Wilmington, NC

May 11th/14th...Mon/Thurs.....Wilmington, NC....Elks
Arrived at the lodge late went in paid had a beer and visited.

May 12Th..Tue.
Went to the Poplar Grove Plantation toured thru the home walked the grounds...the Blacksmith made me a plant hanger showing us how the bellows worked in keeping the iron hot, went to the basket weaving shop her day off, so we headed for the "Battleship North Carolina" went thru the ship it isn't as confining as the "Lexington" carrier was seemed to be more room. 100 people worked in the kitchen there was 2,000 aboard

May 13Th..Wed.
Took in the Farmers Market tomatoes $3.50 lb. so we did 3 mansions...The "Bellamy" which was 5 floors is a self guided tour very little furniture..."Burgwin/Wright" had 4 floors lots of furniture and it was guided we got to do the grounds there was several pomegranate trees ...the 3 home was "Latimer" Victorian home 4 floors this was also guided there was lots of furniture in the home from that Era...a few was from the Latimer family.

May 14Th..Thurs.
Guess what...........clean house ,do wash, iron.......what happen to my maid.

May 15th/18th...Fri./Mon. Gasburg, VA....The Club......ROD
Friday we stayed in the park.....Sat. Went to "Five Fork Battleground" it was nothing but a state park building for the rangers. He gave us a map to follow the battleground...but it was built up with homes...they had signs marking different places but there wasn't anything there. What a bummer. Sun. rained all day...this is getting tiresome....Mon. went to Roanoke Rapids.

May19th/21st....Tue./Thurs........Salisburg, NC......Elks RV Pk
Tuesday we headed for "Goose Point" Corp of Engineer Park he gave us a map said we could get into a site it was 90' go down there, drug the back of the 5Th going down the hill, Jay could hardly get the truck and trailer thru the camp sites..the site was 90' long but it was only 8'wide and curbs with poles on both sides so there was no way to back in then the site was 10' wide what a nightmare..we got out of that mess and headed for Salisburg spending 3 days at the Elks RV Pk all by ourselves with the lake on three sides....We just sat there like 2 happy campers.

May 20Th...Wed.
Went to the "Lazy 5 Ranch" it is a drive thru zoo about 1 1/2 hrs. walked around the park over to the petting zoo...... Thursday went to Walmart and spent the day at the park.

May 22ND/27Th.... Fri./Wed......Salisburg, NC.......Bass Lake.....WH
This was a WH park but Logan sold it the First of May...so only 3 WH members can stay at one time. Went to Camping world bought a new BBQ '' HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY"

May 23rd...Sat.
Breakfast at the Waffle House very popular back east..then tried to find the Flea and Farmers Market in Lexington......no luck

May 24Th...Sun
Rain.......Mon. rained all day.

May 26Th..Tue.
Went to North Carolina Transportation Museum...all about trains Spencer was a going town til 1960 when they got rid of the Steam engines and went to diesel......

May 27Th..Wed.
Went golfing at Foxwood 18holes both of us with cart for $30.00...tough little course...we got rained on we stayed ...got our monies worth.