This first post to a new blog for me and Lynn is about a recent trip to celebrate my birthday. It could be called "Flexibility", or "Adaptability" or "Go With the Flow" and any of those would fit well.
We planned to go to the coast to a camp ground called Cedar Point in Croatan National Forest. Reservations were made there and on the ferry for a day trip to Ocracoke, plus I had found a popular seafood restaurant offering an all-you-can-eat oyster roast. I had stayed at Cedar Point several years ago, got caught in a tropical storm and had to evacuate suddenly. So on Monday morning as we watched the news and saw a tropical was headed that way we changed our plans. We went to Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia, another place I had stayed before and enjoyed greatly.
On Tuesday we took the Burgman to an Indian village called Wolf Creek and had a very enjoyable visit. It had been discovered during the construction of the interstate and had been restored along with the addition of a museum. Several graves were marked among the shelters.
Planning for a nicedinner on Thursday, my birthday, we rode by The Oak Supper Club that has fabulous food and beautiful setting, only to find it closed for renovation. So our next choice was fine dining at the bottom of the gorge in the resort, accessible only by tram. A lovely place!
On Wednesday we played golf on the par 3 course and found it in excellent shape and very challenging! That afternoon we rode the Burgaman down to Sandstone Falls on the New River to take in these gorgeous views and the sound of rushing waters.
On Thursday we played the championship course in perfect weather: 72 degrees and cloudless skies! It was quietest round of golf I can ever remember. No airplanes, no trucks, no cars or motorcycles or honking horns...nothing except the birds chirping. Heavenly! Our scores weren't heavenly and we still had a wonderful time.
After golf our entertainment for the afternoon was watching chipmunks devour some stale peanuts on the picnic table beside the trailer. I removed the screen from the window and used the camera zoom for these shots.
Watching these guys eat whetted our appetite so off we went to enjoy our dinner by the river. But when we arrived at the tram it was out of order! And no one had let us know! So first and second choices are now gone. We head for a little town called Princeton, 15 miles away, and found an Outback Steakhouse, our favorite place for lamb. We're sipping our drinks when the manager comes up, introduces herself and informs us that...they are out of lamb! I told her of our sad story and she stated that my dinner was on the house, please stay. So we did and had steak and lobster.
It was a fun filled trip and a very happy birthday. Flexibility was the main thing. Thanks to my lady Lynn for the gifts of a new bamboo shirt, a UNC toiletry kit and a cap from Troy & Sons distillery. Oh yeah! Life is goooood!!!!
