I would like to say our stay in the South Brunswick Islands was a totally pleasant experience,
but that would really be stretching the truth! We came back to this area to try and sell or lease our home that has been on the market, on and off, for over 3 years now. I have put it on every website I can think of and even created one specifically for the house to try and sell it. It is on several European websites in as many as eight different languages. We had a woman come down from Virginia who used to work for Marriott and also had a B & B before. She was interested in a lease/purchase of the house since she really liked it and was happy it was on the water with a pier. To make an extremely long story short, about five days before she was to sign the paperwork, her mother in Canada had a stroke and three weeks or so later, she died. The lady was in Toronto attending to her mother's affairs but kept telling us she was still interested in the house (via e-mail). About a week before we left the area, a few e-mails I sent to her bounced back and communication was cut off by her. Peg and I were very disappointed, to say the least.So our goal of selling the house while there in the area did not materialize. We left the house sale in the hands of a realtor we knew with the hopes that she can move it soon, as we authorized aggressive price reductions every 10 days or so....We will see what happens. If you know of anyone looking for a great price on a beautiful house on the water, call us. You can see the house at our house website.
Enough of that situation...We did get to see many of our friends and my sister in the months we were in the Shallotte, NC area. Let me try to recall some of the places we went and people we saw...
We had visits from two RVing couples that came to the KOA to visit with us. The first couple was Dave and Marie. Dave is not a KOA fan so we do appreciate both of them seeking us out. We met Dave and Marie when we were at Buddy Gregg's for some minor repairs just a few months after we purchased our coach. The week or so we spent there created some really good friends we still keep in touch with!Shortly after Dave and Marie's visit to the campground, Another couple
we met this past year in Quartzsite, Arizona came by on their way down the coast. Retha and Les drove their 42' Monaco Camelot to the KOA and it was really nice to see them. We had a great visit and re-lived some of the interesting time we spent in the desert. When we get visits from friends, it is tough to say goodbye, but we hope we will meet up again at another place and another time.
We were also visited from our good friends from Glens Falls, NY (where we used to live), Don and Barb. They have a fifth wheel and decided to get their grand kids and make the trip south. They were taking their passengers on an "educational" journey which means they visited battlefields, the Battleship North Carolina and other historic sights. The kids had a really good time and learned something about our country and history in the process. We all had fun too. Putt putt golf can be challenging! I'm glad Don and Barb could get away and come down for a visit.Our friends Bill and Jack (short for Jacqueline), who live in Sunset Beach, came over to the
motorhome a few times and we also went to their house. They have a motorhome too (no influence from us of course). We spent some evenings eating, drinking, talking, drinking, discussing everything under the sun and ....drinking! Jack is the co-author with Peg on the "Running" series of books they collaborate on. Book number three will be in the works shortly for all you fans out there!!
We also spent time with our friends Dennis and Diane. We met them when they stayed at our B & B several times over the 10 years we ran it. They liked the small development the B & B was in so much, they ended up buying two side-by-side lots there! They completed their new house about three years ago and are now our neighbors.
They moved from Spartanburg, SC and Dennis decided to learn how to cut hair for a living. He now owns his own barber shop in Holden Beach, the next beach up from where we are in Ocean Isle Beach. Dennis sometimes gives haircuts on the go...as he did for me, here in his garage, just before we hit the road in September.
One of my best buddies is Chris. He and I are kind of a two man geek squad. Both love our Macintosh computers and all the cool things that go with them. He was probably one of the first guys I met when we moved into the Shallotte area I could call a friend. Here we are sitting outside The Purple Onion, an eating establishment in downtown Shallotte. Peg was on the other side of the camera this time!That brings me to our friend Ken. Ken is a free spirit. He has been an artist and
photographer for many years. He first used his artistic abilities as a print ad designer/illustrator on Madison Avenue in NY. Since then, he moved to Brunswick County, NC and began shooting nature photos. His work is known around the world and he does very well selling his photos. This picture was taken outside his new home he had just moved into. It is on a 13 acre parcel he has had for years and finally decided to put his house in the woods and commune with nature. Check out his photos at his Doe Creek Gallery website, which I designed of course!
Finally, a photo of our motorhome and one of the sky on one summer evening. The weather at the KOA was hot and humid, typical for the summers in North Carolina. In early summer, our A/C unit in the rear of the coach failed and I could not get another one since the company who makes them, Dometic, had a major fire in their Mexican assembly plant several weeks before. Because of this, none were available. I finally found a man who could fix the unit in Wilmington
NC, so I drove the coach to him for the repair. So far, so good!So...There you have it. A quick synopsis of our five plus months on the NC coast. Oh, did I tell you we also packed all our remaining "stuff" from the house and transported that to storage? Of course, that is another long story......
On to WillowTree RV Resort in Longs, SC.
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