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First Boondocker’s Welcome Stop
After breakfast and conversation with Kay at her lovely home in Flat Rock, we pulled anchor and headed out across the Blue Ridge mountains towards Tennessee. The last rest stop in North Carolina was really a park with nice picnic facilities and pretty mountain views. Not wanting to take the interstate, we headed west on…
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Starting West to Missouri
Tonight we’re visiting Kay Arnold, a good friend from Michigan who preceded us in moving to North Carolina some thirty years ago. Kay graciously lets us park in the driveway of her mountain hideaway. Today marked the start of a new trip. We are wandering to a rally of Pleasure-Way motorhome owners in Branson, Missouri…
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Hurrying toward Florence
Up early, we checked the weather and decided to preempt our exploration and head for home. Hurricane Florence was predicted to be heading toward Durham. Goodbye site 127. $33 per night for electric and showers was reasonable for this interesting location. I would be remiss if I didn’t call out Dale and Laurie, the campground…
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Submarine and Lumber Barons
The day started with a trip to the USS Silversides Submarine museum. Although the submarine museum was only a few hundred yards from our campsite, it was nine miles by land as there is no bridge across the canal. There is an opportunity here for some entrepreneurial boat owner. This is a map of our…
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Ludington Light and Muskegon Sunset
Hooked up the trailer and pulled the sailing kayak out of Lake Manuka to start the trip home. Of course, we didn’t jump on a freeway, but wandered south along the shore of Lake Michigan. Manistee was our first stop where we could see the cast iron thirty-nine foot tall North Pierhead lighthouse built in…
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More Mushrooms and a View of the Bay
The day started cool and calm. Up before Beth, I walked over to the beach and found a parade of boats headed south on a very flat Lake Michigan. It was quite a contrast from the waves over the weekend. The beach was quiet but there was some evidence of prior winds like this uprooted…