Summertime of 2013 Sets in NBNC

Our summertime continued with an annual visit from our grandsons, Alex and Kyle. After trekking through the mountain range of Appalachians and returning to New Bern, Alex and Kyle dug in for their five-week vacation. Over the next 35 days we played mini-tournaments of badminton, boccie ball, and washers. We took long walks and rode bikes in the Harbour.

We spent day-long beach days at Atlantic Beach, camped a week at Ocean Lakes RV park in Myrtle Beach and visited the aquarium and played mini-golf at Salter Path. 

We feasted on baklava, hamburgers and hot dogs, shrimp scampi, popovers, grilled chicken and lots of popcorn. We went to the movies to see Despicable Me 2, we went for adventure walks and bike rides.

 The ocean and jet park in Myrtle Beach were among the hours of fun.

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The Davis Men: Kyle, Eric, Alex

 The boys welcomed their Mom and Dad to NBNC on Sunday and then watched with tear-filled eyes as their Mom and Dad remarried at Atlantic Beach.

The Davis Family: Kyle, Eric, Carol, Alex

On this day, Sunday, we tearfully waved goodbye to the plane that wheeled up from NBNC to take the Davis family back to their home near Saint Louis.

Summertime of 2013 Continues....

Well, this continues "The Rest of the Summer" with our journey to Saint Louis to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary with our children and grandchildren. On June 21st we began our trek westward from Green Lakes State Park in upstate New York and drove to the Indiana Exit 145 rest stop, where we dined on leftovers and put our heads down for sleep, after tacking on another 600 miles on the motorhome odometer. We continued westbound to set up camp at Sundermeier Campground in Saint Charles Missouri. Enroute we stopped and got the motorhome shiny clean in a truck cleaner station. That was pretty cool! During our two-week stay we visited with former neighbors and co-workers and dined with good friends. We made more heart-warming memories with our children and grandchildren and toasted our fortieth wedding anniversary with our son, Steve, and his wife, Adrienne and with our daughter, Carol, her husband, Eric, and our grandchildren, Alex and Kyle.

 After celebrating our country's Independence Day and our fortieth anniversary in Saint Charles and fifty-two days we begin our final leg toward NBNC on July 7th. Leaving Missouri on a sunny, humid Sunday morning with our two grandsons we ventured eastbound on I-64. We were travelling through West Virginia when we came upon absolutely stopped to a halt traffic. Having creeped forward less than one mile during an hour and a half we decided to venture to route 60; although we were moving we found ourselves up, down, and round the bends through the Appalachian Mountain range. After 642 miles for the day, we leveled out in Lewisburg West Virginia at a Wal-Mart parking lot for the night. Monday morning found us eastward to Richmond and mountain fogs. We finally parked in our driveway after nearly 3,000 miles total for this excursion. Thanks to Dave for his steadfast safety in driving us over the rivers, through the woods and up and over mountains.