Well, I don't actually think I have anyone reading this from Australia, there is a "ring of fire" solar eclipse occurring there today.
On Monday of this week I had another "first" on this whole adventure. My first visitors from back home! My dad and Lois arrived Monday afternoon with a load of my stuff. The trunk of a Lincoln Town Car is vast and I am appreciative that they extended their trip to the Carolinas a bit farther to deliver my stuff.
After unloading their car, Jak and I took them to our favorite hang out. The dog beach. It was nice to have familiar faces here and for them to experience things that I have been sharing in these letters home. The tide was high the day we went and the ocean had been rough. This meant there were lots of shells for the treasure hunter in all of us.
Tuesday it was breakfast at Ruthy's, the local greasy spoon, with good food and reasonable prices. And then I took my company to a little out of the way spot. Which turned out to be a winner, winner chicken dinner of an adventure. Something I haven't written about before in my letters is the wildlife here. Some days when Jak and I are walking on the beach the dolphins swim along beside us. I'm not great at judging distances but I'll guess they are 20-30 yards off shore. And of course there are pelicans too. The place I took my guests is known for the manatees. It's a little cove next to a park and the manatees love to hang out there. Thanks to Auntie Marion for showing me this spot last year.
The water was cloudy so it was hard to tell where in the water the manatees were but they were definitely there. At one point two or three of them were rolling around, flipping their tails out of the water, just having a great time. And there were dolphins there too. Maybe two. They were busy fishing and would occasionally jump out of the water while on the hunt. It was almost like being at Sea World.
I will post a few pics with the disclaimer that manatees don't photograph all that well. Even when the water is clear they sort of just look like swimming rocks.
Well, my guests are rolling north on 95. That means my interruption is over. The job search is back on. Guess I should finish up this letter and get back to it. Oh, and I better check out the Pennysaver. Tomorrow is Friday...yard sale day. And the weather looks good!
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
P.S. I think Dad found something to do with the shells he picked up at the beach the other day...
P.P.S. On Twitter they do Throwback Thursday (officially #throwbackthursday or #TBT) where people tweet old pictures. So here is my throwback Thursday picture. It was taken at the same park where we now go to the dog beach. I think I was about nine when it was taken.
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