Cedar Point NC

Cedar Point CG Site #37
Croatan National Forest

I first want to say “thank you” to those who left encouraging words about our yard sale last Saturday.  It seems like such a long time ago but it was a big step.  We are now at the CG in Cedar Point, NC near the beach of Emerald Isle.  It is part of the Croatan National Forest and is a very nice place to hang your hat.  We are on site #37.  It has a very private patio area and is the last site in the park.  It is also close to a water bib.  Our 50 foot hose reel just barely reaches.


Thursday, Gin left the house early with the kayaks on top of the Suki and the bikes in the rack.  Her cousin Pam left Rocky Mount, NC and arrived at the CG about 1:00pm.  It was nice to know that they had a good site.  After paying for our site and leaving the Suki here, Gin and Pam went to the shore for the afternoon.  They enjoyed sitting and chatting.  I left left work a little early and arrived at 8:15pm.  It was a long day.

Friday was a relaxing but warm day.  I moved the vu qube from it's bracket at the top of the ladder to the front of the roof to get it out from under the tree limbs.  Pam and I rode the bikes around the park some and down the nature trail.

While we were busy enjoying ourselves, Gin was busy helping some other campers with their satellite tv.  She’s so helpful that way.  We all went to the shore for a bit so that I could get some salt water and sand on my feet.  Pam mentioned that Captain Charlie’s in Swansboro was a good seafood restaurant so we all enjoyed an early supper there.  I even had leftovers for lunch the next day.

Pam left on Saturday.  I hope she enjoyed relaxing with us as much as we enjoyed having her join us.  Gin and I hung around the CG and napped a little in the afternoon.  It was a windy day but I grabbed the camera to take a some pics.  Maybe tomorrow I’ll post a few.  We may go for a paddle if the weather cools a bit and the wind dies down.  Stay tuned.

Morning visitor

Murrells Inlet, SC
Huntington Beach State Park site #119

We enjoyed sleeping late and had a leisurely breakfast.  Out of the corner of our eyes,  we saw a furry critter in a tree just a few feet up from our dinette window.  The first thought was that it was a very big squirrel but there were rings around the tail.  It was a raccoon about 20 feet up a tree.  We watched him scratch an itch as he watched people walk on the CG road beneath him.  After a few minutes, he moved up a branch to a clump of leaves.  We thought it was a squirrel's nest, but apparently it was his home.  He curled up for a nap.  I never knew they slept in trees.

Later in the morning, I was sitting in a lounge chair outside just relaxing when I saw an owl silently glide through the woods and land on the ground.  The woods are too thick to get any photos but it's so nice to just enjoy nature from your front porch.  We like this campsite a lot.  I didn't have to climb up the ladder to get the satellite dish down.  It's a vu qube.  It works from the roof of our MH or from the ground with the proper cable.  That'll come in nice when it's time to pack up too.

It was a very windy day and the CG was a bit crowded with the week end warriors so we just had a very relaxing day around the campsite.  We'll try to get out more tomorrow but we both needed some down time.