Our guide, John, told good "stories"? of ghosts that had been seen in various houses/buildings in the city. We also visited a small cemetery where we met "Emma". She was buried there over 100 years ago and had deteriorated somewhat as you can see.
We ended up at the Raleigh Tavern where we had dinner with lots of colonial ambience, historically dressed waiters and strolling minstrels. Very quaint and enjoyable.
Then on to Corolla! Since our house wasn't quite ready when we arrived, we went to get groceries at Harris Teeter. After receiving a call that the house was ready, the women and children went to the house while Charles, Mike, and Scott stayed and shopped for groceries. We managed to take pictures of the house and rooms before taking the luggage in and messing up the newly cleaned rooms.
First object of business, of course, was to check out the pool and the ocean. We were at the ocean every day, but we also spent a lot of time in the pool, especially Allie. The pool table also was used a lot during the week. Jacob was, I think, the 9-ball champion and Mema did well on 8-ball until Mike came along and challenged her -- and won.
Charles, Lori, Jessi , and I went to see the outdoor play, "The Lost Colony" which we had tried to see the last time we were in OBX but got rained out. It was really a pleasant evening and we all had fun. When we got home, Jason was suffering with severe itching from his sunburn the day before. After trips to the pharmacy and placing cold towels on him, he finally fell asleep. The next day he was back to normal. Jody had some experience herself with the same malady and was very helpful and supportive.
We all had a lot of fun and the week passed much too quickly. All too soon, it was time to pack up and get ready to leave for home.
