Saturday, January 15, 2011
Today was about resting and just looking around Carolina Beach. I was up early, fixed my breakfast, bathed, and got ready to scout out the final 90 or so miles of the walk. Robert volunteered to drive the route so we can see the better way to walk. The bottom line is: there doesn't appear to be a really good option, as both options are going to have traffic on Monday morning around Wilmington, plus have little, if any, shoulders or sidewalks on which to walk. But I'm going with the one that seems to have less traffic.
The route I want to take uses Hwy 172 which goes through the Camp Lejeune Marine Base. At one time (before 9/11) this road was open to the public. Now a pass is required. We drove to the base visitor's center to inquire about a pass, but the person we needed to talk to was gone for the weekend, so I will have to check back on Monday. If I can't get the pass, it'll add about 5-6 miles to the walk, but that's not such a big deal. So we headed back to Robert's place to wait for his daughter Mary's arrival. While waiting we had lunch, and soon after Mary arrived. Robert wanted to show me around the Carolina Beach area, so we drove down to the south end of the island to look around.
Fort Fisher was having a ceremony recognizing the 146th anniversary of the Civil War battle at the fort. We stopped there and watched the events for a while....very interesting. After that drove back to Robert's place to watch some NFL football while Robert cooked dinner.....shrimp creole and Nancy's chocolate pie. I washed some clothes and worked on the computer for a while. Robert and Mary decided to go out for a while, but I stayed home to rest and watch TV and get things organized to start out on Monday.
About the pictures:
Robert and Mary;
Confederate campsite;
Soldiers of the North;
Mary and the walkingman.
Videos
Fort Fisher ferry
Walkingman getting off ferry. The woman with me is Sherry who I told you about previously;
Myrtle Beach TV interview.
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