Today was a day to visit our nephew, Scott, who has been serving in the Marines for the last 3.5 years, stationed here at Cherry Point. He is planning on coming home in August, having served his commitment. Thank you, Scott, for your service, and to all the other service persons that you represent.
We served Scott a worthy breakfast, breaking out the pancake mix, the last of the raspberries, a few slices of the bacon we picked up at Zingermans, and some of the eggs that came from our neighbor’s chickens. It’s amazing what can be fit in a small RV.
After breakfast we talked while cleaning up the kitchen, and Deb baked some cookies. All that breakfast can make quite a mess in the kitchen.
Scott then took us to Fort Macon, an earth and brick fort located at the tip of one of the barrier islands, now part of a State Park. This fort was built after the War of 1812 and has quite a bit of history, including a siege and surrender during the Civil War, use as a prison, neglect and repair, and use as a defensive position during World War II. Some of the exhibits were recently completed and were very well curated.
After browsing the fort for a couple hours, we walked to the beach and sat on the sand and just enjoyed the day for a while, watching the dolphins and the fishermen and the wind-driven waves. It’s not often we get to just sit and enjoy the sunshine and scenery like this. We heard more Marine stories and sometimes we sat in silence and just watched.
We went out to Big Apple Pizza for Strombolis and then came home and watched Memphis Belle, the movie that we heard about in our devotions a few days ago. An enjoyable movie.
Re-wiring the trailer... glad you had some "wire training" on Hurricane Hugo"! I'll be you told Scott "This is 'cinch' compared to the wiring nightmare Dave made me fix!"
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