Once the boat deal was done and that proverbial door closed, it was time to focus forward and figure out how to get moving again. Our lives needed quite a bit of organization if we were to pull this off – and remember “we” have a Todd. 🙂
How true!
First up, a week in Wilmington to check off a round of medical follow-up / “wellness” visits. The appointments were spaced far enough apart as to allow some time to wander about playing tourist. One day it was the downtown area, including the Riverwalk, Bellamy Mansion, and the Railroad Museum, where we learned – among other things – that the conductor, housed in the caboose, was actually the boss.
She continued the role reversal that evening by trying to set up our camera self-timer and run over into the shot, which is usually Todd’s specialty.
A couple days later, we hit the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher (along with what seemed like two hundred small children – ha!) and Fort Fisher State Park for some chilly educational reading about the loss of the fort before warming up with a nice hike.
Beyond appointments, visits, and trips to the storage unit, there was the need for a family truckster, so all the while, we were hitting auto dealerships, both within a 500-mile radius online and in person while on the road. The search was on.
Then one morning during our coffee-time search, there it was, fifteen minutes from the rental “condo” – our new wheels, traded in the day before!
We are blessed with so much family in Hampton Roads. It was wonderful to spend time with everyone. Priceless!
To establish some connections that we might use in other places, we explored and joined both the Norfolk Botanical Garden and the Virginia Zoo. Norfolk’s mascot provided Susie the opportunity to embrace her inner (landlocked) mermaid. Hey, Honey, what happened to that tan??
We mentioned trips to the storage unit. To whine completely (and with a visual aid), 22 miles one way! Total trips? 732,123,654 million! Or so it seemed. That was Todd’s estimate…
Every time, we thought we were almost there – surely we’ll fit in the car now. Test fit, and nope. More to storage. Test fit, and nope, yet again. After our lease ran out on the “joint,” we made several trips to stay an extra week in a hotel to cull through the load once again!
But we finally made it; we fit in the car with room to spare, as long as we didn’t want to add more than a dozen eggs or so…
Took the extra to you-know-where!
Our Travels 