October 2016
We headed into North Carolina to visit Larry’s brother, Jerry watching the forecast the whole way. Hurricane Matthew was headed there
but expected to veer off before it got to the North Carolina Coast. I had never
seen a forecast map like the one they kept showing on the news for days. It
showed most of the east coast with about 30 possibility lines where the
hurricane might go. 1 line when through Raleigh! ONE! Thirty possible
directions and ONE through Raleigh!
We should have bought a lottery ticket!
We camped at Falls Lake State Recreation Area. It’s really
beautiful with trees all over the place and Jerry and his wife Sharon live just
15 miles away.
There were these bizarre spiderweb looking things that kind of gave me the creeps!
I kept wondering about the giant spiders that made them then I heard it wasn't a spider web!
Trees! Trees! And more trees!
The mushrooms in
this place were colorful, huge,
and awesome!
And more trees!
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And more mushrooms!
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Look at the size of that thing! It makes Jenny look miniature!
The big yellow one is the sun! (for all you Brian Regan fans out there)
And more trees!
We had to have the oil changed in the truck so we set up camp and met Jerry at the dealership in Raleigh. He took us for a little tour of the city so we wouldn't have to just sit there and wait. It’s
really a beautiful city. He showed us the places where he has worked and where
his son has worked and a couple other places of interest. I don’t know why I didn’t take pictures of the city while
we were there except that
I really wasn’t thinking of “before” pictures.
When we realized Matthew was going to hit Raleigh worse
than they thought we got a little nervous. The campground is right next to a
lake that “might” have storm surges. And the trees!
All I could think of was
those beautiful trees falling over on top of my home!
We spent the worst of it warm and snug in their house!
Sharon loves dogs but they don’t have one so my puppies got lots of love there.
We had a great visit, got to know and love Sharon then headed back to the
trailer. There were trees down all over the place and yes the lake was rising!
The closer we got the more nervous I got. It was great to turn the corner and
see Stella still in one piece!
A couple of trees fell over but none on her!
Whew!!!
We watched the news that night and a bunch of the places
Jerry had shown us the day before were completely flooded! One little strip
mall in particular I remember seeing looked like a small lake after Matthew. There
were some deaths and some people lost their homes which was so very sad, but it made us all the more grateful
to have made it through! The only problem we had was the road we had planned to
take into Savannah, Georgia was blocked so I’ll have to visit Juliette Gordon
Lowe’s House some other time.
She’s the founder of Girl Scouts and as a former
Girl Scout
and former Girl Scout Leader one of my personal heroes!
Other than being rerouted by Matthew, North Carolina was pretty great.
Especially visiting with Jerry and Sharon!
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Jerry and Sharon
Sharon, me, and Larry
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Jerry, Sherry & Larry Sharon & Sharon Jerry & Larry
We rhyme! I go by Sherry
but Sharon is my
legal name!
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