Virginia and North Carolina................

Not to much excitement going on for right now.  We made our way down to Williamsburg Virginia for a few nights.  It is amazing what just a couple hundred miles will do for the weather.  We are finally back in shorts and flip-flops..............  "YAHOO"

Colonial Williamsburg is an old 17 Century town which has been well preserved.  Many people walking around in period clothing, horse drawn buggies, and like everywhere else out here in the East, lots and lots of history.  I wish I would have taken History more seriously in school.

The Original College of William and Mary Campus

Stopped by Virginia Beach, but not much going on this time of the year.  We could tell that this is a very popular area during the summer.  Many high rise hotels, lots of eateries and plenty of shops to visit.

We found these meters all along the boardwalk on Virginia Beach.  We didn't see any panhandlers, but it was a slow day at the beach.  We wonder if the donation meters have made a difference.  Hummmmm.... we will probably never know

From Virginia Beach we headed down to the Southeastern coast of North Carolina, wanting to checkout the Outer Banks, that we have heard so much about.  We jumped in the truck for day of sightseeing, with really no idea where we were going, just wanted to enjoy the warm sunshine and hopefully find the beach.  We found water, but that seems to be everywhere around here.  We stumbled upon a ferry, that takes you, and your vehicle, across the bay.  Best part about it......?,  it was free.  We are so into free, that we didn't give it much thought, and off we went. The ferry dropped us off very close to the Carolina Outer Banks, just where we wanted to be.  The ferry saved us a couple of hours driving all the way around the bay.  Some Days things just seem to go flawlessly.

We were ready for a snack, and possibly a cold one, so we pulled into this little port town, just off the highway, "Atlantic Beach".  Beautiful Place, with a boardwalk along the water, and access to boat moorages. Luck was with us again, because we found that cold one, with outside seating and an incredible view.

Just down the road a few miles, was Emerald Isle Beach, where we saw a sign pointing to a fishing pier, so away we went.  Turned out to be another pretty cool find.  This pier goes way out into the ocean, and it is just for fishing.  No cost to go out on the pier, where some people were just reading a book, but most were, ya you guessed it.... fishing.

We purchased a beer at the pier store and walked out to the end.  

The very end of the pier is for the larger fish, but there are a few restrictions.

Some people really get into their fishing.  Yup, those are fishing poles mounted on the front of that truck.

And our day would not be complete without a quick stop at.........

We are currently in Hilton Head, South Carolina, leaving tomorrow, heading toward Nashville. We plan to make a couple of stops along the way and hopefully be back at Gary and Debs by Friday.  From what we see on the evening news, we managed to get out of the Northeast just in time.  Colder weather, rain and snow are expected in the next few weeks.  We have our airline reservations, to fly home for Christmas, flying out of Austin texas.  We have reserved a place to store the wheelhouse and truck, so it looks like we are ready.

That's about it for now.  Just cruising around the country, until we find our way to Austin sometime next month.  We'll keep posting........

Thanks for checking in on us.

Roberta and Steve