Good Morning,

Southport was just a stop over to wash clothes and get fuel. The town was a little to far to walk. We didn't even eat out that night. (auhhh). Oh well we are happy just sitting in the cock pit chatting. The next day we had to pass by Fort Lejeune, which took us in the middle of where they practice maneuvers. Thank goodness there were none going on. We would have had to sit and wait(pics). We ended up stopping at Swansboro. We went walk a little and looked at old homes. We also saw a statue someone carved from an old tree.(pics) We ate at a little waterside restaurant and enjoyed. We even saw Elvis.(pic) Who said he was dead?
The following days we stayed at Oriential, which is a retirees town. There are not many children, only alot of friendly old people. Everyone you passed greeted you. There is a natural spring that sits next to a 200 year old tree(pics). The citizens built small cement benches so people could go sit in it. The house next to the tree has a church steeple bird house that I thought was really cute. (pic). We passed by a house that painted pictures on individual bricks that we also liked, it has a green door and pink roof(pics). On our way to Great Bridge, NC we anchored out and there were 2 fighter jets that kept passes. (videos, some should have been deleted, but remember I uploaded before I looked them over). Dixie and Dicky took the Dismal Swamp route, while Lu & Mike took the Virginia cut route. From what I hear from Dixie it was awesome!!!!! They walked trails and even took a canoe ride. We met up at Norfolk, VA. Dixie and Dicky went to the movies and saw Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio, and Lu &
Mike went see Eclipse. The city mascot is mermaids. There we walked the historic district & visited the mall. Dixie and Dicky toured the USS Wisconsin, while Lu & Mike took a city bus ride to a West Marine and then to Virginia Beach. That was a new experience. Well we are at Hampton, VA, just up the river from Norfolk. It is raining outside, so we will tour tomorrow.