On To Janet and Doug's 9/25/2009

We headed out early this morning for our trip across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and our next stop in Hertford, NC at Janet and Doug's. They are long time friends of ours, as Dori has known Janet forever, since we lived back in Camillus and Mom worked at the law office and we drove to Ohio when they were married. It was a nice drive although it was raining but we got there ok. It seemed that it took us forever to actually get to there house as it really is out in the boondocks. It is a LOVELY spot though right on the Little River which is part of the Albermarle Sound. Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks, a long barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound. Much of the water in the Albemarle Sound is brackish or fresh, as opposed to the saltwater of the ocean, as a result of river water pouring into the sound.
Some small portions of the Albemarle have been given their own "sound" names to distinguish these bodies of water from other parts of the large estuary. The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as the Roanoke Sound. The long stretch of water from near the Virginia state line south to around the Currituck County southern boundary is known as the Currituck Sound.
The sound forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Its coast saw the first permanent English settlements in what became North Carolina, the Albemarle Settlements. Many inland tidewater communities along the Albemarle today are part of the Inner Banks region of the state.
We got there and set up and found that our slide out room wouldn't slide out as when we tried to slide it out one side would slide but the other one wouldn't. We monkeyed around with it for awhile but to no avail so I called Winnebago and they said that we had either lost a pin out of the slide arms or that the gears were stripped on the one side and to leave it alone and take it in for service. So we are stuck for the next 3 weeks, until we get to MB and have it fixed, using it with the slide out room in.
We spent the rest of the afternoon fixing dinner as Mom had planned a pasta dinner for them so they didn't have to cook. They got home about 5:30 or so and it was great to see them and we sat around talking until dinner was ready. We ate and chatted some more until it was time for bed. Well until next time we love you all. Mom & Dad Dori & Dick