Back home in the summery south

I don't have much to add to what Sue has already reported about the wedding.

As well as seeing Sue's dad, sister, brother, and aunt, we saw several of our boating friends and even a neighbor or two in Saline.  We also ate more meals out in one week than I can remember.  Even though we spent about 10 days at our house in Saline I found myself mentioning being "back home" several times in relation to being back on the boat.  Except for about half an hour of stop, stop, stop and go traffic and some heavy rain around Columbus, we had an uneventful drive back to New Bern, arriving just before 9:00.  Fluff doesn't usually use fowl language, but I'm sure he was thinking "Son-of-a-b***h!!!  Back on the d**n boat!!!" after his second 15 hour car ride.  Zim was pretty content to sleep most of the way, after losing his breakfast about an hour into the trip.

The weather here is the big topic of conversation, being as hot now as it usually gets in August.  Today it's supposed to get to 95, and tomorrow around 92.  Two weeks ago as we were coming into New Bern we were wearing fleece, foul weather gear, stocking caps and gloves, and were still chilly.  And when we were in Saline we had a fire in the wood burner one night and ran the furnace the next day.

Our next stop will be Washington, NC, probably after the holiday weekend as the locals seem to think most of the near by destinations will be crowded for a few days.  We had planned to do a few boat projects but it's almost too hot to work outside, and they also have some strange bug hatch going on so we can't do the exterior teak.  We might be forced to stay in the air conditioned marina lounge watching cable TV.

I didn't know that the world headquarters of Ban Roll On was located in North Carolina.

I was also surprised to see that Batelco (Bahama telephone) has taken over some of the pay phones here in the States.

The cats "enjoying" a break in the drive.