Elizabeth City United Coast Guard Station - North Carolina

April 23rd Friday - Sunny Beautiful Weather - 78 degrees

We left Cherry Point at 10:00 am, we were surprised to hear a familiar voice as we were putting the jacks up and it was Trav, he was a work, and on his way to the Vet, and saw us still in our spot, so he stopped to see if he could help us in any way. Very typical of this guy, so we got to say goodbye to him again and we were off.

We traveled up route 17 through rural North Carolina. The huge fields of winter wheat are about to head out. We also saw crop duster planes flying around taking care of their duties for this time of the year. The huge fields of cotton that we saw last October are now dormant awaiting the hum of tractors that will till the ground once again. We saw many huge tractors out in the fields tilling them up making them ready to accept the seed.

The Azaleas are just beautiful everywhere along with the dogwood and we even saw iris bloomed along with creeping phlox in beautiful lavender and blue. As Lou told me we would be able to enjoy spring for the majority of the month of April.

We went through Hertford, NC, kids do you remember, that is the hometown of Cat Fish Hunter, the great ball player.

We arrived on the Coast Guard Base and found it just beautiful, and we are in the midst of a small forest and it seems nice to see grass and trees and the water isn't very far away. I have tired to include some of the pictures that Lou and I took this afternoon as we drove around the base. Many many planes and helicopters here also, along with the ships.

We drove out to the Assisted Living Home where Aunt Hettie is and talked with her this afternoon, and she is so excited that we are coming back tomorrow and taking her to her home town to visit with family and friends, she named off many folks that she wants to see. She was so glad to see Estee and told us she had her picture on her dresser from last October. We told her goodbye and promised to see her at 10:00 tomorrow even if it rained and we would tour Gumneck.

Sunday we are going to attend church here on the base then meet friends for lunch and site see again in the afternoon, then Monday morning we will start north, again taking our time coming home, as we know we are going to be busy when we hit home.