Wow, day #300, and over 5,000 miles traveled. I can hardly believe it. Where has the time gone? All in great memories of a wonderful adventure that we are lucky enough to have been able to take. We truly are grateful.
This morning Patti, Andy and I spent time figuring out where and when we will be stopping for the next month. If all goes as planned, we should be in New York City some time around the middle of June.
Patti, Deb and I decided to have a girlie day in Norfolk. We did a few chores this morning and then headed into town. We walked through the beautiful streets and came across the Wells Theater.
After that we needed a little “retail therapy” and headed to the MacArthur Center. It has been a looooooong time since we have been in a large retail area and it was fun! That skill never leaves you I guess. It is large and anchored by Nordstroms and Dillards.
After shopping we decided to stop and have salads at California Pizza Kitchen. Yum, haven’t had one of those in months and it was delicious.
Next we headed over to the MacArthur Memorial. It is right in the middle of the city and pays tribute to General Douglas MacArthur.
He and his wife (she lived to be 102) are entombed there. All of his medals have a place of honor and many, many personal items of interest. It was quite informative and we enjoyed it.
We walked past the USS Wisconsin again and were still in awe of its size.
It even makes White Cloud look small in comparison and it is 221 feet. Note the helicopter aboard. They also had several tenders of various sizes.
Back to the boat and preparation for our “crab cake cookoff.” We all bought fresh crab on Oriental, NC and plan to try several different recipes tonight and see which one we like best. I’m not a real competitive person, but this is my kind of competition…Olympic eating! Stay tuned for the results and the winning recipe.
This tour boat, the American Rover sits right off the stern of Good News at the dock. They take people on harbor tours several times a day.
Tags: Great Loop, MacArthur, Norfolk
The Great Loop 
May 27, 2009 at 4:12 pm |
Hi Mary and Andy,
I’ve had a lot of reading to do since this is the first time I’ve been on the site since you signed off at Christmas. I am really enjoying the photos. Wish I had known you were going to be at St. Simons Island. We have a friend there who you would have enjoyed.
Anyway, not much going on here due to Dave having more back surgery and going through the recovery process. We are all haning in there.
Take care.
Denise
May 27, 2009 at 4:14 pm |
By chance are you going to stop in Richmond VA.? My brother Mark lives there and they would love to have a beer with you.
Denise