Fort Fisher to Camp Lejeune

I did change the plans on Thursday and we headed back into Wilmington.  We were in a shop Wed. and I saw the perfect gift for somebody and had to go back to get it.  Something little, but you just can't pass them up when you find them.  We did some walking around town and then went to Elijah's for lunch.   We shared a Portabella Mushroom stuffed with spinach, onion, sun-dried tomatoes in a 3 cheese sauce, wonderful, Brad had seafood chowder and shrimp and I had a spinach salad with grilled shrimp, both were good, Brad claims the better meal.  We walked and then stopped at the Front Street Brewery for a drink, then headed home about 4:30.  We weren't real hungry, so we just had the rest of the tuna on crackers....actually hit the spot.  We walked up to the fishing dock to watch the sun set, which actually was quite nice.  It was a beautiful evening and they are having a big blues festival that starts tomorrow evening.  No wonder they had no room for us and we have to leave tomorrow. 

Sunset on Cape Fear River



Friday

We left Fort Fisher about 10:00 this morning and headed for our long 70 mile trip to Camp Lejeune.  An uneventfull ride until we got on base...the first sign "Warning, artillary firing over roadway, day and night" and the second sign was "Tank Crossing"...we were beginning to wonder what we got ourselves into.  We got checked in, found our site and got set up, nice size sites.  We are close to the ocean and we can see the intercoastal water way from our site.  We left to find the commassary and the PX, which we did. Walked around there and found a place to order glasses.  We got our eyes checked in Florida and haven't been in one place long enough to get new glasses....I'll be able to see again.  The PX and Commisary are the largest we have been to yet, and of course we had to walk through both.  Headed back to camp and yes we managed to get lost.  OK, this place is huge. 

I did forget to mention that when we crossed the bridge the bridge to leave the CG there is a field and this is one of the half dozen tanks that was there, a training mission I guess.