'21/#43 Friends And Lighthouses

All set up in Coinjock KOA and the weather is lousy. Not pouring rain but off and on with a steady mist and drizzle to fill in the gaps. That made for a quiet Sunday of relaxing inside of our home on wheels. Our friends had to work so we made plans to get togther for dinner at the local marina. It was good to catch up and share some stories with good friends. We also made plans for later in our stay. Monday they had previous plans so we decided to go exploring.

With maps and brochures in hand we headed out. Our first destination took us through a number of very built up beach towns including Kity Hawk and Duck. It was a long tedious drive through speed trap towns with speed limits from 55mh to 25mph but did finally get us to the Carrituck Lighthouse. There were quite few people there as well as two tour buses so we opted not to wait in line to climb to the top and settled for a bunch of pictures. Again the weather was not ideal with mist and drizzle that would have made the view less than impressive. Then it was the same long drive back. Such is the life of the lighthouse hunter. Moving south along the outer banks we found Bodie Lighthouse. Again with the weather not ideal and the fact that the last climbers for the day had already been to the top we did not have a chance to see the view. Pictures of the lighthouse and of the wetlands from the boardwalk platform and we were headed home. 

We stopped for an early dinner at Awful Arthur's for and an absolutely awful meal. Just kidding, it was great. After a full day of driving and picture taking we got home and relaxed. The next day we went to Newport News with Dave and Margaret to meet up with friends Izzie and Johanna. The six of us made it a mini reunion of the Cody Wyoming workcampers of 2012. Again we had a nice lunch and swapped stories and just caught up with each others lives.

Cutting this short for now from our home in Coinjock because....

Home is where we park it,

Frank adn Mary