The whole crew is spending this week in Salvo, NC! Yep, we are all soaking up some rays and creating memories with the family! We have left the stable in the capable hands of Dan and Tommy. We have left our house, the dogs and the chickens in the care of Cowboy Keith. He is such a great guy and we appreciate him giving us an opportunity to get away. Of course, last night, he found himself in a precarious situation. As he was heading to our house, a bear met him on the carport and proceeded to chase him into our house. Since our last bear encounter ended, we had put up all the weapons of bear destruction as well as taken down the boobie trap that protected the chicken coop. Therefore, Keith had no warning and found himself not only chased to the house, but trapped inside by Mr. Not-so-friendly Bear. No worries . . . Cassie and Sasha are safe, as are the chickens.
Thanks to Gran, we have a great house on the beach with our own pool and hot tub. The beach is nearly deserted most of the day and it's great! For those who don't know, Salvo is located south of Nags Head and just a bit north of Ocracoke. It is next to Rodanthe and yes, that is the location of the movie - Nights in Rodanthe. More on that later. Salvo is a small hiccup on the map and you can almost throw a stone across the entire island. It is an 8 hour drive from our beautiful home in Canaan Valley, WV, but that 8 hour drive turned into a 12 hour drive yesterday. It took FOREVER! The traffic between Williamsburg and VA Beach was horrific. They really need to make that stretch of I-64 bigger! Space Cowboy and Cowboy Mark were blazing our trail, but took a wrong turn in Norfolk, so we went in circles for a while and got a great tour of the Norfolk tunnel. We don't need to do that again. This tour will suffice!
As for Nights in Rodanthe - REALLY??? SERIOUSLY??? I went to see that movie with a ton of anticipation and at the end, while everyone was sniffling and crying, I said loudly, "REALLY???? SERIOUSLY???? HE DIED????" I was so mad, and I'm still bitter about it. I do think I'll go see the house, though. Gran wants to see it, and I think it was a very cool house.
Tomorrow, I think I'll blog about the effort to get here. We have one Caddy, one truck, on Navigator, two motorcycles and various beach appropriate stuff. yep, we are the Griswalds!!!
