Now That I Have The Map Thing Down...

Josie asked about my next trip. My daughter will be 23 on the 23rd and wanted to see Mom's (Grammy's) place near the North Carolina coast, so that's where we are going. We're going on Tuesday the 21st and returning on the 26th. Mom and my step-dad have a 5th wheel that they were using to travel around the U.S. and then decided to park it semi-permanently near Wilmington. The initial motivation was that my grandmother was in a nursing home there and Mom was helping her sister with her care. Grandma died last August, but they decided they loved the area and there they are.
It may look like a long distance from Mom's place to the beach but it is about 6 or 7 miles and takes about 10 minutes. It is also pretty close to Wilmington which has lots of cool stuff.

If you are unfamiliar with North Carolina here is the big picture:

Their camper is bigger than you might think. It has pull-outs, which is hard to explain, but two sections pull out and make whole rooms. We are actually going to stay in the "guest cabin" that the park offers to residents' visitors. I don't know much about it, but I imagine it will almost feel like camping to me because I usually stay in 4- or 5-star hotels. I think it will be fun, though, because:

1. I get to see the ocean
2. I get to spend time with my Mom and my daughter (we have a funky dynamic)
3. Lolo is coming down for the weekend
4. Kim may come to see me
5. I get to have she-crab soup at The George on the Cape Fear river
6. I LOVE THE OCEAN (especially the Atlantic Ocean)

I'm going to look for another swimsuit this weekend but I'm pretty much set. I also have some acquaintances from my childhood that have a summer place just north of Surf City so I hope I get to see them too. I wrote about my trip last year here. I never did do the second part. I guess that was a luxury of having hardly any readers at the time. So Josie, that's my next trip. I guess you're sorry you asked!