a great view of the Neuse River and downtown New Bern.  It's a great place to view the sunsets.  So on this evening Mike was kind enough to drive me over so we could enjoy the sunset.  







Yes this is just garbage that was laying by the water, but for some reason I just liked the way this photo came out.





This guy was out taking his nightly walk (his owner is not pictured).  He stopped by for a friendly visit.




This photo above was actually taken on our way over to the marina. It was someones front yard.  I just loved the way the light was hitting on this water.

Okay call me crazy but I even was intrigued by the way the condensation on the inside of this bottle made an awesome design, same with the netting below.





It was a beautiful evening.