Trip to Southport NC

 

Sunday we took the girls to Fort Fisher to take the ferry over to Southport.  Emily is visiting from Vermont and Faith's friend Dylan also joined us.  Here we are waiting for the cars to load.  The ferry goes out every 45 minutes so we got a chance to have a snack and walk around.  It was so nice out on this day, uncommonly cool for a July day in NC. 

 

 

 

 A fellow passenger was kind enough to offer to take our picture.

 

 

 A nice breeze and a bit overcast to start out.  It felt good!

 

 

 

 

 

 A friendly visitor who likes to eat chili cheese fritos!

 My loves! 

 

Emily, I do believe you are a bit like Grandma and don't like to have your picture taken!

 

 Happy girls!

 That's better!  Smile a little smile for me .... Emily!

 

  

A little Coast Guard action.

When we got to Southport, we stopped at Fishy, Fishy for lunch.

 

 

Nice indoor / outdoor dining next to the waterfront.

 

 

Yummy clam chowder!

 

 

   

A little park beside the Southport police station with this amazing tree!

 

Hi Dill!  What a fun nickname. 

 I am afraid once I heard her Mom call her that, the name stuck!

 

 

Faith was brave enough to climb up high. 

 I couldn't in my flip flops!

 

 

 

Wow~!  I just love this tree!  One of my favorite parts of the day!

For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace;

 the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing,

 and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."  Isaiah 55:12

 

 

 

 

 

This one was beside it! 

Magnificent!

Silly face, tired of getting her picture taken!

Faith

     My daughter Faith is 16!  Hard to believe that my baby is a young lady now.  She is graceful, pretty and independent.  She is quiet most of the time but when she gets silly, her laugh is rich and contagious.  She loves her family fiercely and her dog just as much.  Even though Grover is like a grouchy old man, she still lets him sleep on her bed and loves him!

                                  

Girl and her best friend.

               

 

 

Going to a summer wedding.

First day of sophomore year.  Laney High School. Wilmington NC.

Pretty as a picture!

                 

 

Laughing with her cousin Rachel.

I love you my sweet girl!

A visit to the USS North Carolina 4/30/18

Living in the South kind of feels like a vacation all the time because of the warm weather.

But even though its warm, I am afraid Paul and I haven't done as much exploring as we could and should.  So we are trying to take more field trips to check out all the Wilmington area has to offer. 

Last Monday, we went to visit the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial!

 

 

 

                                    A crystal clear, blue skied 70 degree day!

Most of these pictures speak for themselves.

I was awed by the enormity of the ship.

 

I think my favorite part of seeing all these historical things was

reading the real live words of the men who served on the ship.

It brought me back to another place and time.

 

Truly Magnificent.

You are too Paul!

The training and skill and bravery of these men!

All I can say is Wow!"

 

 

This roll of Honor

perpetuates the memory of the ten thousand North Carolinians

 of all the

United States Military Services

who died

in

World War 11

 

 

Not for fame or reward

Not for place or for rank

Not lured by ambition

Or goaded by necessity

But in simple obedience to duty

As they understood it

These men suffered all

Sacrificed all

Dared all

And died

 

 

 

Top bunk anyone?

I can't imagine sleeping on such tiny beds.

Once again. "Wow!"

Imagine, 50 bucks a month!

 

Hi handsome Hunny!

So many connections!



 

 

The chapel.

I love the retro blue organ!

Ice cream sandwiches.

I literally remember my sister Mary making

 an ice cream sandwich one day after school

using white bread and ice cream!

The drinking fountain was called a "scuttlebutt."

 

 



 

I believe this is an original newspaper.

:(

The commissary.

  Hot fudge sauce!  Yum.

  I can imagine that ice cream

sundaes helped with moral.

 

 

 

 

 

Even a dentist office on the ship!

Ammunition

 

We spent close to four hours exploring the USS North Carolinian and

didn't even see everything.  Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our

"field trip."

The intricacies and engineering of the ship was unbelievable.

I can only imagine what the modern ships look like now!