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The Potomac Chapter
visits The Outer Banks
of North Carolina
October 28 - 31 2005
Bill & Maxine Morgan, Preston & Betsy Young, Bob & Donna Johnstone ( 55 President State sedan), Bob & Diana Wagner
| Paul & Karen are to be highly commended for organizing, planning and heading up this tour. The information provided, tour guidance, logistics and attention to detail were fantastic. Many thanks for your dedication to the club. |
Meeting up and on the way
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| On the way Down Va. Rte 17 | ||
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<----- The Ferry across the James River . . to Smithfield |
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 Where we stayed at the Smithfield Station hotel on the Pagan river |
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Dusty and Diana hosted a Happy Hour in their suite |
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They gave us all this food cuz' they liked us .. | ||||
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Early AM around the Marina | |
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| Jon Heimeal of the Hampton Roads Chapter paid us a call in the AM, with his 55, 56, 57 Coupe |
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We packed up and headed south |
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We stopped at the Dismal Swamp Rest Area |
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Where Pepper Kight of the Hampton Roads Chapter caught up with us | |
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Through the Great Dismal Swamp Area |
 Bob & Donna |
 Preston & Betsy |
At the Fort Raleigh National Monument |
| Lunch at Darrells Seafood in Manteo |
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...and at the "radish" across the way, but we were too busy eating to take pics.. | |
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Further down Rte 158 .... | |||
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Stopped at the Bodie Island Lighthouse... | |
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heading down to Buxton |  To stay at the Comfort Inn |
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| Dinner at the Austin Creek Grille in Hatteras |
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Early AM from the top of the Buxton Comfort Inn | |
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The Ocean in the early AM | |
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Shots at the Hatteras Lighthouse | |
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Onto the ferry over to Okracoke Island | ||
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| Stopped to see the ponies, penned at Okracoke |
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| Pics of a gorgeous, windy beach and our "Hatteras hair" |
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Taking a pic of Dusty taking a pic of us | |
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The Okracoke Lighthouse |
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and onto the Ferry to Swan Quarter ( 3 hours) |
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Paul & Karen advised we all get a bag lunch for the trip ...(smart) | ||
| Dusty Slept |
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They caught the extra eats... I caught a cold! | |
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Did I mention, the trip was 3 hours...! |
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| Off at Swan Quarter and northbound for Edenton |
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The cotton fields still await the combine... |
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The road across Lake Mattamuskeet | |
| Next morning, gathering for departure from Edenton |
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We stopped in Zuni, Virginia to visit one of our Chapter members, Norris Edmonds | ||
| who installed a GM power steering box in his Transstar |
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Yes, Norris is in the middle, and does all his own work, an amazing fellow. | |
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We said our goodbye's and headed back home. We added 920 fun miles to the car this trip. |
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