We had a great time in the Outer Banks. I forgot my camera so took a picture of my shells when I got home. The weather was a little too cool for laying on the beach but we had a few nice walks and gathered some nice shells. I also got some nice worn shells that I call "worry stones." They've been worn smooth and are nice to rub and try to make all your worries go away!! We saw the Wright Brothers Memorial and Museum, the Hatteras Lighthouse and the Bodie Lighthouse. We also went to Roanoke Festival Park, an interactive attraction that celebrates the first English settlement in America. There are period characters who tell you about the Elizabeth II, a representation of one of the seven English ships from the Roanoke Voyage of 1585. There was also an interactive Indian settlement as well as the original settler's site, an interesting Adventure Museum and a film, "The Legend of Two-Path." We ate lots of wonderful seafood too! The last night we were there, we stopped in at the Jolly Roger for a couple of drinks. What a laugh we had! It was karoke night and there were some real doozies in there! The bar was filled mostly with locals who were having fun. Next to Sonny sat a guy who was downing one beer after another. He was a little mentally challenged and just knew that he had seen me earlier that day at "his" store (Food Lion). I finally convinced him that I had not been there. He had at least 7 beers in the couple of hours we were there and they continued to serve him. Then a couple came in who had just driven their Harley's from Greensboro - at least a 5 hour drive!! They were sure something! There was another woman who came in with her husband - they were probably in their 50's or 60's -and she was well on her way to being drunk when they arrived. They were standing behind us in the bar area and she kept falling over. Finally her husband told her it was time to leave and they walked out right in front of us and she promptly fell in the shrubs outside! Bet she didn't feel too good Sunday morning! That's not even mentioning the people who thought they could sing and got up on stage to belt out a few songs. The most interesting one was one woman who had to be about 80 years old. She was wearing a crown on her long gray hair and had on a bright red loooww cut dress. When she was singing she was bouncing up and down to the music and I really thought her "assets" were going to fall out of her dress! You had to be there!!
We arrived back home Sunday night and had friends waiting for us at the house. Margaret and Graham had brought their grandson back to NC after he visited them in Texas during Spring Break. So, today she and I had fun making cards while the guys put the boat in the water and boated around the lake.
