SEPTEMBER 23, FRIDAY
I was very happy to see nothing but a few puddles in the lower level of the condo when I opened it. I got a shop vac and sucked up the puddles in both Mom's and Vicki's place next door to us.
Went to the Jolly Roger Pier for a really good breakfast with Anthony and his granddaughter and friend. Much less work on the lower level than I had anticipated, so I got to enjoy the beach today. Did my usual wading and collecting shells and "lima bean" stones.
Went to the Topsail Town hall to pay the water and garbage bill and then Godwin's, one of the earliest businesses in Topsail Beach and still operating and looking like it did in the late 1940s when the area was opened to the public. Before that it had been used for the U.S. missile and rocket testing program.
Towers from it and the Assembly Building still stand.
--RoadDog
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Showing posts with label N.C. Fall 2016. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
N.C. Fall 2016-- Part 4: Fort Fisher, Silver Dollar Bar, Topsail Beach and a Flood
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016, THURSDAY
Drove to Wilmington in off-and-on rain. It has rained like that the whole time I have been in North Carolina, since Thursday. As usual, heavy traffic by the UNC-Wilmington campus. Stopped at the Carolina Beach Town hall and saw the four dioramas from the old Blockade Runner Museum and went to Fort fisher where the museum had sprung lots of leaks from all this rain.
Stopped at the Silver Dollar Bar in Carolina Beach and then went to Topsail Beach.
I was happy to see that there was no flood in the lower level, but a half hour after I arrived, we got three inches of rain in 30 minutes and the lower lever had two-three inches of water in it. I found out later that there had already been six inches of rain during the course of the day at Topsail Beach.
There wasn't anything I could do about the flood until the morning so left it alone.
--RoadDog
Drove to Wilmington in off-and-on rain. It has rained like that the whole time I have been in North Carolina, since Thursday. As usual, heavy traffic by the UNC-Wilmington campus. Stopped at the Carolina Beach Town hall and saw the four dioramas from the old Blockade Runner Museum and went to Fort fisher where the museum had sprung lots of leaks from all this rain.
Stopped at the Silver Dollar Bar in Carolina Beach and then went to Topsail Beach.
I was happy to see that there was no flood in the lower level, but a half hour after I arrived, we got three inches of rain in 30 minutes and the lower lever had two-three inches of water in it. I found out later that there had already been six inches of rain during the course of the day at Topsail Beach.
There wasn't anything I could do about the flood until the morning so left it alone.
--RoadDog
Monday, October 3, 2016
N.C. Fall 2016-- Day 3 and 4: Mom's DAR Ceremony
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016, TUESDAY
We spent the morning sorting through papers, documents (mostly financial) and books. I took four loads of books over to Mom's Salvation Army Thrift Store. She was very active in that group[s Auxiliary.
The big event for today was Mom's Daughters of the American Revolution David Williams group's graveside marking ceremony at her grave. We were very fortunate that the earlier and later rains held off for it as it was outside.
Afterwards, we ate at B&D Restaurant in Goldsboro..
The rest of the afternoon and night was spent sorting through papers and books.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016, WEDNESDAY
I had planned on going to Topsail Beach today, but decided not to because of all the rain around eastern North Carolina. The day was mostly spent going through Mom's papers and books and taking them to her church, the town library and Salvation Army.
Bob and I went to Wilber's for some of that great 'cue.
--RoadDog
We spent the morning sorting through papers, documents (mostly financial) and books. I took four loads of books over to Mom's Salvation Army Thrift Store. She was very active in that group[s Auxiliary.
The big event for today was Mom's Daughters of the American Revolution David Williams group's graveside marking ceremony at her grave. We were very fortunate that the earlier and later rains held off for it as it was outside.
Afterwards, we ate at B&D Restaurant in Goldsboro..
The rest of the afternoon and night was spent sorting through papers and books.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016, WEDNESDAY
I had planned on going to Topsail Beach today, but decided not to because of all the rain around eastern North Carolina. The day was mostly spent going through Mom's papers and books and taking them to her church, the town library and Salvation Army.
Bob and I went to Wilber's for some of that great 'cue.
--RoadDog
N.C. Fall 2016-- Day 2: Zanesville, Ohio, to Goldsboro, N.C.
Monday, September 19
Drove on the old National Road/ US-40 from Zanesville to Cambridge, then I-77 south through West Virginia to Virginia. Stopped at the Virginia Welcome Center for my Virginia peanut fix and Wytheville for gas and my Chocolate/Blueberry Ugly fix.
U.S.-421 from Winston-Salem to I-40 at Greensboro. Made it through the Raleigh-Durham Sytangler on I-40 with no problems. Then, US-70 to Goldsboro.
Met Bob at Mom's house then Julie arrived. We ate at Pizza Inn and spent the rest of the night sorting through Mom's stuff. I mainly concentrated on books.
--RoadDog
Drove on the old National Road/ US-40 from Zanesville to Cambridge, then I-77 south through West Virginia to Virginia. Stopped at the Virginia Welcome Center for my Virginia peanut fix and Wytheville for gas and my Chocolate/Blueberry Ugly fix.
U.S.-421 from Winston-Salem to I-40 at Greensboro. Made it through the Raleigh-Durham Sytangler on I-40 with no problems. Then, US-70 to Goldsboro.
Met Bob at Mom's house then Julie arrived. We ate at Pizza Inn and spent the rest of the night sorting through Mom's stuff. I mainly concentrated on books.
--RoadDog
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